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
DeleteLink
Changes the state of the link to deleted in the list of links being tracked by the DataServiceContext.
Table 8‑6. DeleteLink Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
DataServiceContext RepositoryServiceContext The DataServiceContext from which to delete the link.
Source Object The source object in the link to be marked for deletion.
SourceProperty String The name of the navigation property on the source object that is
used to access the target object.
Target Object The target object involved in the link that is bound to the source
object. The target object must be of the type identified by the
source property or a subtype.
DeleteObject
Changes the state of the specified object to be deleted in the DataServiceContext.
Table 8‑7. DeleteObject Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
DataServiceContext RepositoryServiceContext The DataServiceContext from which to delete the resource.
Instance Object The tracked entity to be changed to the deleted state.
InvokeRepositoryWorkflow
Executes a workflow installed in the Model Manager.
Table 8‑8. InvokeRepositoryWorkflow Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
WorkflowType WorkflowDefinition entity The workflow to execute.
WorkflowInputs Dictionary<string, object> (Optional) Inputs to the workflow.
CallingInstance WorkflowInstance entity (Optional) The workflow that calls the executed workflow and to
which it will return.
LoadProperty
Loads deferred content for a specified property from the data service.
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