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
File-Update
Updates a previously imported file in the Model Manager with a new revision.
Synopsis
CloudUtil.exe File-Update -n|--name <Name> -f|--filename <File Name> [-i|--iteration <Iteration>] [--
repository <Model Manager Root URI>] [-v|--verbose]
File-Update Arguments
Argument Description
-f | - -filename Path to the updated file.
-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.
- -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.
Operation Commands
The Operation commands enable you to manage custom operations in the Model Manager.
Operation-Create
Creates a custom operation or set of operations that can be performed on a machine based on an
operation definition file.
Synopsis
CloudUtil.exe Operation-Create -c|--operationConfig <Operation Definition File> [--repository <Model
Manager Root URI>] [-v|--verbose]
Operation-Create Arguments
Argument Description
-c | - -operationConfig Path to an operation definition file (XML).
- -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.
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