VMware Action

Configure the following:

• Name. Enter a unique name for the action. This name displays in the Actions Library.
• Description. Enter a short description about the action. This description displays next to the action in the Actions Library.
• VMware server IP. Enter the IP address of the VMware host or vCenter server managing the virtual machine. Or, click Browse to navigate to and select a VMware device from your monitored network.
• VMware credential. Select the VMware credentials from the Credentials Library for the VMware host or vCenter server managing the virtual machine.
• VMware machine name. Select the Virtual machine VMware name for the virtual machine on which you want the action performed. You can enter the VMware name, or select from the list of virtual machines associated with the VMware host or vCenter server. Click browse (...) to access the list of virtual machines associated with the VMware host.
• Operation to perform. Select the operation you want the action to perform from the list box.

  The following operations can be performed on a virtual machine:

  • Power Off. Powers down the virtual machine. The virtual machine does not attempt to gracefully shut down the guest operating system.
  • Power On. Powers up the virtual machine and boots the guest operating system if the guest operating system is installed.
  • Reset. Powers down the virtual machine and restarts it.
  • Shutdown. Shuts down the guest operating system. If the guest operating system automatically powers off its host, then the virtual machine also powers off.
  • Suspend. Pauses the virtual machine activity; all transactions are frozen.
  • Restart. Shuts down and restarts the guest operating system; does not power off the virtual machine.
  • Take snapshot. Saves the current state of the virtual machine to the virtual disk of the guest system.