Update Disk
適用対象: System Center 2012 - Orchestrator, System Center 2012 SP1 - Orchestrator
The Update Disk activity is used to add more disk space and to change some of the properties of an existing disk.
For the procedure to configure this activity, see Configuring the Update Disk Activity.
The following tables list the properties and published data for this activity. The activity publishes all of the data from the required and optional properties into published data.
Update Disk Properties
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
VM ID |
The unique identifier (GUID) of the virtual machine for which the disk was created |
Optional Properties
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
Additional Size (GB) |
The amount of disk space in GB to add to the disk |
Bus |
The IDE or SCSI bus to which to attach the disk |
Bus Type |
IDE or SCSI |
Compact |
True or False. Compacting only works on a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk to reduce the size of the VHD file as much as possible. |
Disk Type |
Dynamic or Fixed |
Logical Unit Number (LUN) |
The logical unit number (LUN) for the VHD object on an IDE or SCSI bus |
Update Disk Published Data
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
Accessibility |
Public or Internal |
Added Time |
The date and time that the Virtual Disk was added, in the format mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss AM or PM |
Additional Size (GB) |
The amount of disk space in gigabytes (GB) to add to the disk |
Boot Volume |
True or False. If True, the virtual machine is started from the disk. |
Bus |
The IDE or SCSI bus to which to attach the disk |
Bus Type |
IDE or SCSI |
Compact |
True or False. Compacting only works on a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk to reduce the size of the VHD file as much as possible. |
Disk Type |
Dynamic or Fixed |
Enabled |
True or False. If False, the virtual machine cannot be started. |
File Name |
The name of the VHD on which the new disk will be based |
Is VHD |
True or False |
LUN |
The logical unit number (LUN) for the VHD object on an IDE or SCSI bus |
Modified Time |
The last modified date and time of the Virtual Disk, in the format mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss AM or PM |
Pass-through Disk |
A list of names of pass-through disks |
System Volume |
True or False. If True, the disk contains the operating system for the virtual machine. |
Virtual Disk Drive Name |
The name of the virtual disk drive |
Virtual Hard Disk Path |
The location of the VHD used to create the disk |
VM ID |
The unique identifier (GUID) of the virtual machine for which the disk was created |
Configuring the Update Disk Activity
To configure the Update Disk activity
From the Activities window, drag an Update Disk activity to the active runbook window. Double-click the Update Disk activity icon.
Click the Properties tab.
In the Configuration section, click the ellipsis button (...), and select the Name of the Virtual Machine Manager computer that you want to connect to with this activity. Click OK. The property required to define this object is displayed in the Properties section.
In the Properties section, assign a value to the required property. If applicable, to automatically populate the value from the data published by any previous activity in the workflow, right-click the property box, point to Subscribe, and then click Published data. Click the published data element you want to use, and then click OK.
For a list of the data elements published by each activity, see the Published Data tables in the activity topic. For information about the Common Published Data items, see Published Data in the System Center Orchestrator 2012 Runbook Guide.
To use additional properties, click Optional Properties. In the Add/Remove Property dialog box, select the properties you want to apply to this object from the Available list, and then click the right arrow button (>>). The properties appear in the Selected list. To remove a property from the Selected list, click the property, and then click the left arrow button (<<). Click OK. Assign values to the properties or Subscribe to Published data from any previous activity in the workflow, and then click OK.
For information about the settings on the General and Run Behavior tabs, see Common Configuration Instructions for all Activities.
Click Finish.
Other Disk Activities
The Integration Pack for System Center Virtual Machine Manager contains the following additional Disk activities: