7.1
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
State (Topic) Events (Topic)
InstallingOS
n
Pre(Provision)
n
OnInstallingOSComplete(Provision)
n
OnInstallingOSTimeout(Provision)
SccmRegistration
n
Pre(Provision)
n
OnSccmRegistrationTimeout(Provision)
WIM Image Workflow
State (Topic) Events (Topic)
AddingDisks
n
Pre(Provision)
n
OnAddingDisksComplete(Provision)
n
OnAddingDisksTimeout(Provision)
BuildComplete
n
Pre(Provision)
CreatingMachine
n
Pre(Provision)
n
OnCreatingMachineComplete(Provision)
n
OnCreatingMachineTimeout(Provision)
EjectingCD
n
Pre(Provision)
n
OnEjectingCDComplete(Provision)
n
OnEjectingCDTimeout(Provision)
FailedProvisioning
n
Pre(Provision)
InitialPowerOn
n
Pre(Provision)
n
OnInitialPowerOnComplete(Provision)
n
OnInitialPowerOnTimeout(Provision)
InstallOS
n
Pre(Provision)
n
onInstallOSComplete(Provision)
n
OnInstallOSTimeout(Provision)
Reboot
n
Pre(Provision)
n
OnRebootComplete(Provision)
n
OnRebootTimeout(Provision)
SetupOS
n
Pre(Provision)
n
OnSetupOSComplete(Provision)
n
OnSetupOSTimeout(Provision)
Configuring the Timeout Values for States and Events
The default timeout value for all states and events is 30 minutes and is configured in the
vRealize Automation global settings. Some workflows might take more time to run successfully. To
accommodate different workflows in your environment, you can add timeout override values for individual
workflows or states.
To modify the default timeout value, select Infrastructure > Administration > Global Settings and edit
the value for Extensibility lifecycle message timeout.
To configure individual timeout values, add the workflow or event property to the appSetting section of
the ManagerService.exe.config file, located on the IaaS server. The file is typically located in the
%System-Drive%\Program Files x86\VMware\vCAC\Server directory. You should always make a
copy of the file before editing it. If you make changes to the setting, you must restart the manager service.
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