Delete VM Disk 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 VM Disk activity is used in a runbook to remove or delete a virtual disk from a virtual machine that is controlled by the VMware vSphere server.

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 VM Disk Activity Required Properties

Element Description Valid values Look up

VM Path

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

String

Yes

SCSI Bus Number

The SCSI bus number of the SCSI controller.

Integer

No

SCSI Unit Key

The SCSI unit key of the SCSI controller.

Integer

No

Delete Disk File

Determines if the underlying .vmdk file of the virtual disk will be deleted from the data store. A value of True removes the disk from the virtual machine and deletes the underlying .vmdk file. A value of False removes the disk but preserves the underlying .vmdk file.

Boolean

Yes

Delete VM Disk Activity Optional Properties

No optional properties are provided for this activity.

Delete VM Disk Activity Published Data

Element Description Value Type

VM Path

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

String

SCSI Bus Number

The SCSI bus number of the SCSI controller.

Integer

SCSI Unit Key

The SCSI unit key of the SCSI controller.

Integer

Delete Disk File

Determines if the underlying .vmdk file of the virtual disk will be deleted from the data store. A value of True removes the disk from the virtual machine and deletes the underlying .vmdk file. A value of False removes the disk but preserves the underlying .vmdk file.

Boolean

To Configure the Delete VM Disk Activity

The following procedure describes the steps required to configure a Delete VM Disk activity.

To configure the Delete VM Disk Activity

  1. From the Activities pane, drag a Delete VM Disk activity to the active runbook.

  2. Double-click the Delete VM Disk 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.