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Table Of Contents
- Using the Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In
- Contents
- Using the Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In
- Introduction to the Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In
- Installing and Configuring the Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In
- Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In Functional Prerequisites
- Install the Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In
- Configure the Connection to a View Pod
- Assigning Delegated Administrators to Desktop and Application Pools
- Best Practices for Managing Workflow Permissions
- Set a Policy for De-Provisioning Desktop Virtual Machines
- Using Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In Workflows
- Making the Workflows Available in vSphere Web Client and vCloud Automation Center
- Exposing Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In Workflows in vSphere Web Client
- Exposing Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In Workflows in vCloud Automation Center
- Create Business Groups for Delegated Administrators and End Users
- Create Services for Delegated Administrators and End Users
- Create Entitlements for Delegated Administrators and End Users
- Bind vCAC60 Workflows to Specific Pods and Pools in vCloud Automation Center
- Configure the Catalog Item for the Workflow
- Index
Role of the Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In
You must use the Orchestrator configuration interface to install and configure the Horizon vCO plug-in.
You use the Orchestrator client to run and create workflows and access the plug-in API.
The Horizon vCO plug-in is powered by vCenter 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 vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In
The Horizon vCO 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.
The Horizon vCO plug-in provides the following functions:
1 Self-provision and de-provision, or recycle, machines through vCloud Automation Center in existing
View desktop pools
2 Self-service request and entitlement for applications through vCloud Automation Center
3 Self-service request and entitlement for a desktop through vCloud Automation Center
4 Self-service refresh of a machine through vCloud Automation Center
5 Provision a machine into an existing desktop pool on behalf of an end user
6 De-provision a machine on behalf of an end user and preserve the persistent disk if there is one
7 Allow entitlement and assignment changes for application and desktop pools
8 Allow modification of the minimum number of machines in a desktop pool, pool display name, and
number of powered-on machines
Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In Architecture
vCenter Orchestrator and vCloud Automation Center provide the architecture that supports the
Horizon vCO plug-in functions.
vCenter Orchestrator plug-ins allow seamless automation between the software environment in which the
workflows are executed and the products with which the workflows interact. With the Horizon vCO plug-
in, workflows can be exposed natively, through the vSphere Web Client, to delegated administrators, and
through the vCloud Automation Center service catalog. Although entitlement, scheduling, and execution of
workflows are exposed through the vSphere Web Client and vCloud Automation Center, you can customize
and configure the workflows only in the vCenter Orchestrator client.
The following diagram illustrates the Horizon vCO plug-in architecture.
Using the Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In
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