Hyper-V Server 2012 actor adapter requests and responses

The actor adapter can execute different PowerShell commands on Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2. The adapter requests contain values that are used to execute PowerShell commands. The set of values used to execute each PowerShell command is referred to as an operation.

Note

If there are multiple targets in the configuration, but no target is named in the adapter request, then the first target (<config>) in the configuration list (<configs>) is the default target.

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 The adapter can perform the following categories of operations:

Operations for the Hyper-V Server 2012 adapter

Operation type

Operation sub-type

Operation name

Description

Basic_VM_Operations

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Find Virtual Machine Details

Retrieves details of one or more virtual machines (VMs).

 

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Set Virtual Machine State

Changes the existing state of a VM.

VM_Configuration_Operations

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Create Virtual Machine

Creates a new VM on the Microsoft Hyper-V server.

 

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Mount Virtual Disk

Mounts a disk on an existing logical drive on the VM.

 

Add_Hardware

Add Virtual Hard Disk

Adds a virtual hard disk to the VM.

 

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Add Virtual NIC

Adds a virtual network interface controller (NIC) to the specified VM.

 

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Add Virtual Drive

Adds a virtual drive to a controller on the specified VM.

 

Update_Hardware

Update Virtual Machine Memory

Updates the memory resources of a VM created on the Microsoft Hyper-V server.

 

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Update Virtual Machine Processors

Sets the processor resources allocated to a VM created on the Microsoft Hyper-V server.

 

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