VCO workflow for thin/thick disk VM provisioning based on Condition

[HiteshSujanani]

Hi,

please assist

I am trying to create a workflow for a new VM to have disk Thin/thick based on input.

For instance the workflow should build a VM with thick eager disk if the input is 'x'.. the workflow should build a VM with Thin disk if the input is 'y'.

please assist.. Any input or assistance is appreciated. Thank you

[iiliev]

Hi,

Check the code of scripting action com.vmware.library.vc.vm.spec.config.device/createVirtualDiskFlatVer2ConfigSpec ; it shows how to specify thin vs thick provisioning using a boolean property.

You can also check how this action is invoked by some out-of-the-box workflows, eg. Library > vCenter > Virtual Machine management > Device Management > Add disk.

[HiteshSujanani]

Hi llian,

Thanks for the suggestion. I checked the scripting action and see that there is an input for thin provisioning but apart from that can't find anything specified(True/False). Also checked the workflow mentioned but not too clear for me.

I'm Relatively new!!! Apologies if I'm missing something... Kindly assist. Thanks

[iiliev · Accepted solution]

Not sure what you mean by 'can't find anything specified'. thinProvisioned is an input parameter to the action so whichever code calls this action will provide the actual true/false value. For example, this action is called in Add disk workflow, and this workflow also has thinProvisioned input parameter, so when the user starts the workflow, it will show a presentation where one of the input fields will allow the user to select Yes/No (on page 'Disk information'), and the value user selects will be propagated to the actual action call parameter.