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Contents
Using the VMware vCenter Orchestrator Client 5
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The Orchestrator Client 7
Log in to the Orchestrator Client 7
Orchestrator Client Perspectives 8
Orchestrator Views in the Run Perspective 8
Orchestrator Views in the Design Perspective 9
Orchestrator Views in the Administer Perspective 9
User Preferences 10
Access the Orchestrator API Explorer 11
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Managing Workflows 13
Key Concepts of Workflows 14
Workflow User Permissions 14
Workflow Parameters 14
Workflow Attributes 15
Workflow Schema 15
Workflow Presentation 15
Workflow Tokens 15
Workflow Version History 15
Standard Workflows in the Workflow Library 16
Set User Permissions on a Workflow 16
Run a Workflow 17
Respond to a Request for a User Interaction 18
Scheduling Workflows 19
Schedule a Workflow 19
Edit the Workflow Recurrence Pattern 20
Use Workflow Version History 20
Restore Deleted Workflows 21
Export a Workflow 21
Import a Workflow 21
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Managing Policies 23
Create a Policy 23
Apply a Policy 24
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Using Packages 25
Create a Package 25
Set User Permissions on a Package 26
Export a Package 27
Import a Package 28
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