Capture VM Instance
Updated: November 1, 2013
Applies To: System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator, System Center 2012 SP1 - Orchestrator
The Capture VM Instance activity makes a running virtual machine available as an image for reuse. For Windows-based virtual machines, the image should be sysprepped before capture. After performing the capture, the virtual machine is deleted. This activity is part of the Azure Virtual Machines category activity.
Warning
This activity deletes the virtual machine after it is captured.
The activity publishes all of the data from the required and optional properties into published data. The following tables list the required and optional properties and published data for this activity.
Capture VM Instance Required Properties
Element |
Description |
Valid values |
Service Name |
The name of the cloud service containing the virtual machine. |
String |
Deployment Name |
The name of the deployment containing the virtual machine. |
String |
VM Instance Name |
The name of the virtual machine. |
String |
Target Image Name |
Specifies the image name of the captured virtual machine. |
String |
Target Image Label |
Specifies the friendly name of the captured virtual machine. |
String |
Wait for Completion |
Whether to wait for this operation to complete in Windows Azure before moving on to the next activity. |
True, False |
Capture VM Instance Optional Properties
There are no optional properties for this runbook activity.
Capture VM Instance Published Data
Element |
Description |
Value type |
Service Name |
The name of the cloud service containing the virtual machine. |
String |
Deployment Name |
The name of the deployment containing the virtual machine. |
String |
VM Instance Name |
The name of the virtual machine. |
String |
Target Image Name |
Specifies the image name of the captured virtual machine. |
String |
Target Image Label |
Specifies the friendly name of the captured virtual machine. |
String |
Wait for Completion |
Whether to wait for this operation to complete in Windows Azure before moving on to the next activity. |
Boolean |
Request ID |
The unique identifier of the request to Windows Azure. |
String |