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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
What to do next
Save the resource element to a file to update it, or add the resource element to a workflow or Web view.
Save a Resource Element to a File
You can save a resource element to a file on your local system. Saving the resource element as a file allows you
to edit it.
For example, if the resource element is an XML configuration file or a script, you must save it locally to modify
it. You cannot edit a resource element in the Orchestrator client.
Prerequisites
You must have a resource element in the Orchestrator server to save to a file.
Procedure
1 Right-click the resource element and select Save to file.
2 Make the required modifications to the file.
You saved a resource element to a file.
What to do next
Update the resource element in the Orchestrator server.
Update a Resource Element
If a file or object that you have defined as a resource element changes, you can update the resource element in
the Orchestrator server.
Prerequisites
An image, script, XML, or HTML file, or any other type of object that you imported into Orchestrator as a
resource element.
Procedure
1 Modify the source file of the resource element in your local system.
2 In the Orchestrator client, click the Resources view.
3 Navigate through the hierarchical list to the resource element that you have updated.
4 Right-click the resource element and select Update resource.
5 (Optional) Click the Viewer tab to check that Orchestrator has updated the resource element.
You updated a resource element that the Orchestrator server contains.
Add a Resource Element to a Workflow
Resource elements are external objects that you can import to the Orchestrator server for workflows to use as
attributes when they run. For example, a workflow can use an imported XML file that defines a map to convert
one type of data to another, or a script that defines a function, when it runs.
Prerequisites
You must have the following objects in your Orchestrator server:
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An image, script, XML, or HTML file, or any other type of object that you imported into Orchestrator as
a resource element.
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