Create Storage Account

Updated: November 1, 2013

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

The Create Storage Account activity creates a new storage account in Windows Azure. It is part of the Azure Storage category activity.

The activity publishes all of the data from the required and optional properties into published data. The following tables list the required and optional properties and published data for this activity.

Create Storage Account Required Properties

Element

Description

Valid values

Storage Account Name

A name for the storage account that is unique within Windows Azure. 

String

Label

A label for the storage account. 

String

Description

A description for the storage account.

String

Location/Affinity Group

Whether to create the storage account in a certain location or affinity group.

Location, Affinity Group

Location/Affinity Group Value

The location where the storage account will be created, or the name of an existing affinity group associated with the subscription.

String

Wait for Completion

Whether to wait for this operation to complete in Windows Azure before moving on to the next activity.

True, False

Create Storage Account Optional Properties

There are no optional properties for this runbook activity.

Create Storage Account Published Data

Element

Description

Value type

Storage Account Name

A name for the storage account that is unique within Windows Azure. 

String

Label

A label for the storage account. 

String

Description

A description for the storage account.

String

Location/Affinity Group

Whether to create the storage account in a certain location or affinity group.

String

Location/Affinity Group Value

The location where the storage account will be created, or the name of an existing affinity group associated with the subscription.

String

Wait for Completion

Whether to wait for this operation to complete in Windows Azure before moving on to the next activity.

Boolean

Request ID

The unique identifier of the request to Windows Azure.

String

See Also

Other Resources

Using Runbooks in System Center 2012 - Orchestrator