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Change Machine State: Microsoft Hyper-V

The Change Machine State action type controls the state changes of the virtual machines in your Hyper-V environment.

The Details section of the action definition contains the following fields:

Hyper-V Host

Specifies the name of the server on which Hyper-V Server resides. Select one from the drop-down list.

Hyper-V VM Name

Specifies the name of the virtual machine for which to change the state. Select one from the drop-down list.

State

Specifies the desired state of the virtual machine. Select one of the following from the drop-down list:

• Turn off
• Shutdown
• Save
• Pause
• Start

Require Approval

Select to specify that the ticket requires approval by a third party.

Note: CA SDM must be configured to use this option.

Auto close ticket on approval/rejection

Select to close the ticket after it is approved or rejected.

Note: CA SDM must be configured to use this option.

Ticket Types

Select a valid ticket type from the drop-down list. Depending on your configuration, valid types include:

• Default
• Incident
• Problem
• Request

Note: CA SDM must be configured to use this option.

Templates

Specifies the template to use to create a ticket. Select a template from the drop-down list. Depending on the ticket type selected, the form is populated with corresponding values.

Note: CA SDM must be configured to use this option.