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
Default Orchestrator Plug-Ins
Orchestrator includes a collection of plug-ins. Each plug-in exposes an external product API to the Orchestrator
platform. Plug-ins provide inventory classes, extend the scripting engine with new object types, and publish
notification events from the external system. Each plug-in also provides a library of workflows that represents
the typical use cases of the integrated product in an automated fashion.
Table 5-1. Plug-Ins Installed with Orchestrator by Default
Plug-In Purpose Configuration Input Types Scripting Objects Inventory
vCenter 4.0 Provides access to the
vCenter 4.0 Server API, so
that you can incorporate all
of the vCenter Server
functions into the
management processes that
you use Orchestrator to
automate.
See vCenter
Orchestrator
Installation and
Configuration
Guide, Configure
the vCenter 4.0
Plug-In.
See vCenter
Orchestrator
Developer's Guide,
Using the
Orchestrator API.
See vCenter Orchestrator
Developer's Guide, Using
the Orchestrator API.
Returns all
objects.
vCO Library Provides workflows that act
as templates for
customization and
automation of client
processes. The workflow
library includes templates
for lifecycle management,
provisioning, disaster
recovery, hot backup, and
many other standard
processes. Sources of library
processes are accessible and
can be copied and edited.
None See vCenter
Orchestrator
Developer's Guide,
Using the
Orchestrator API.
See vCenter Orchestrator
Developer's Guide, Using
the Orchestrator API.
Stores
nothing in
the
inventory.
Mail Uses Simple Mail Transfer
Protocol (SMTP) to send
email.
Default values
for the
EmailMessage
object to use.
See vCenter
Orchestrator
Installation and
Configuration
Guide, Define the
Default SMTP
Connection.
None EmailMessage Stores
nothing in
the
inventory.
SSH Provides an implementation
of the Secure Shell v2 (SSH-2)
protocol. Allows remote
command and file transfer
sessions with password and
public key-based
authentication. Optionally,
the SSH plug-in can provide
remote file system browsing
directly in the vCO
Inventory.
See vCenter
Orchestrator
Installation and
Configuration
Guide, Configure
the SSH Plug-In.
File
Folder
RootFolder
SshConnection
KeyPairManager
SSHCommand
SSHFile
SSHFolder
SSHSession
Stores
nothing in
the
inventory.
WebOperator A demonstration Web
interface that allows you to
access the workflows in the
Orchestrator library and
interact with them across a
network.
None None None Stores
nothing in
the
inventory.
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