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Table Of Contents
- Machine Extensibility
- Contents
- Machine Extensibility
- Updated Information for Machine Extensibility
- Machine Extensibility Overview
- Extending Machine Lifecycles By Using vRealize Orchestrator
- Extending Machine Lifecycles By Using vRealize Automation Designer
- Extending Machine Lifecycles 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
You can associate a vRealize Orchestrator endpoint with a multi-machine blueprint to make sure that all
of the vRealize Orchestrator workflows for machines provisioned from that blueprint are run using that
endpoint.
vRealize Automation by default includes an embedded vRealize Orchestrator instance. It is
recommended that you use this as your vRealize Orchestrator endpoint for running vRealize Automation
workflows in a test environment or creating a proof of concept . For more information about managing the
embedded vRealize Orchestrator instance, see Advanced Service Design.
You can also install a plug-in on an external vRealize Orchestrator server.
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.
Create a vRealize Orchestrator Endpoint
vRealize Automation uses vRealize Orchestrator endpoints to run workflows. You can configure multiple
endpoints to connect to different vRealize Orchestrator servers. Each endpoint must have a priority.
When executing vRealize Orchestrator workflows, vRealize Automation tries the highest priority
vRealize Orchestrator endpoint first. If that endpoint is not reachable, then it proceeds to try the next
highest priority endpoint until a vRealize Orchestrator server is available to run the workflow.
Prerequisites
Log in to the vRealize Automation console as an IaaS administrator.
Procedure
1 Select Infrastructure > Endpoints > Endpoints.
2 Select New Endpoint > Orchestration > vCenter Orchestrator.
3 Enter a name and, optionally, a description.
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