VMware ESXi vCenter

Official UiPath activities for VMware ESXi vCenter resources provisioning, configuration and management: virtual machines, hosts, storage, networking operations.

Introduction to VMware ESXi vCenter Activities

VMware ESXi vCenter official activities list:

• VMware Scope – A container that provides a scope for VMware activities.

Datastores

• Get Datastore - Retrieves details of a given Datastore from a specified Host.
• Get Datastore List - Retrieves a list containing all the Datastores of a specified Host.

Hosts

• Get Host - Retrieves details of a given Host from the specified Datacenter. Get Host List - Retrieves a list of all the Hosts in a specified Datacenter.

Virtual Machines

• Create VM From Template – Creates a new virtual machine based on an existing virtual machine template.
• Customize VM – Customize the Guest OS of the given virtual machine.
• Get VM – Retrieves details about a virtual machine. Get VM List – Obtains the list of virtual machines from a given folder.
• Power On VM – Powers on a virtual machine.
• Power Off VM – Powers off a virtual machine.
• Restart VM – Restarts a virtual machine.
• Delete VM – Deletes a virtual machine from disk.
• Suspend VM - This activity suspends a running virtual machine.
• Rename VM - This activity renames a virtual machine.
• Move VM To Folder - This activity moves a virtual machine or template to a new location.
• Migrate VM - This activity migrates a virtual machine to another host and/or datastore.
• Get Template List - This activity obtains the list of templates from a given folder.
• Convert Template to VM - Converts a template to a virtual machine.
• Convert VM to Template - Converts a specified virtual machine to a template.
• Export OVF Template - This activity exports a virtual machine as an OVF Template.
• Deploy OVF Template - Deploys an OVF Template to a virtual machine.
• Configure Robot – Connects the Robot in the given virtual machine to Orchestrator.
• Run Program in VM – Runs a program inside a given virtual machine’s Guest OS.

Virtual Machines \ Snapshots

• Delete All VM Snapshots - Deletes all the snapshots of a specified virtual machine.
• Delete VM Snapshot - Deletes a specified snapshot of a virtual machine.
• Get VM Snapshot List - Retrieves all the snapshots of a specified virtual machine.
• Revert VM to Snapshot - Reverts a specified virtual machine to a given snapshot. If no snapshot is specified, the virtual machine remains unchanged.
• Take VM Snapshot - Creates a snapshot for a specified virtual machine.

Virtual Machines \ Organization

• Assign Tag to VM - Assigns a tag to a virtual machine or template.
• Remove Tag from VM - Removes a tag from a virtual machine or template.
• Assign Tag to Folder - Assigns a tag to a folder.
• Remove Tag from Folder - Removes a tag from a folder.
• Create Folder - Creates a new VM and Template folder.
• Get Folder - Retrieves the details of a folder.
• Rename Folder - Renames a folder.
• Move Folder - Moves a folder to a new location.
• Delete Folder - Deletes a folder and all its subfolders.

Virtual Machines \ Tools

• Mount Tools Installer - Mounts VMware Tools Installer for a virtual machine. The virtual machine must be powered on.
• Unmount Tools Installer - Unmounts VMware Tools Installer for a virtual machine. The virtual machine must be powered on.
• Upgrade Tools - Upgrade the VMware Tools for a virtual machine. The virtual machine must be powered on.

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