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Contents
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Life Cycle Extensibility 7
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Machine Extensibility Overview 8
Machine Life Cycle Extensibility 8
Choosing a Life Cycle Extensibility Scenario 9
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Extending Machine Lifecycles By Using vRealize Orchestrator 11
Extending Machine Lifecycles by Using vRealize Orchestrator Checklist 11
Configuring the vRealize Automation Plug-in for Machine Extensibility 12
Add a vRealize Automation Host 12
Add an IaaS Host 13
Install vRealize Orchestrator Customization 14
Create a vRealize Orchestrator Endpoint 15
Customizing IaaS Workflows By Using vRealize Orchestrator 16
Assign a State Change Workflow to a Blueprint and Its Virtual Machines 16
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Configuring Workflow Subscriptions to Extend vRealize Automation 18
Event Topics Provided with vRealize Automation 18
Workflow Subscriptions and Event Broker Terminology 19
Blockable and Replyable Event Topics 20
Best Practices for Creating vRealize Orchestrator Workflows for Workflow Subscriptions 21
Workflow Subscription Settings 22
Workflow Subscription Event Topic Tab Settings 23
Workflow Subscription Conditions Tab Settings 24
Workflow Subscription Workflow Tab Settings 25
Workflow Subscription Details Tab Settings 25
Working with Provisioning and Life Cycle Workflow Subscriptions 27
Configuring vRealize Orchestrator Workflows for Provisioning and Life Cycle Workflows 28
Workflow Subscription Life Cycle State Definitions 29
Configuring the Timeout Values for States and Events 42
Configuring the Error Behavior for States and Events 43
Scenario: Take a Post-Provisioning Snapshot of a Virtual Machine 44
Working with Approval Workflow Subscriptions 46
Configuring vRealize Orchestrator Workflows for Approval Event Topics 47
Scenario: Send Software Requests to an External System for Approval 48
Troubleshooting Workflow Subscriptions 52
Troubleshooting vRealize Orchestrator Workflows That Do Not Start 52
Troubleshooting Provisioning Requests That Take Too Much Time 53
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