vCloud Automation Center: vCAC 5.1: Custom Property of the Day #4: vCenter Folders

From the archive. Originally published on dailyhypervisor.com on April 21, 2013.

POTD #4 vCenter Folders vCAC version: 5.1  Property Name   VMware.VirtualCenter.Folder Property Description   This property tells vCenter what folder to place the virtual machine into giving you the ability conform to folder hierarchies you may already have in place. If the specified folder does not already exists, it will be created.   Caution: Folder names area case sensitive.   Property Usage   This property can can only be used with virtual provisioning to vCenter.   Usage: PropertyNme = VirtualMachine.Admin.ThinProvision    Property value = {FolderName}\{SubFolderName}\{additional sub folders....}\   Note: Make sure to put the trailing slash.   Recommended Placement There are a number of useful places to put this property, could be groups, blueprint, compute resource, or build profile depending on what your needs arae.