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Managing Associations of Workflows with vSphere
Inventory Objects
You can associate workflows with the different vSphere object types to see more workflows displayed in
the context menu when you right-click a vSphere inventory object. You can also run these workflows on
more object types.
You can add and edit associations, and export and import XML files containing the associations of
workflows with vSphere objects.
Workflows associated with inventory object types are listed in the context menu that appears when you
right-click the inventory objects and in the Actions menu.
Only users from the Orchestrator Administrator group have the rights to manage the associations of
workflows with vSphere inventory objects.
Associate Workflows with vSphere Inventory Object Types
You can associate workflows with a vSphere object type, such as host, to run the workflows directly on
the inventory objects of that type.
Workflows associated with inventory object types are listed in the context menu that appears when you
right-click an inventory object, and in the Actions menu.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have configured at least one Orchestrator server to work with the same Single Sign-
On instance to which both the vCenter Server and vSphere Web Client are pointing. You must also
ensure that Orchestrator is registered as a vCenter Serverextension. You register Orchestrator as a
vCenter Server extension when you specify a user account that has the necessary privileges to
manage vCenter Server extensions. For more information, see Installing and Configuring
VMware vRealize Orchestrator.
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Log in to thevSphere Web Client as a member of the Administrators group.
Procedure
1 In the object navigator, click vRealize Orchestrator.
2 Click the Manage tab.
3 Click the Context Actions subtab.
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Click the Add icon to add a workflow.
5 Select the Orchestrator server from the vRO Servers tree, and navigate through the workflow library
to find the workflow to add.
6 Click Add.
The workflow appears in the list of selected workflows on the right.
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