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Task Details
Create a vRealize Automation endpoint for your
vRealize Orchestrator instance.
Create a vRealize Orchestrator Endpoint
Use the workflow template provided in the
Extensibility subdirectory of the vRealize Automation
plugin library to create a custom
vRealize Orchestrator workflow to run during the
machine lifecycle. You can run multiple workflows in
the same state for the same blueprint as long as you
nest them under a single wrapper workflow.
For information about developing workflows with vRealize Orchestrator,
see the vRealize Orchestrator documentation. For training in
vRealize Orchestrator development for vRealize Automation integrations,
see the training courses available from VMware Education and the
instructional material provided by VMware Learning.
Run the provided workflow that inserts your custom
workflow into an IaaS workflow stub and configures a
blueprint to call the IaaS workflow stub.
Assign a State Change Workflow to a Blueprint and Its Virtual Machines
Installing the vRealize Automation Plug-In
The vRealize Automation plug-in is installed on the embedded vRealize Orchestrator instance in your
vRealize Automation installation. You can use the configuration interface of an external
vRealize Orchestrator server to install the vRealize Automation plug-in.
vCenter Orchestrator Integration Prerequisites
If you are using vRealize Automation workflows to execute vRealize Orchestrator workflows that have
input or output parameters of type VC:VirtualMachine, verify that you have the vRealize Orchestrator
workflows for converting virtual machine types between vRealize Orchestrator and IaaS.
The required workflows are included by default in vRealize Orchestrator 5.5 as part of the vCenter plugin.
If you are using vRealize Orchestrator 5.1, install the vRealize Automation integration package for
vRealize Orchestrator. Download the package com.vmware.library.vcenter.vcac-
integration.package from thevRealize Orchestrator community site at
http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/server/vcenter/orchestrator. Import the package on each
vRealize Orchestrator server that you set up as an endpoint in IaaS.
For information about importing packages to vRealize Orchestrator, refer to the vRealize Orchestrator
documentation.
vRealize Automation Plug-In Functional Prerequisites
To install and use the vRealize Automation plug-in, your system must meet certain functional
prerequisites.
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