Delete Network Adapter Activity in System Center 2012 SP1

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

The information in this topic applies only to System Center 2012 SP1.

The Delete Network Adapter activity is used in a runbook to remove a virtual network adapter from a virtual machine controlled by the VMware vSphere server. The network adapter to remove is identified by its MAC address. A list of MAC addresses associated with a virtual machine can be found using the Get VM Properties activity.

The following tables list the required and optional properties and the 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.

Delete Network Adapter Activity Required Properties

Element Description Valid values Look up

VM Path

The path of the virtual machine containing the adapter to delete.

String

Yes

MAC Address

The MAC address of the network adapter to remove. The formats “00:11:22:33:44:55” and “00-11-22-33-44-55” are accepted.

String

No

Delete Network Adapter Activity Optional Properties

No optional properties are provided for this activity.

Delete Network Adapter Activity Published Data

Element Description Value Type

VM Path

The path of the virtual machine containing the adapter to delete.

String

MAC Address

The MAC address of the network adapter to remove. The formats “00:11:22:33:44:55” and “00-11-22-33-44-55” are accepted.

String

To Configure the Delete Network Adapter Activity

The following procedure describes the steps required to configure a Delete Network Adapter activity.

To configure the Delete Network Adapter Activity

  1. From the Activities pane, drag a Delete Network Adapter activity to the active runbook.

  2. Double-click the Delete Network Adapter 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 (...).

    2. Select the VMware vSphere server connection that you want to use for this activity, and then click OK.

    3. 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.