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Contents
Using the vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In for vCloud Automation Center 6.1 5
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Introduction to the VMware vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In for
vCloud Automation Center 7
Role of vCenter Orchestrator with the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In 7
Installing the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In 8
vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Functional Prerequisites 8
Install the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In On an External vCenter Orchestrator Server 8
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Configuring the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In 9
Configuration Workflows 9
Add a vCloud Automation Center Host 10
Add a vCloud Automation Center Infrastructure Administration Host 10
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Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In 13
Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Inventory 13
Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Administration Workflows 14
Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Infrastructure Administration Workflows 17
Create a vCloud Automation Center Model Entity 18
Read a vCloud Automation Center Model Entity 19
Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Requests Workflows 19
Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Sample Workflows 20
Access the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In API 20
Examples of Scripts for Common vCloud Automation Center Tasks 20
Examples of Scripts for CRUD vCloud Automation Center Infrastructure Administration Tasks 23
Examples of Scripts for Finding vCloud Automation Center Entities 26
An Example Script for Getting a Virtual Machine Provisioned as a vCloud Automation Center
Catalog Resource 28
An Example Script for Content Transfer Between vCloud Automation Center Hosts 29
Index 31
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