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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
Respond to a Request for a User Interaction
Workflows that require interactions from users during their run suspend their run either until the user provides
the required information or until the workflow times out.
Workflows that require user interactions define which users can provide the required information and direct
the requests for interaction.
Prerequisites
Log in to the Orchestrator client.
At least one workflow in Waiting for User Interaction state.
Procedure
1 Click the My Orchestrator view in the Orchestrator client.
2 Click the Waiting for Input tab.
The Waiting for Input tab lists the workflows that are waiting for user inputs that you or members of
your user group have permission to provide.
3 Double-click a workflow that is waiting for input.
The workflow token that is waiting for input appears in the Workflows hierarchical list with the following
symbol: .
4 Right-click the workflow token and select Answer.
5 Follow the instructions in the input parameters dialog box to provide the information that the workflow
requires.
You provided information to a workflow that was waiting for user input during its run.
Scheduling Workflows
You can schedule a workflow to run once, or multiple times using a recurrence pattern.
Schedule a Workflow
You can schedule a workflow from the Orchestrator client Scheduler or Workflows views. The user credential
that starts the workflow is the same as the credential you use to schedule it.
Prerequisites
You must have the Execute privilege to schedule a workflow.
Procedure
1 In the Orchestrator client, click the Scheduler view.
2 From the drop-down menu, select Schedule workflow.
3 (Optional) Select Schedule workflow as to use another user's credentials to schedule a workflow.
4 Search for the workflow to schedule.
5 Right-click the workflow and click Select.
6 Click the Execution date and time value's Not set button.
7 Select the start date and time for the workflow and click OK.
8 From the Recurrence drop-down menu, select the workflow recurrence pattern.
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