6.2

Machine Life Cycle and
Workflow States for Cloud
Platforms 8
Several machine workflows and workflow states are available in vRealize Automation.
Provisioning workflows are selected by the tenant administrator or business group manager when they
create a blueprint. All of the available options are listed.
Table 8‑1. MasterWorkflow States
Workflow State Work Item Description
Requested A new machine is requested. The
machine is created or registered.
AwaitingApproval The approval process starts. The machine
build is on hold until it is approved.
RegisterMachine RegisterVM The existing machine is registered.
Attributes are set in the hypervisor. For
information about registering machines,
see vSphere product documentation.
BuildingMachine The machine build is about to start. The
provisioning workflow that is specified in
the blueprint is being created.
MachineProvisioned SetMachineOperations The machine build completed
successfully. Operations are being
performed on the machine before it is
made available for use. The allowed
machine operations that are defined in the
blueprint are configured on the machine.
MachineActivated The requested machine is activated.
InstallTools InstallTools Hypervisor guest operating system tools
are installed on the machine by the
hypervisor.
Expired The machine has expired and is turned
off. After the archive period elapses, it is
disposed of. The machine cannot be used.
The machine can only be reactivated or
disposed of in this state.
DeactivateMachine The machine disposal process has
started.
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