With the basic virtual machine management workflows, you can perform basic operations on virtual machines, for example, create, rename or delete a virtual machine, upgrade virtual hardware, and others.
To access these workflows, navigate to and enter the vcenter, virtual_machine_management and basic tags in the workflow search box.
| Workflow Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Create custom virtual machine | Creates a virtual machine with the specified configuration options and additional devices. |
| Create simple dvPortGroup virtual machine | Creates a simple virtual machine. The network used is a Distributed Virtual Port Group. |
| Create simple virtual machine | Creates a virtual machine with the most common devices and configuration options. |
| Delete virtual machine | Removes a virtual machine from the inventory and datastore. |
| Get virtual machines by name | Returns a list of virtual machines from all registered vCenter instances that match the provided expression. |
| Mark as template | Converts an existing virtual machine to a template, not allowing it to start. You can use templates to create virtual machines. |
| Mark as virtual machine | Converts an existing template to a virtual machine, allowing it to start. |
| Move virtual machine to folder | Moves a virtual machine to a specified virtual machine folder. |
| Move virtual machine to resource pool | Moves a virtual machine to a resource pool. If the target resource pool is not in the same cluster, you must use the migrate or relocate workflows. |
| Move virtual machines to folder | Moves several virtual machines to a specified virtual machine folder. |
| Move virtual machines to resource pool | Moves several virtual machines to a resource pool. |
| Register virtual machine | Registers a virtual machine. The virtual machine files must be placed in an existing datastore and must not be already registered. |
| Reload virtual machine | Forces vCenter to reload a virtual machine. |
| Rename virtual machine | Renames an existing virtual machine on the vCenter system or host and not on the datastore. |
| Set virtual machine performance | Changes performance settings such as shares, minimum and maximum values, shaping for network, and disk access of a virtual machine. |
| Unregister virtual machine | Removes an existing virtual machine from the inventory. |
| Upgrade virtual machine hardware (force if required) | Upgrades the virtual machine hardware to the latest revision that the host supports. This workflow forces the upgrade to continue, even if VMware Tools is out of date. If the VMware Tools is out of date, forcing the upgrade to continue reverts the guest network settings to the default settings. To avoid this situation, upgrade VMware Tools before running the workflow. |
| Upgrade virtual machine | Upgrades the virtual hardware to the latest revision that the host supports. An input parameter allows a forced upgrade even if VMware Tools is out of date. |
| Wait for task and answer virtual machine question | Waits for a vCenter task to complete or for the virtual machine to ask a question. If the virtual machine requires an answer, accepts user input and answers the question. |
