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Last updated Mar 8, 2024

Create VM

UiPath.VMware.Activities.CrossPlatform.VirtualMachine.CreateVM

Description

Creates a new virtual machine.

Project compatibility

Windows | Cross-platform

Configuration

  • Virtual Machine Name - The full path of the virtual machine, including datacenter and folders.
  • Guest OS - Guest OS type for the virtual machine. Choose one of the available options from the dropdown menu. Default value is DOS.
  • Datastore - The storage for the configuration and disk files associated with the host.
  • Host - The host where the virtual machine will run.
Input
  • No of CPUs - The number of CPUs for the new virtual machine. Default value is 2.
  • Memory in MBs - The memory for the new virtual machine, in MBs. Default value is 4096.
  • Wait For Completion - If set to On, the activity waits to complete before moving to the next activity, but no longer than the value specified in the Timeout field. Default value is On.
  • Timeout - Specifies how long to wait (in seconds) for the activity to run before an error is thrown. The default value is 1800 seconds (30 minutes).
Output
  • VirtualMachine - Provides details about the newly created virtual machine.

    Note: The VirtualMachine parameter provides the following information:
    • ID - Specifies the ID of the virtual machine.
    • Name - Specifies the name Virtual machine.
    • Host - Specifies the host on which the virtual machine is running.
    • FullPath - Specifies the full path to the virtual machine, including datacenter and folder hierarchy.
    • IPAddress - Specifies the primary IP address assigned to the guest operating system, if known.
    • DNSName - Specifies the hostname of the guest operating system, if known.
    • GuestOS - Specifies the guest's operating system full name, if known.
    • GuestOSState - Specifies the guest's operating system state. Possible values are Running, ShuttingDown, Resetting, Standby, NotRunning, Unknown.
    • PowerState - Specifies the virtual machine power state. Possible values are PoweredOn, PoweredOff, Suspended.
    • VMwareToolsState - Specifies the current running status of VMware Tools in the guest operating system, if known. Possible values are NotRunning, Running, ExecutingScripts.
    • VMwareToolsVersionStatus - Specifies the current version status of VMware Tools. The possible values are Blacklisted, Current, NeedUpgrade, NotInstalled, SupportedNew, SupportedOld, TooNew, TooOld, Unmanaged.
    • IsTemplate - Indicates if the input represents a virtual machine template.
    • Tags - Specifies the list of tags assigned to the virtual machine or template.
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