Start Virtual Machine: Service Details - HPE XP7 Automation Director User Manual

Property Key
vmware.foreachVmNam
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NOTE: Although some of the properties in the tables indicate that they can be omitted, they may be
required when used in conjunction with some other property setting as indicated in the descriptions.
Prerequisites
The following conditions must be met:
• VMware vSphere ESXi (or VMware ESX Server) is managed by VMware vCenter Server.
• Each virtual server name is unique among the vCenter servers.
• VMwareTools is installed on the target virtual server.
Server requirements
To use this service template, the following servers are required:
• vCenter server -- This is a server on which VMware vCenter Server is installed.
• vCenter control server -- This is a server on which VMware vSphere PowerCLI is installed.
• Virtual server -- This is a virtual server managed by the vCenter server and VMware vSphere ESX.

Start Virtual Machine: Service details

The general steps for using this service template to start a virtual machine are as follows:
1. The power status of each virtual server is obtained.
2. If a virtual server's power status is off, it is turned on.
3. An ICMP echo request is sent to verify that a virtual server is started.
The specified group of virtual servers are turned off according to the number of seconds specified through
the vmware.checkPowerStateInterval property and then checked to determine if the power is off,
which it does up to the number of times specified through the vmware.checkPowerStateCount
property. If the default values are not suitable, specify values that suit your environment.
Service Definition Properties
The following table lists the properties visible in the Service Definition window for the Start Virtual
Machine service template.
Property Name
Virtual server name(s)
Description
Specify the virtual server
name or names. Specify
server names as they
appear in VMware
vCenter Server, not by
host name. Separate
multiple virtual servers
with commas. The
maximum number of
virtual servers you can
specify is 99.
Start Virtual Machine: Service details
Required or optional
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