6.5.1

Configure the Default vRealize Orchestrator
You congure multiple Orchestrator servers to work with a vCenter Server instance that is connected to
your vSphere Web Client. A default Orchestrator server is automatically congured to work with the
vCenter Server instance, unless you congure one manually. Otherwise, a default Orchestrator server is
automatically selected.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have congured 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 Server extension. You register Orchestrator as a vCenter Server
extension when you specify a user account that has the necessary privileges to manage
vCenter Serverextensions. For more information, see Installing and Conguring VMware vRealize Orchestrator.
Procedure
1 Log in to the vSphere Web Client as a member of the Administrators group.
2 In the object navigator, click vRealize Orchestrator.
3 In the Manage tab, click the Servers subtab.
A table appears that lists the available vCenter Server instances. Each row of the table contains a
vCenter Server and the Orchestrator server that manages it.
4 Click Edit .
5 In the Edit vRealize Orchestrator connections dialog box, select the default Orchestrator server to
manage your vCenter Server instance.
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Select the Fixed IP/host name option and enter the IP address of the Orchestrator server.
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Select the Registered as VC extension option and from the drop-down menu, select the URL
address of the Orchestrator server.
6 Click OK.
You successfully congured a default vRealize Orchestrator server in the vSphere Web Client.
Managing Associations of Workflows with vSphere Inventory Objects
You can associate workows with the dierent vSphere object types to see more workows displayed in the
context menu when you right-click a vSphere inventory object. You can also run these workows on more
object types.
You can add and edit associations, and export and import XML les containing the associations of
workows with vSphere objects.
Workows 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
workows with vSphere inventory objects.
Associate Workflows with vSphere Inventory Object Types
You can associate workows with a vSphere object type, such as host, to run the workows directly on the
inventory objects of that type.
Workows 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.
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