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Configure Power: VMware vCenter/Adjust vApp Power

The Configure Power action type controls power settings on the virtual machines and vApps in your VMware vCenter environment.

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

VC Server

Specifies the name of the server on which VMware vCenter resides. Select one from the drop-down list.

VC Data Center

Specifies the name of the data center in VMware vCenter where the virtual machine resides. Select one from the drop-down list.

VM/vAPP

Radio button to specify the target type, VM or vApp.

Target

Specifies the name of the virtual machine or vApp for which to adjust power. Select one from the drop-down list. Alternatively, you can use automatically generated text or text extracted from event messages.

Power Operation

Specifies the power operation to perform. Select one of the following from the drop-down list:

• VC Power On
• VC Power Off
• VC Power Reset
• VC Power Suspend
• VC Power Shutdown
• Power on vApp
• Power off vApp
• Suspend vApp

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.