Add Network Adapter Activity

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Applies To: System Center 2012 - Orchestrator, System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator, System Center 2012 SP1 - Orchestrator

The Add Network Adapter activity is used in a runbook to add a virtual network adapter to a virtual machine controlled by the VMware vSphere server. This can be used to connect the virtual machine to multiple networks in a multi-homed environment or to add the first network adapter as part of a provisioning process.

The following tables list the required and optional properties and published data for this activity.

The activity publishes all of the data from the required and optional properties into published data. Additional published data is generated based on the class that you select when you define the activity.

Add Network Adapter Activity Required Properties

Element Description Valid Values Look up

Adapter Type

The virtual network adapter type. For System Center 2012 SP1, the supported types are Flexible, VMXNET 2 (Enhanced), VMXNET 3 and E1000.

String

Yes

Connection at Power On

Indicates whether the adapter will be connected when the virtual machine is powered on.

Boolean

Yes

Network

The vSphere network that the adapter will connect to.

String

Yes

VM Path

The path of the virtual machine.

String

Yes

Add Network Adapter Activity Optional Properties

No optional properties are provided for this activity.

Add Network Adapter Activity Published Data

Name Description Value Type

Adapter type

The selected adapter type

String

Connection at Power On

Whether the adapter will be connected when the virtual machine is powered on

Boolean

Network

The network that the adapter is connected to

String

VM path

The path of the virtual machine that the adapter belongs to

String

Configuring the Add Network Adapter Activity

The following procedure describes the steps required to configure an Add Network Adapter activity.

To configure the Add Network Adapter Activity

  1. From the Activities pane, drag an Add Network Adapter activity to the active runbook.

  2. Double-click the Add Network Adapter Activity activity icon. The Properties dialog box opens.

  3. Configure the settings in the Properties tab as follows:

    1. In the Configuration section, click the ellipsis button (...), and then select the VMware vSphere server connection that you want to use for this activity. Click OK.

    2. In the Properties section, enter a value for each of the required properties and the applicable optional properties. If the property is Lookup-enabled, you can click the ellipsis (…) button next to the text box to browse for a value.

      You can also use published data to automatically populate the value of the property from the data output by a previous activity in the workflow.

  4. Click Finish.