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Host management tasks

Using these tasks, you can create, modify, and delete virtual machines that are on a VMware host that is configured with a management extender. You can also refresh a datastore to update the IBM® BigFix console with a list of ISO image files.

Creating a VMware virtual machine from ISO
Using the VMware Create Virtual Machine from ISO Task, you can create VMware virtual machines from within the Tivoli® BigFix console.
Modifying a VMware virtual machine
Using the VMware Modify Virtual Machine Task, you can modify the disk size, memory size, and number of processors of existing virtual machines from the IBM BigFix console.
Deleting a virtual machine
Using the VMware Delete Virtual Machine Task, you can delete VMware virtual machines from within the IBM BigFix console.
Creating a Windows virtual machine from a template
Using the VMware Create Windows Virtual Machine from Template Task, you can create VMware virtual machines from a VMware template from within the IBM BigFix console.
Creating a Linux virtual machine from template
Using the VMware Create Linux Virtual Machine from Template Task, you can create a new Linux virtual machine using a VMware template within the IBM BigFix console.
Refreshing the ISO images
Using the VMware ISO Image Refresh Task, you can refresh the list of ISO images in the VMware datastore and update the list in the IBM BigFix console. You can work with your ISO images in IBM BigFix console faster than having to wait for an automatic refresh which occurs every 24 hours.
Converting a virtual machine to a template
Using the VMware Convert Virtual Machine to Template Task, you can convert a VMware virtual machine to a template from the IBM BigFix console.
Cloning a virtual machine to a template
Using the VMware Clone Virtual Machine to Template Task, you can clone a VMware virtual machine to a template from within the IBM BigFix console.

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