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
Configuring a Menu Operation Workflow Overview
You can customize a menu operation workow by using vRealize Automation Designer and the CloudUtil
command-line utility. A blueprint author can then enable it for specic blueprints.
The following is a high-level overview of the steps required to enable menu operation workows:
1 A workow developer customizes one of the menu operation workow templates by using vRealize
Automation Designer. See “Customize an IaaS Workow,” on page 52.
Any IaaS workow can call a vRealize Orchestrator workow. For more information, see “Using
vRealize Orchestrator Workow Activities,” on page 53.
2 A workow developer congures the menu operation in the Model Manager. See “Congure a Menu
Operation,” on page 58.
3 A workow developer registers the new menu operation with the service catalog. See “Register New
Menu Operations with the Service Catalog,” on page 60.
4 A tenant administrator or business group manager congures a blueprint to enable the menu operation
for machines provisioned from that blueprint. See “Congure a Blueprint to Enable a Menu Operation
Workow,” on page 61.
If the menu operation is intended to be used in the service catalog, it must also be entitled to users. For more
information, see Tenant Administration.
Customize an IaaS Workflow
vRealize Automation Designer enables you to edit the customizable workows and update workows in the
Model Manager.
Prerequisites
Launch the vRealize Automation Designer.
Procedure
1 Click Load.
2 Select the workow that you want to customize.
Option Description
WFMachineMenuN
Customizable menu operation workow
WFStubBuildingMachine
Customizable state change workow that executes before a machine enters
the BuildingMachine state
WFStubMachineDisposing
Customizable state change workow that executes before a machine enters
the Disposing state
WFStubMachineExpired
Customizable state change workow that executes before a machine enters
the Expired state
WFStubMachineProvisioned
Customizable state change workow that executes before a machine enters
the MachineProvisioned state
WFStubMachineRegistered
Customizable state change workow that executes before a machine enters
the RegisterMachine state
WFStubUnprovisionMachine
Customizable state change workow that executes before a machine enters
the UnprovisionMachine state
3 Click OK.
The workow displays in the Designer pane.
4 Customize the workow by dragging activities from the Toolbox to the Designer pane and conguring
their arguments.
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