vRA: Reboot newly provisioned VM before state changes to "On"

[mkaetm]

Hi,

We are using vRA for approx. 2 years now.

During the provisioning process some software components are being installed on Windows-based VMs. We added some new components, which require a reboot to work properly, recently.

Since there are some VMs, which are reprovisioned every day automatically, it is required to perform a reboot BEFORE the VM's state changes to on and the users starts to use the VM.

So what I would like to achieve is the following:

1.) VM is being requested (either by firing a script which executes the reprovisioning or manually by the user)

2.) Initial provisioning and configuration of the VM

3.) Installation of software components

4.) Perform reboot

5.) Change state to "On" -> user can see the VM in the vRA portal and can start to use it

Do you have any hints for me?

[daphnissov]

If you're already using software components, there is a check box that says"Reboot" you can enable for any of the lifecycle stages. Have you tried that out? It does exactly what you want.