Foglight for Automation Action Packs 7.3.0 - Hyper-V ActionPack User Guide

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Creates a dynamically-expanding virtual hard disk (.VHD) file. The VHD name must not contain characters that are forbidden in Windows file names.

Table 11. Create Dynamic VHD Input Parameters
Name/Scripting name	Type	Description
Hyper-V server/server	TopologyObject	[HPVServer]. Hyper-V server, which will be used for creating the VHD.
Storage Folder/storageFolder	String	[HPVStorageFolder]. The folder where the VHD will be created.
VHD name/vhdName	String	Name of the new virtual hard disk.
VHD size (GB)/vhdSizeGB	Integer	Size of the virtual hard disk in GB.

Table 12. Create Dynamic VHD Output Parameters
Name/Scripting name	Type	Description
VHD/createdVHD	TopologyObject	[HPVVirtualDisk]. Created virtual hard disk.

Creates a fixed-sized virtual hard disk (.VHD) file. The VHD name must not contain characters that are forbidden in Windows file names.

Table 13. Create Fixed Size VHD Input Parameters
Name/Scripting name	Type	Description
Hyper-V server/server	TopologyObject	[HPVServer]. Hyper-V server, used for creating the VHD.
Storage Folder/storageFolder	String	The folder where the VHD will be created.
VHD name/vhdName	String	Name of the new virtual hard disk.
VHDsize (GB)/SizeGB	Integer	Size of the virtual hard disk in GB.

Table 14. Create Fixed Size VHD OutputParameters
Name/Scripting name	Type	Description
VHD	TopologyObject	[HPVVirtualDisk]. Created virtual hard disk.

Table 15. Create Snapshot Input Parameters
Name/Scripting name	Type	Description
Virtual machine/virtualMachine	TopologyObject	[HPVVirtualMachine]. Target virtual machine.
Snapshot name/snapshotName	String	Name of a snapshot that will be created.

Table 16. Create Snapshot Output Parameters
Name/Scripting name	Type	Description
Snapshot/createdSnapshot	TopologyObject	[HPVVirtualMachineSnapshot]. Created snapshot.

Table 17. Create VM Input Parameters
Name/Scripting name	Type	Description
Hyper-V server/targetServer	TopologyObject	[HPVServer]. Microsoft Hyper-V Server where the VM will be located.
VM location/vmLocation	String	The virtual machine location. This is an optional parameter. If absent the server's default virtual machine location is used.
VM name/vmName	String	Name of the virtual machine.
Memory size (MB)/memorySizeMB	String	Amount of memory to allocate to the VM.
CPU count/cpuCount	Integer	Number of virtual CPUs for the VM.
Virtual machine reserve/cpuReservation	Integer	Virtual machine reserve (percentage).
Virtual machine limit/cpuLimit	Integer	Virtual machine limit (percentage).
Relative weight/cpuWeight	Integer	Relative weight.
Notes/notes	String	Notes about virtual machine.

Table 18. Create VM Output Parameters
Name/Scripting name	Type	Description
Virtual machine/virtualMachine	TopologyObject	[HPVVirtualMachine]. The created virtual machine.