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
The Imports tab displays imported namespaces from which you can select entity types to add to the
workow.
The collapsible Information pane at the boom of the console displays any errors in conguring activities
and provides access to the XAML representation of the workow.
IaaS Workflow Types
You can customize two types of workows by using vRealize Automation Designer: state change workows
and menu operation workows.
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A state change workow is executed when the master workow transitions between states, for example
at a particular stage during the process of provisioning a new machine.
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A menu operation workow is executed when a user selects an option from the Action menu in the
service catalog or from the machine menu in the Infrastructure tab.
State Change Workflows
Creating a state change workow enables you to trigger the execution of a workow before the IaaS master
workow enters a specic state.
For example, you can create custom workows to integrate with an external database and record
information at dierent stages of the machine life cycle:
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Create a custom workow that runs before the master workow enters the MachineProvisioned state to
record such information as machine owner, approvers and so on.
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Create a custom workow that runs before a machine enters the MachineDisposing state to record the
time at which the machine was destroyed and data such as its resource utilization at last data collection,
last logon, and so on.
The following illustrations show the main states of the master workow.
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