Get Host Datastores Activity

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

The Get Host Datastores activity is used in a runbook to retrieve a list of datastores available for a specified host managed by the VMware vSphere server. This can be used to check capacity of the system when automatically adding a new VM to the managed host.

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.

Get Host Datastores Activity Required Properties

Element Description Valid Values Look up

Host

The path of the managed host controlled by the VMware vCenter server.

String

Yes

Get Host Datastores Activity Optional Properties

No optional properties are provided for this activity.

Get Host Datastores Activity Published Data

Name Description Value Type

Datastore

A list of all available data stores that are connected to the specified host

String

Host

Identifier of the host

String

Configuring the Get Host Datastores Activity

The following procedure describes the steps required to configure a Get Host Datastores activity.

To configure the Get Host Datastores Activity

  1. From the Activities pane, drag a Get Host Datastores activity to the active runbook.

  2. Double-click the Get Host Datastores 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.