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Table Of Contents
- vCenter Orchestrator Administration Guide
- Contents
- Updated Information
- About This Book
- Introduction to VMware vCenter Orchestrator
- The Orchestrator Client
- Managing Workflows
- Creating Resource Elements
- Using Plug-Ins
- Managing Actions
- Using Packages
- Setting System Properties
- Disable Access to the Orchestrator Client By Nonadministrators
- Disable Access to Workflows from Web Service Clients
- Setting Server File System Access from Workflows and JavaScript
- Set JavaScript Access to Operating System Commands
- Set JavaScript Access to Java Classes
- Set Custom Timeout Property
- Modify the Number of Objects a Plug-In Search Obtains
- Maintenance and Recovery
- Index
Packages View
The Packages view in the Orchestrator client interface allows you to add, import, export, and synchronize
packages.
The Packages view consists of a set of tabs that show different types of information about a particular package.
In Edit Package mode, you can insert and remove elements on each tab.
General
Displays general information about the package, including its name, its legal
owner, and a description.
Workflows
Displays all the workflows that the selected package contains.
Policies
Displays the policy templates that the selected package contains.
Actions
Displays the actions that the selected package contains.
Web View
Displays the Web views that the selected package contains.
Configurations
Displays the configuration elements that the selected package contains.
Resources
Displays the external resources embedded in the selected package.
Used Plug-Ins
Displays information about the plug-ins associated with the selected package.
Plug-ins can have one or more packages associated with them.
Permissions
Displays the permissions accorded to users or groups of users to interact with
the package. The possible permissions are View, Execute, Inspect, Edit, and
Admin.
Scheduler View
The Scheduler view in the Orchestrator client displays a list of all scheduled workflows in the system. The
workflows are sorted by name or date, together with their status. You can use the Scheduler view to create,
edit, suspend, resume, and cancel scheduled workflows.
When you select a scheduled workflow in the list, the Scheduler view presents the following tabs that display
details about a particular workflow.
General
Displays general information about the scheduled workflow, including name,
start behavior, description, start date, startup user, the name of the scheduled
workflow, and a list of the input values for the workflow.
Recurrence
Displays details about the recurrence pattern of the scheduled workflow.
Executions
Displays details about the different runs of a particular scheduled workflow.
This information includes the workflow's running status, start and end date,
and the user who started it. When you cancel a scheduled workflow, its log
information is removed from the system. When you suspend a workflow, the
log information is kept.
Permissions
Displays the permissions accorded to users or groups of users to interact with
the workflow. The possible permissions are View, Execute, Inspect, Edit, and
Admin.
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