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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
9 In the Timeout (min) text box, enter 120.
The amount of time you specify until the subscription workflow times out depends on the target
system. If vRealize Automation does not process a reply from the target system in the specified
number of minutes, the request is automatically rejected.
If you do not provide a value, the default timeout is 24 hours.
10 Click Finish.
11 Select the Software External row and click Publish.
The Software External pre-approval event subscription now receives pre-approval event messages.
What to do next
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If you applied the approval policy to a software component in an active entitlement, request the item
in the service catalog and verify that your approval policy and workflow subscription work as
designed.
Troubleshooting Workflow Subscriptions
Troubleshooting workflow subscriptions includes some common problems. You might also need to
examine various logs.
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Troubleshooting vRealize Orchestrator Workflows That Do Not Start
You configure a workflow subscription to run a custom workflow when the event message is
received, but the workflow does not run.
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Troubleshooting Provisioning Requests That Take Too Much Time
An IaaS machine take ten or more hours to provision.
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Troubleshooting a vRealize Orchestrator Workflow That Does Not Run for an Approval Request
You configured a pre-approval or post-approval workflow subscription to run a vRealize Orchestrator
workflow. The workflow does not run when a machine that matches the defined criteria is requested
in the service catalog.
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Troubleshooting a Rejected Approval Request That Should Be Approved
You configure a pre-approval or post-approval workflow subscription that runs the specified
vRealize Orchestrator workflow, but the request is rejected when you know that it was approved.
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Troubleshooting a Rejected Approval Request
You configure a pre-approval or post-approval workflow subscription that runs the specified
vRealize Orchestrator workflow, but the request is unexpectedly rejected.
Troubleshooting vRealize Orchestrator Workflows That Do Not
Start
You configure a workflow subscription to run a custom workflow when the event message is received, but
the workflow does not run.
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