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
Argument Description
-s | - -skills Comma-delimited list of skills to remove from this Distributed Execution Manager.
-v | - -verbose (Optional) If an error occurs, outputs a stack trace instead of just the exception message.
File Commands
The File commands enable you to store and manage files (typically scripts) in the Model Manager.
File-Export
Exports a file from the Model Manager.
Synopsis
CloudUtil.exe File-Export -n|--name <Name> -o|--output <Output File> [-i|--iteration <Iteration>] [--
repository <Model Manager Root URI>] [-v|--verbose]
File-Export Arguments
Argument Description
-i | - -iteration (Optional) Version string of the file in the Model Manager. Default is 0.0.
-n | - -name Friendly name of the file in the Model Manager.
-o | - -output Path for file output.
- -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.
File-Import
Imports a file into the Model Manager.
Synopsis
CloudUtil.exe File-Import -n|--name <Name> -f|--filename <File Name> [-d|--description <Description>]
[-i|--iteration <Iteration>] [--repository <Model Manager Root URI>] [-v|--verbose]
File-Import Arguments
Argument Description
-d | - -description (Optional) Description of the file.
-f | - -filename Path to a file to import into the Model Manager.
-i | - -iteration (Optional) Version string of the file in the Model Manager. Default is 0.0.
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