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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
Other Workflows
You access these workflows from Library > vCenter > Virtual Machine Management > Others.
Find orphaned virtual
machines
Lists all virtual machines in an orphaned state in the Orchestrator inventory.
Lists the VMDK and VMTX files for all datastores in the Orchestrator inventory
that have no association with any virtual machines in the Orchestrator
inventory. Sends the lists by email (optional).
Snapshot Workflows
You access these workflows from Library > vCenter > Virtual Machine Management > Snapshot.
Remove excess
snapshots
Finds virtual machines with more than a given number of snapshots and
optionally deletes the oldest snapshots. Sends the results by email.
Remove old snapshots
Gets all snapshots that are older than a given number of days and prompts the
user to select which ones to delete.
Remove snapshots of a
given size
Gets all snapshots that are larger than a given size and prompts the user to
confirm deletion.
VMware Tools Workflows
You access these workflows from Library > vCenter > Virtual Machine Management > VMware Tools.
Turn on time
synchronization
Turns on time synchronization between the virtual machine and the ESX server
in VMware Tools.
Upgrade tools at next
reboot
Upgrades VMware Tools on a virtual machine without performing an
automatic reboot.
Troubleshooting Workflows
You access these workflows from Library > Troubleshooting.
Export logs and
application settings
Generates a ZIP archive of troubleshooting information that contains
configuration files, server, configuration, wrapper, and installation log files.
The output directory must exist and write access must be permitted.
Key Concepts of Workflows
Workflows consist of actions, attributes, parameters, and schema. Orchestrator saves a workflow token every
time a workflow runs, recording the details of that specific run of the workflow.
Workflow User Permissions
Orchestrator defines levels of permissions that you can apply to users or groups to allow or deny them access
to workflows.
View
The user can view the elements in the workflow, but cannot view the schema
or scripting.
Inspect
The user can view the elements in the workflow, including the schema and
scripting.
Execute
The user can run the workflow.
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