With the device management workflows, you can manage the devices that are connected to a virtual machine or to a host datastore.
To access these workflows, navigate to and enter the vcenter, virtual_machine_management and device_management tags in the workflow search box.
| Workflow Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Add CD-ROM | Adds a virtual CD-ROM to a virtual machine. If the virtual machine has no IDE controller, the workflow creates one. |
| Add disk | Adds a virtual disk to a virtual machine. |
| Change RAM | Changes the amount of RAM of a virtual machine. |
| Convert disks to thin provisioning | Converts thick-provisioned disks of virtual machines to thin-provisioned disks. |
| Convert independent disks | Converts all independent virtual machine disks to normal disks by removing the independent flag from the disks. |
| Disconnect all detachable devices from a running virtual machine | Disconnects floppy disks, CD-ROM drives, parallel ports, and serial ports from a running virtual machine. |
| Mount CD-ROM | Mounts the CD-ROM of a virtual machine. If the virtual machine has no IDE controller and/or CD-ROM drive, the workflow creates them. |
| Mount floppy disk drive | Mounts a floppy disk drive FLP file from the ESX datastore. |
