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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
InvokeSshCommand
Executes an SSH command.
Table 8‑29. InvokeSshCommand Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
CommandText String Command to execute.
Host String Server name against which to execute the command.
Username String Username to use in connecting to the host.
Password String Password to use in connecting to the host.
Timeout TimeSpan (Optional) Period of time after which execution of the command
times out. Default is 30 minutes.
Table 8‑30. InvokeSshCommand Activity Output Parameters
Argument Type Description
EnvironmentVariables Dictionary<string, string> Output of command if any. Throws exception on error.
LogMachineEvent
Logs a machine event to the user log that is visible to the machine owner.
Table 8‑31. LogMachineEvent Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
MachineId Guid Machine generating the event to log.
Message String Message to write to the user log.
Type String Select a message type from the drop-down list (Info, Warn,
Error)
LogMessage
Logs to the Distributed Execution Manager log.
Table 8‑32. LogMessage Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
Message String Message to write to the DEM log.
MessageCategory String Select a category from the drop-down menu (Debug, Error,
Info, Trace) or enter a custom category.
MessageSeverity String Select a severity from the drop-down menu; bound to the list of
Severities supplied in System.Diagnostics.TraceEventType.
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