6.1

Role of the VMware Horizon vRealize Orchestrator Plug-In
You must use the Orchestrator configuration interface to install and configure the
Horizon vRealize Orchestrator plug-in. You use the Orchestrator client to run and create workflows and
access the plug-in API.
The Horizon vRealize Orchestrator plug-in is powered by vRealize Orchestrator. Orchestrator is a
development and process-automation platform that provides a library of extensible workflows to manage
the VMware vCenter infrastructure and other technologies.
Orchestrator allows integration with management and administration solutions through its open plug-in
architecture. VMware Horizon 6 is one example of an administration solution that you can integrate with
Orchestrator by using plug-ins.
Functionality Available with the Horizon vRealize Orchestrator Plug-In
The VMware Horizon vRealize Orchestrator plug-in provides automation, self-service, and delegated
administration for View environments. End users can perform self-service functions and delegated
administrators can perform provisioning functions on behalf of end users.
Table 1‑1. Horizon vRealize Orchestrator Functions
Category Functions
Self-service All self-service functions are provided through vRealize Automation:
n
Self-provision and de-provision, or recycle, machines in existing View desktop pools
n
Self-service request and entitlement for applications and desktops
n
Self-service management of desktops, including the following actions: refresh, restart, recycle, logoff,
and more.
n
Self-service allocation and de-allocation of existing VMware Horizon Air desktop pools
Machine
provisioning
n
Provision a machine into an existing desktop pool on behalf of an end user
n
Provision multiple machines for multiple users
n
Provision from vRealize Automation to create either Horizon or vRealize Automation machines
n
De-provision a machine on behalf of an end user and preserve the persistent disk if there is one
n
Perform maintenance operations on machines
Pool
maintenance
n
Perform recompose operations on one or more pools
n
Perform pool-level functions and day-2 management operations on machines through
vRealize Automation by using action buttons such as Manage Assignment, Manage Session, Refresh,
and Recompose
n
Add managed and unmanaged virtual machines to manual desktop pools
n
Add vRealize Automation IAAS blueprint-provisioned machines to manual pools
n
Add physical machines to manual unmanaged desktop pools
n
Allow modification of the minimum number of machines in a desktop pool, pool display name, and
number of powered-on machines
Assignment
and
entitlement
n
Add users to and remove users from global entitlements in a cloud pod architecture
n
Allow entitlement and assignment changes for application and desktop pools, including desktops in
VMware Horizon Air
Using the Horizon vRealize Orchestrator Plug-In
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