7.1

Assembling Composite Blueprints
You can reuse published blueprints and blueprint components, combining them in new ways to create IT
service packages that deliver elaborate functionality to your users.
Figure 4‑3. Workflow for Assembling Composite Blueprints
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Yes
No
Your blueprint is finished. Catalog administrators can
include it in a service and entitle users to request the item.
Do you want to
combine your
XaaS blueprint
with a Machine
blueprint?
Identify (or create)
a published
XaaS blueprint.
Do you want to
include software
on machines in
your blueprint?
Identify (or create) one or more
published Machine blueprints.
Assemble your blueprint components into
a new blueprint that contains all the
functionality you want to deliver to
your users. Publish your new blueprint.
Identify (or create)
a published
Software component.
Do you want to
publish a vRealize
Orchestrator workflow
as an XaaS
blueprint?
Blueprint architects create
reusable blueprint components
for the design library.
Yes
Yes
No
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