Update IaaS Virtual Machine State

setVirtualMachineState.js

/*

  - Update IaaS Virtual Machine State
  - Input: virtualMachineName [String]

*/

var state = "Off";
var vCACVirtualMachine = Server.findAllForType("vCAC:VirtualMachine", "VirtualMachineName eq '" + virtualMachineName + "'");

if (vCACVirtualMachine.length == 0) {
	
	throw "Could not find vCACVirtualMachine with name " + virtualMachineName;
}

var vCACEntity = vCACVirtualMachine[0].getEntity();

var hostId = vCACEntity.hostId;
var modelName = vCACEntity.modelName;
var entitySetName = vCACEntity.entitySetName;
var entityIdString = vCACEntity.keyString;
var properties = vCACEntity.getProperties();
properties.put("VirtualMachineState", state);

System.getModule("com.vmware.library.vcac").updateVCACEntity(hostId,modelName,entitySetName,entityIdString,properties,null,null);