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Foglight for Automation Action Packs 5.6.3.8 - Hyper-V ActionPack User Guide

Table of Contents

Using the ActionPack for Microsoft Hyper-V

ActionPack for Microsoft Hyper-V Requirements

PowerShell Requirements Services Requirements Local Security Settings Firewall Settings

Configuration Script

COM and Automation Objects

Workflows Actions

Apply Snapshot Attach Disk Clone VM Configure Network Adapter

Create Differencing VHD Create Dynamic VHD Create Fixed Size VHD Create Snapshot Create VM Delete VM Edit Drive

Edit VM Move VM

Pause VM Reboot Hyper-V Server Remove All Network Adapters Remove All Snapshots Remove Drive Remove Network Adapter Remove Snapshot Rename Snapshot Resume VM Revert to Snapshot Save VM Set MAC Address

Pre-conditions:

Set Network Shutdown Hyper-V Server

Input Parameters

Shutdown VM Start VM Stop VM Wait VM State

Workflows

The Foglight for Microsoft Hyper-V ActionPack includes a number of pre-defined workflows, which are accessible from the Workflow Library in the Automation Workflow Studio.

If none of these workflows suit your needs, you can create your own workflows using the actions described in the next section.

Actions

This section contains information about the actions included in the Cartridge for Microsoft Hyper‑V ActionPack.

Add Network Adapter

Adds a network adapter to a virtual machine. This action cannot be stopped.

Pre-conditions:

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VM must be Stopped.

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MAC address must have a valid format. For example, “00155D010101” for the address “00:15:5D:01:01:01”.

Table 2. Add Network Adapter Input Parameters
Name/Scripting Name	Type	Description
Virtual machine/virtualMachine	TopologyObject	[HPVVirtualMachine]. Virtual machine to which a new network adapter will be added.
Network/network	TopologyObject	[HPVVirtualNetwork]. Network that will be assigned to the created network adapter.
Legacy/legacy	Boolean	If true, the legacy network adapter will be created.
MAC address/macAddress	String	MAC address to set onto the created network adapter.

Table 3. Add Network Adapter Output Parameters
Name/Scripting Name	Type	Description
Created NIC/createdNIC	TopologyObject	[HPVNIC]. Created network adapter.

Apply Snapshot

Restores the saved snapshot of a Hyper-V virtual machine.

Table 4. Apply Snapshot Input Parameters
Name/Scripting name	Type	Description
snapshot/Snapshot	TopologyObject	[HPVSnapshot]. The snapshot to restore.

Attach Disk

Attaches a virtual hard disk to Hyper-V virtual machine. This action cannot be stopped.

Pre-conditions:

•

VM must be Stopped.

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The specified VM location in the specified controller is free for target VM.

Table 5. Attach Disk Input Parameters
Name/Scripting name	Type	Description
Virtual machine/virtualMachine	TopologyObject	[HPVVirtualMachine]. Virtual machine to which a virtual hard disk will be attached
VHD Path/vhdPath	String	The path to virtual hard disk.
is SCSI controller/isSCSI	Boolean	If true, the virtual hard disk will be attached to a SCSI controller; otherwise it will be attached to an IDE controller

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