Description
First Supported Cisco CSR 1000v Release
Supported Entities
Enables moving the VM from one physical
server to another while the VM remains
active.
Cisco IOS XE Release 3.9S
vMotion
Uses templates to create new virtual
machines by cloning the template as a
virtual machine.
Cisco IOS XE Release 3.9S
Template
Operations (for vCenter Server and vSphere Web Client)
Table 18: Supported VMware Features and Operations: Operations (for vCenter Server and vSphere Client)
Description
First Supported Cisco CSR 1000v Release
Supported Entities
Powers on the virtual machine and boots
the guest operating system if the guest
operating system is installed.
Cisco IOS XE Release 3.9S
Power On
Stops the virtual machine until it is
powered back. The power off option
performs a
“
hard
”
power off, which is
analogous to pulling the power cable on a
physical machine and always works.
Cisco IOS XE Release 3.9S
Power Off
Shut Down, or
“
soft
”
power off, leverages
VMware Tools to perform a graceful
shutdown of a guest operating system. In
certain situations, such as when VMware
Tools is not installed or the guest operating
system is hung, shut down might not
succeed and using the Power off option is
necessary.
Not supported.
Shut Down
Suspends the virtual machine.
Not supported
Suspend
Stops the virtual machine and restarts
(reboots) it.
Cisco IOS XE Release 3.9S
Reset/Restart
An OVF package consisting of several files
in a directory captures the state of a virtual
machine including disk files that are stored
in a compressed format. You can export an
OVF package to your local computer.
Cisco IOS XE Release 3.9S
OVF Creation
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Operations (for vCenter Server and vSphere Web Client)