I'm using Configuration Elements to help my new vCloud vApp workflow be more modular - I use the same workflow at multiple sites. Namely, there is a Configuration Element, vCloud Templates that contains three attributes:
- Win-Server-2008R2-Std
- Win-Server-2012R1
- Win-Server-2012R2
Each of those attributes directly references the current appropriate vCloud vApp Template. Unfortunately, I'm told that the way we update vApp templates (for Windows updates, etc) requires we remove the existing vApp Template.
Our Process:
- We rename the existing vApp template (e.g. Win-Server-2008R2-Std_OLD)
- Update the original vApp
- Re-add it as a template to the catalog with the original name (e.g. Win-Server-2008R2-Std)
- Delete the old template
I believe this will break my workflows and I would like to know if there's a way to programmatically update the Configuration Element Attributes via workflow. I could then make the last step of our vApp process be to run the workflow to update my Configuration Element.
Thoughts?