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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
Contents
Updated Information 7
About This Book 9
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Introduction to VMware vCenter Orchestrator 11
Key Features of the Orchestrator Platform 11
Orchestrator User Roles and Related Tasks 12
Orchestrator Architecture 13
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The Orchestrator Client 15
Log in to the Orchestrator Client 15
Access the Orchestrator API Explorer 16
User Preferences 16
My Orchestrator View 18
Configurations View 18
Packages View 19
Scheduler View 19
Workflows View 20
Components of the Workflows View 20
Actions View 20
Resources View 21
Inventory View 21
Web Views View 21
Weboperator Web View 22
Start the Weboperator Web View 22
Policies 23
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Managing Workflows 25
Standard Workflows in the Workflow Library 25
Workflow Library Additions 26
Key Concepts of Workflows 29
Workflow User Permissions 29
Workflow Credentials 30
Workflow Attributes 30
Workflow Parameters 31
Workflow Schema 31
View Workflow Schema 31
Workflow Tokens 32
Workflow Token States 32
Locking Mechanism 33
Set User Permissions on a Workflow 33
Run a Workflow 33
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