Create VM Template (VMware)

This Automation Manager object clones a VMware virtual machine into a template.

Install VMware.PowerCLI

Before using this VMware Automation Manager Object, you must install the PowerShell module VMware.PowerCLI.

This VMware Automation Object runs on 64-bit PowerShell, and the module must also be added to 64-bit PowerShell.

Requires PowerShell 5.0

Before using this VMware Automation Manager Object, you must install PowerShell 5.0.

Input Parameters

Name Type Required Description
Session ID String Yes This is the session ID that is generated by the VMware connection object.

This is required for this object to work.
VM Name String Yes The name of the VMware virtual machine to be used as the source to create the template.
Template Name String Yes The name of the template to be created.

If a template with that name already exists, execution of the policy created with this object will fail.

Datastore Name String Yes The name of the datastore on which the template will be created.
Template Location Folder Name String Yes The name of the location where the template will be saved.

This must be a datacenter or host name.

Output Parameters

Name Type Description
Result Number Returns a success value of zero or any value other than zero to indicate failure.
Result String String Object execution error details.

Example Input Parameters

Name Type Required Example
Session ID String Yes "ab4c55c1273cb609678a2bb6a15104e927ac8dec", 10.199.2.23
VM Name String Yes Vmone
Template Name String Yes Srv2016template
Datastore Name String Yes Esx-datastore-1
Template Location Folder Name String Yes Tokyo