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Delete Machine: VMware vCenter

The Delete vCenter VM action type deletes a virtual machine from your VMware vCenter Server 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 on which the virtual machine resides. Select one from the drop-down list. Your selection populates the Target VM Machine drop-down list with the names of VMs associated with the data center.

Target VM Machine

Specifies the name of the virtual machine that you want to delete. Select one from the drop-down list.

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.