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Life Cycle Extensibility 4
Machine Extensibility Overview 4
Machine Life Cycle Extensibility 4
Choosing a Life Cycle Extensibility Scenario 6
Extending Machine Lifecycles By Using vRealize Orchestrator 7
Extending Machine Lifecycles by Using vRealize Orchestrator Checklist 7
Configuring the vRealize Automation Plug-in for Machine Extensibility 8
Customizing IaaS Workflows By Using vRealize Orchestrator 11
Configuring Workflow Subscriptions to Extend vRealize Automation 13
Event Topics Provided With vRealize Automation 13
Workflow Subscriptions and Event Broker Terminology 14
Blockable and Replyable Event Topics 15
Best Practices for Creating vRealize Orchestrator Workflows for Workflow Subscriptions 17
Workflow Subscription Settings 17
Working with Provisioning and Life Cycle Workflow Subscriptions 22
Working with Approval Workflow Subscriptions 41
Troubleshooting Workflow Subscriptions 47
Extending Machine Life Cycles By Using vRealize Automation Designer 50
Extending Machine Life Cycles By Using vRealize Automation Designer Checklist 50
Installing and Configuring vRealize Automation Designer 51
Customizing IaaS Workflows By Using vRealize Automation Designer 55
Workflows and Distributed Execution Management 70
Associate Workflows and DEM Workers by Using Skills 70
Remove Associations between Skills and DEM Workers 71
Remove Associations between Skills and Workflows 71
Remove a Skill 72
CloudUtil Command Reference 72
DEM Commands 72
File Commands 74
Operation Commands 77
Skill Commands 79
Workflow Commands 80
Import Commands 82
vRealize Automation Workflow Activity Reference 84
DynamicOps.Repository.Activities 85
DynamicOps.Cdk.Activities 88
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