4.2.1
Table Of Contents
- Administering VMware vCenter Orchestrator
- Contents
- Administering VMware vCenter Orchestrator
- Updated Information
- The Orchestrator Client
- Managing Workflows
- Creating Resource Elements
- 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
- Modify the Number of Concurrent and Delayed Workflows
- Maintenance and Recovery
- Index
The contents of the workflow library is accessible through the Workflows view in the Orchestrator client. The
standard workflow library provides workflows in the following folders.
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.
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 through secure connections.
Troubleshooting
Export application settings and log files to a ZIP archive that you can send to
VMware support for troubleshooting.
vCenter Server
Access the functions of the vCenter Server API, so that you can incorporate all
of the vCenter Server functions into the management processes that you
automate by using Orchestrator.
NOTE Orchestrator 4.2 accesses vCenter Server 5.0 through the vCenter Server
4.1 plug-in and does not offer the new functionality in vCenter Server 5.0.
XML
A Document Object Model (DOM) XML parser that you can use to emit or
process XML files in workflows.
Workflow Name Changes
Workflow name changes can affect Web service applications if a Web service client uses the
getWorkflowsWithName operation instead instead of a workflow ID to identify workflows.
You must update Web services applications that use getWorkflowsWithName to reflect the new workflow names.
The names of the following workflows changed between Orchestrator 4.1 and Orchestrator 4.2.
Customize virtual
machine from properties
Customizes a virtual machine by using properties as input parameters.
Mass migrate virtual
machines with Storage
vMotion
Uses Storage vMotion to migrate a single virtual machine, a selection of virtual
machines, or all available virtual machines.
Mass migrate virtual
machines with vMotion
Uses vMotion, Storage vMotion, or both vMotion and Storage vMotion to
migrate a single virtual machine, a selection of virtual machines, or all available
virtual machines.
Migrate virtual machine
with vMotion
Migrates a virtual machine from one host to another by using the
MigrateVM_Task operation from the vSphere API.
Quick virtual machine
migration
Suspends the virtual machine if it is powered on and migrates it to another host
that is using the same storage.
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