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Contents
Using the vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In for vCloud Automation Center 6.2 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 11
Configuration Workflows 11
Add a vCloud Automation Center Host 12
Add an IaaS Host 13
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Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Workflows 15
Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Inventory 15
Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Administration Workflows 15
Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Infrastructure Administration Workflows 19
Create a vCloud Automation Center Model Entity 21
Read a vCloud Automation Center Model Entity 22
Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Requests Workflows 22
Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Sample Workflows 22
Access the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In API 23
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Example vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Scripts 25
CRUD Infrastructure Administration Tasks Example Scripts 25
Finding vCloud Automation Center Entities Example Scripts 29
Get a Resource Provisioned by vCloud Automation Center Example Script 30
Common Tasks Example Scripts 32
Transfer Content Between vCloud Automation Center Hosts Example Script 34
Index 37
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