Create Snapshot Of Virtual Machine: Service Details - HPE XP7 Automation Director User Manual

• 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.
Usage guidelines
• Adjust the ICMP echo timeout value (common.icmpEchoTimeout property) for the local environment.
• Depending on the state of the system environment, the virtual server might successfully start, but the
network connection check might fail, possibly causing the task to end abnormally. Check the task log
to see if an error has occurred with the network connection check (the component "Obtain the IP
address of a virtual server" (vsphereGetVMIPaddress) or the component "Send ICMP echo request
message" (osSendIcmp)). If an error has occurred in these components, check if the virtual server is
started.
• If many IP addresses (#1) are set for the NIC of the virtual server, an error might occur in the
component "Send ICMP echo request message" and the task might end abnormally. Check that the
total length of the IP addresses set for the NIC is within 1,024 characters.
#1: You can set the following addresses types. For example, if 64 or less addresses are set for IPv4
only, no problem occurs.
◦ IPv4 (maximum length is 16 characters)
◦ IPv4 (maximum length is 36 characters)
◦ IPv4 and IPv6 set by DHCP

Create Snapshot of Virtual Machine: Service details

The general steps for using this service template to create a snapshot of a virtual machine are as follows:
1. A snapshot of the virtual server is created.
2. After creating the snapshot, the wait for the response part of the service is run to wait for the user to
complete changes to the status or data of the virtual server. The UI waiting for a response allows the
user to select "Commit (to use the change result) or Roll back (to cancel).
3. The snapshot of the virtual server is deleted. If the user selects Commit from the UI waiting for a
response, the changes made after creating the snapshot are committed, and the snapshot is deleted.
If the user selects Roll back from the UI waiting for a response, the changes made after creating the
snapshot are discarded, and the snapshot is deleted. The maximum length of the virtual server name
property vmware.vmName is 60 characters.
Service Definition Properties
The following table lists the properties visible in the Service Definition window for the Create Snapshot
of Virtual Machine service template.
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