Revert VM Snapshot Activity

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

The Revert VM Snapshot activity is used in a runbook to revert a virtual machine to the last available snapshot. This allows the runbook to revert a snapshot to its previous state after you have finished using it.

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.

Revert VM Snapshot Activity Required Properties

Element Description Valid Values Look up

VM Path

The path of the VM to be reverted.

String

Yes

Revert VM Snapshot Activity Optional Properties

Name Description Valid Values Look up

Revert to Snapshot

The path of the snapshot to be reverted.

String

No

Revert VM Snapshot Activity Published Data

Name Description Value Type

VM Path

The path of the VM that was reverted.

String

Revert to Snapshot

The path of the snapshot that was reverted.

String

Configuring the Revert VM Snapshot Activity

The following procedure describes the steps required to configure a Revert VM Snapshot activity.

To configure the Revert VM Snapshot Activity

  1. From the Activities pane, drag a Revert VM Snapshot activity to the active runbook.

  2. Double-click the Revert VM Snapshot 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.