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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
AttachTo
Noties the DataServiceContext to start tracking the specied resource.
Table 1‑29. AttachTo Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
DataServiceContext RepositoryServiceContext
The DataServiceContext that should track the resource.
Instance Object
The resource to be tracked by the DataServiceContext.
The resource is aached in the Unchanged state.
CreateRepositoryServiceContext<T>
Creates a context for a model loaded into the Model Manager.
When you add this activity to a workow in vRealize Automation Designer, you must select a class that
inherits from the RepositoryServiceContext class.
Table 1‑30. CreateRepositoryServiceContext<T> Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
Uri URI (Optional) Root URI to use in connecting to the model.
Username String (Optional) Username to use in connecting to the context.
Table 1‑31. CreateRepositoryServiceContext<T> Activity Output Parameters
Argument Type Description
Result RepositoryServiceContext The specic type returned is an instance of the class
selected when the activity was added to the workow.
DeleteLink
Changes the state of the link to deleted in the list of links being tracked by the DataServiceContext.
Table 1‑32. DeleteLink Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
DataServiceContext RepositoryServiceContext
The DataServiceContext from which to delete the link.
Source Object The source object in the link to be marked for deletion.
SourceProperty String The name of the navigation property on the source object
that is used to access the target object.
Target Object The target object involved in the link that is bound to the
source object. The target object must be of the type
identied by the source property or a subtype.
DeleteObject
Changes the state of the specied object to be deleted in the DataServiceContext.
Table 1‑33. DeleteObject Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
DataServiceContext RepositoryServiceContext
The DataServiceContext from which to delete the
resource.
Instance Object The tracked entity to be changed to the deleted state.
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