Mount VMware Tools

This Automation Manager object will mount the VMware tools. The policy run with this object will fail if the tools are already mounted.

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.

Input Parameters

Name Type Required Description
Session ID String Yes The session ID that is generated by the VMware connection object.
This is required for this object to work.
Virtual Machine Name String Yes The name of the name of the virtual machine on which to mount the VMware tools.
The field supports wildcard *, so to return all virtual machines, use "*" as the value.

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
Virtual Machine Name String Yes SRVExchange
SRV*
*