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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
Skill-Uninstall Arguments
Argument Description
-n | - -name Name of the skill to uninstall from the Model Manager.
- -repository (Optional) The root URI of the Model Manager, for example, http://hostname/repository. Default is
specified in the CloudUtil config file in the repositoryAddress key under the <appSettings>
section.
-v | - -verbose (Optional) If an error occurs, outputs a stack trace instead of just the exception message.
Note A skill cannot be uninstalled if it is associated with either a Distributed Execution Manager or a
workflow. See DEM-Remove-Skills or Workflow-Remove-Skills.
Workflow Commands
The Workflow commands enable you to manage customizable IaaS workflows in the Model Manager, as
well as the skills associated with any workflows.
Workflow-Add-Skills
Associate skills with a workflow in the Model Manager.
CloudUtil.exe Workflow-Add-Skills -n|--name <Name> -s|--skills <Skills> [--repository <Model Manager
Root URI>] [-v|--verbose]
Table 6‑3. Workflow-Add-Skills Arguments
Argument Description
Name Name of a workflow in the Model Manager.
Skills Comma-delimited list of skills to associate with this workflow.
- -repository (Optional) The root URI of the Model Manager, for example, http://hostname/repository. Default is
specified in the CloudUtil config file in the repositoryAddress key under the <appSettings>
section.
-v | - -verbose (Optional) If an error occurs, outputs a stack trace instead of just the exception message.
Note The skills must already exist in the Model Manager. See Skill-Install.
Workflow-List
List all workflows installed in the Model Manager and their associated skills.
CloudUtil.exe Workflow-List [--repository <Model Manager Root URI>] [-v|--verbose]
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