ActiveBatch® Extension - VMware

The VMware Extension for the ActiveBatch Job Scheduler leverages the operational management and deployment of virtual systems using VMware with a powerful set of "production ready" job steps from our centralized automation library avoiding the "hidden expense" associated with custom script development and maintenance.

The VMware Job Steps are extensions to the ActiveBatch Integrated Jobs Library allowing data center users and developers the ability to easily deploy and maintain virtual systems while integrating them with other applications, databases and platforms inside or outside of the VMware infrastructure.

The ActiveBatch VMware Library also includes support for the complete set of VMware events. VMware events (such as Power Up/Down, Reboot, etc) can trigger ActiveBatch Plans and/or Jobs to perform a myriad of different tasks. VMware events are just one of a number of event classes (e.g. File, WMI, Email, MSMQ, Web Services, DB Trigger, etc) that are already supported by ActiveBatch.

Within the VMware Extensions you can power on a virtual machine, run your workflows and then power down the virtual machine as needed. You can alter the resources of an existing machine to manage peak processing periods. By establishing VMware events you can trigger ActiveBatch Jobs and Plans to perform on-demand processing that would otherwise require polling and incur time delays.

The ActiveBatch Job Scheduler offers users a centralized point of control over all of your automation requirements using our versatile drag and drop interface to create and incorporate all workflows using any jobs, plans or job steps from our Integrated Jobs Library with VMware job steps and events.

* The VMware Job Steps are an extension to the ActiveBatch Integrated Jobs Library and are licensed separately.

ActiveBatch VMware Job Steps

Create Snapshot	Remove Snapshot	Revert to Snapshot
Rename Snapshot	Exit Host Maintenance Mode	Enter Host Maintenance Mode
Disconnect Host	Reboot Host	Reconnect Host
Reboot Guest OS	Shutdown Guest OS	Standby Guest OS
Power On Virtual Machine	Power Off Virtual Machine	Suspend Virtual Machine
Rename Virtual Machine	Migrage Virtual Machine	Mark Virtual Machine as Template

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