When the workflow is targeted for a Virtual Machine object, the workflow is run for the supported VM parent object types. The following table describes the supported VM parent object types on which the workflow can be run.
| Parent Object | Object Type |
|---|---|
| VMFolder | VirtualMachine |
| ResourcePool | VirtualMachine |
| HostSystem | VirtualMachine |
| ClusterComputeResource | HostSystem |
| HostFolder | HostSystem |
| Datacenter | Datastore |
| HostSystem | Datastore |
| DatastoreFolder | Datastore |
| StoragePod | Datastore |
| ClusterComputeResource | ResourcePool |
| Datacenter | ClusterComputeResource |
| Datacenter | VmwareDistributedVirtualSwitch |
| NetworkFolder | VmwareDistributedVirtualSwitch |
| Datacenter | DistributedVirtualPortgroup |
| VmwareDistributedVirtualSwitch | DistributedVirtualPortgroup |
| NetworkFolder | DistributedVirtualPortgroup |
| VMwareAdapterInstance | Datacenter |
| Datacenter | VMFolder |
| Datacenter | HostFolder |
| Datacenter | NetworkFolder |
| Datacenter | DatastoreFolder |
