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Networking Workflows
With networking workflows you can add a port group to distributed virtual switch, create a distributed
virtual switch with a port group, and so on.
You can access the networking workflows from Library > vCenter > Networking in the Workflows view of
the Orchestrator client.
Add port group to
distributed virtual
switch
Adds a new distributed virtual port group to a specified distributed virtual
switch.
Attach host system to
distributed virtual
switch
Adds a host to a distributed virtual switch.
Create distributed
virtual switch with port
group
Creates a new distributed virtual switch with a distributed virtual port
group.
Distributed Virtual Port Group Workflows
With distributed virtual port group workflows you can update or delete a port group, and reconfigure the
port group.
You can access the distributed virtual port group workflows from Library > vCenter > Networking >
Distributed virtual port group in the Workflows view of the Orchestrator client.
Connect virtual machine
NIC number to
distributed virtual port
group
Reconfigures the network connection of the specified virtual machine NIC
number to connect to the specified distributed virtual port group. If no NIC
number is specified, the number zero is used.
Delete distributed
virtual port group
Deletes a specified distributed virtual port group.
Set teaming options
Provides an interface to manage the teaming options for a distributed virtual
port group.
Update distributed
virtual port group
Updates the configuration of a specified distributed virtual port group.
Distributed Virtual Switch Workflows
With distributed virtual switch workflows, you can create, update or delete a distributed virtual switch, and
create, delete, or update a private VLAN.
You can access the distributed virtual switch workflows from Library > vCenter > Networking >
Distributed virtual switch in the Workflows view of the Orchestrator client.
Create distributed
virtual switch
Creates a distributed virtual switch in the specified network folder with a
name and uplink port names that you specify. You must specify at least one
uplink port name.
Create private VLAN
Creates a VLAN on the specified distributed virtual switch.
Delete distributed
virtual switch
Deletes a distributed virtual switch and all associated elements.
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