The Create Virtual Machine operation creates a new virtual machine (VM) on the Microsoft Hyper-V server. This topic illustrates the actor adapter request and response and describes the elements used in the request.
The following table describes the elements for the adapter request:
Adapter request elements for the Create Virtual Machine operation
The following figure shows a sample <items> XML element for the Create Virtual Machine operation.
Sample <items> XML element for the Create Virtual Machine operation
<items>
<item>
<target>
<host>10.128.8.172</host>
<user-name>administrator</user-name>
<password encryption-type="Base64">pwd</password>
<timeout-secs>120</timeout-secs>
</target>
<name>VM1</name>
<path>D:\Virtual Machines\</path>
</item>
<item>
<target>
<host>pw-pun-rds-dv01</host>
<user-name>administrator</user-name>
<password>pwd</password>
</target>
<name>VM2</name>
</item>
<item>
<target>Config1</target>
<name>VM3</name>
<path>D:\Virtual Machines\</path>
</item>
</items>
The following figure shows a sample adapter request for the Create Virtual Machine operation:
Sample adapter request for the Create Virtual Machine operation
<ms-hyperv-request>
<operation-name>create-virtual-machine</operation-name>
<arguments>
<target>
<host>10.128.8.172</host>
<user-name>administrator</user-name>
<password encryption-type="Base64">pwd</password>
<timeout-secs>120</timeout-secs>
</target>
<name>VM1</name>
<path>D:\Virtual Machines\</path>
</arguments>
<arguments>
<target>
<host>pw-pun-rds-dv01</host>
<user-name>administrator</user-name>
<password>pwd</password>
</target>
<name>VM2</name>
</arguments>
<arguments>
<target>Config1</target>
<name>VM3</name>
<path>D:\Virtual Machines\</path>
</arguments>
</ms-hyperv-request>
The following figure shows a sample adapter response for the Create Virtual Machine operation:
Sample adapter response for the Create Virtual Machine operation
<ms-hyperv-response>
<metadata>
<status>success</status>
<response-count>1</response-count>
</metadata>
<responses>
<CreateVirtualMachineResponse>
<metadata>
<target>10.128.8.172</target>
<status>success</status>
<count>1</count>
</metadata>
<items>
<item>
<vm-element-name>VM1</vm-element-name>
<genus>2</genus>
<class>Msvm_ComputerSystem</class>
<superclass>CIM_ComputerSystem</superclass>
<dynasty>CIM_ManagedElement</dynasty>
<relpath>Msvm_ComputerSystem.CreationClassName="Msvm_Com</relpath>
<property-count>29</property-count>
<derivation>{CIM_ComputerSystem, CIM_System, CIM_EnabledLog</derivation>
<server>PW-PUN-RDS-DV01</server>
<namespace>root\virtualization</namespace>
<path>\\PW-PUN-RDS-DV01\root\virtualization:Msvm_Comp</path>
<assigned-numa-node-list>{}</assigned-numa-node-list>
<caption>Virtual Machine</caption>
<creation-class-name>Msvm_ComputerSystem</creation-class-name>
<dedicated></dedicated>
<description>Microsoft Virtual Machine</description>
<element-name>VM1</element-name>
<enabled-default>2</enabled-default>
<state>Stopped</state>
<health-state>5</health-state>
<identifying-descriptions></identifying-descriptions>
<install-date>20120307044614.000000-000</install-date>
<guid>EDEF3C27-A88A-4069-B365-98346E4C291E</guid>
<name-format></name-format>
<on-time-in-milliseconds>0</on-time-in-milliseconds>
<operational-status>{2}</operational-status>
<other-dedicated-descriptions></other-dedicated-descriptions>
<other-enabled-state></other-enabled-state>
<other-identifying-info></other-identifying-info>
<power-management-capabilities></power-management-capabilities>
<primary-owner-contact></primary-owner-contact>
<primary-owner-name></primary-owner-name>
<process-i-d>0</process-i-d>
<requested-state>Not Applicable</requested-state>
<reset-capability>1</reset-capability>
<roles></roles>
<status></status>
<status-descriptions>{Operating normally}</status-descriptions>
<time-of-last-configuration-change>20120307044614.003574-000 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 003574-000 end_of_the_skype_highlighting</time-of-last-configuration-change>
<time-of-last-state-change>16010101000000.000000-000</time-of-last-state-change>
</item>
</items>
</CreateVirtualMachineResponse>
</responses>
</ms-hyperv-response>
