4.0
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
The contents of the workflow library is accessible through the Workflows view in the Orchestrator client. The
workflow library provides workflows in the following categories.
JDBC
Test the communication between a workflow and a database by using the JDBC
(Java Database Connectivity) plug-in shipped with Orchestrator.
Locking
Demonstrates the locking mechanism for automated processes, that allows
workflows to lock the resources they use.
Mail
Send and receive emails from workflows.
Orchestrator
Automate certain common Orchestrator operations.
Refactoring
Refactor workflows and applications that you created to run with VMware
Infrastructure 3.5, so that they run with vCenter Server 4.0.
SSH
Implement the Secure Shell v2 (SSH-2) protocol. These workflows allow you
to issue remote command and file transfer sessions with password and public
key-based authentication. The SSH configuration allows you to specify paths
to objects to expose in the Orchestrator Inventory.
Troubleshooting
Export application settings and log files to a ZIP archive.
vCenter
Access the functions of the vCenter Server 4.0 Server API, so that you can
incorporate all of the vCenter Server functions into the management processes
that you automate by using Orchestrator.
XML
A Document Object Model (DOM) XML parser that you can use in automated
processes.
Workflow Library Additions
Orchestrator provides a set of workflows that allow you to run automated processes related to the management
of vCenter Server.
Batch Workflows
You access these workflows from Library > vCenter > Batch.
Fill batch configuration
elements
Populates the configuration elements that the Run a workflow on a selection
of objects workflow uses. Resets the BatchObject and BatchAction
configuration elements. Fills the BatchObject configuration element with all of
the workflows that have only one input parameter. Fills the BatchAction
configuration element with all of the actions that have no input parameters or
one input parameter and that have an array as the returnType.
Run a workflow on a
selection of objects
Runs a workflow on a selection of vCenter objects, taking one action as input.
This is the action that retrieves the list of objects on which to run the workflow.
To return the objects without running the selected workflow, run the workflow
in simulation mode.
Cluster and Compute Resource Workflows
You access these workflows from Library > vCenter > Cluster and Compute Resource.
Disable HA on cluster
Disables high availability on a given cluster.
Enable HA on cluster
Enables high availability on a given cluster.
vCenter Orchestrator Administration Guide
26 VMware, Inc.