7.3
Table Of Contents
- Life Cycle Extensibility
- Contents
- Life Cycle Extensibility
- Machine Extensibility Overview
- Extending Machine Lifecycles By Using vRealize Orchestrator
- Configuring Workflow Subscriptions to Extend vRealize Automation
- Event Topics Provided With vRealize Automation
- Workflow Subscriptions and Event Broker Terminology
- Blockable and Replyable Event Topics
- Best Practices for Creating vRealize Orchestrator Workflows for Workflow Subscriptions
- Workflow Subscription Settings
- Working with Provisioning and Life Cycle Workflow Subscriptions
- Configuring vRealize Orchestrator Workflows for Provisioning and Life Cycle Workflows
- Workflow Subscription Life Cycle State Definitions
- Configuring the Timeout Values for States and Events
- Configuring the Error Behavior for States and Events
- Scenario: Take a Post-Provisioning Snapshot of a Virtual Machine
- Working with Approval Workflow Subscriptions
- Troubleshooting Workflow Subscriptions
- Troubleshooting vRealize Orchestrator Workflows That Do Not Start
- Troubleshooting Provisioning Requests That Take Too Much Time
- Troubleshooting a vRealize Orchestrator Workflow That Does Not Run for an Approval Request
- Troubleshooting a Rejected Approval Request That Should Be Approved
- Troubleshooting a Rejected Approval Request
- Extending Machine Life Cycles By Using vRealize Automation Designer
- Extending Machine Life Cycles By Using vRealize Automation Designer Checklist
- Installing and Configuring vRealize Automation Designer
- Customizing IaaS Workflows By Using vRealize Automation Designer
- Workflows and Distributed Execution Management
- CloudUtil Command Reference
- vRealize Automation Workflow Activity Reference
- Index
Table 1‑15. VMPSMasterWorkflow32 States and Events (Continued)
State(Topic) Events [Triggering String] (Topic)
UnprovisionMachine
n
Pre(Provision)
n
Post(Provision)
WaitingToBuild
n
Pre(Provision)
n
Post(Provision)
Example of VMPS Master Workflow
The VMPS workow is the master in which the other provisioning workows are embedded. This example
includes the Basic VM Workow to illustrate the life cycle of a virtual machine. It does not represent a
specic workow in your environment.
VMPS Master Workflow 32
BasicVmWorkflow
Requested
PRE
BuildingMachine
POST
MachineProvisioned
PRE
DeactivateMachine
PRE
WaitingToBuild
PRE
AddingDisks
PRE
MachineActivated
EVENT
OnCatalog
RegistrationComplete
UnprovisionMachine
POST
Requested
POST
MachineActivated
PRE
UnprovisionMachine
PRE
CreatingMachine
EVENT
OnCreating
MachineComplete
AddingDisks
EVENT
OnAdding
DisksComplete
WaitingToBuild
POST
MachineActivated
POST
Disposing
PRE
Requested
EVENT
OnProvisionMachine
VMPSMaster
Workflow32
EVENT
OnBuildSuccess
MachineProvisioned
POST
DeactivateMachine
POST
CreatingMachine
PRE
BuildComplete
PRE
BuildingMachine
PRE
VMPSMaster
Workflow32
EVENT
OnFinalizeMachine
Disposing
EVENT
OnDisposeComplete
Disposing
POST
Life Cycle Extensibility
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