(This is a crosspost from the vCAC forum)
Using vCAC 6.0.1, and vCO 5.5.1
I need to extend the Actions menu for Multi-Machine Services (deployed from Multi-Machine blueprints).
I have used Advanced Services to extend the Actions menu for VMs, but I can't find a matching VCAC, or VCACCAFE type for Multi-Machine Blueprints. (They show up as catalog resources in the vCO inventory, but that appears to me to be a generic type that would catch things other than the Multi-Machine Blueprints.)
For this, the workflow must have an input parameter that is the same as the Custom Resource Type and then it can be mapped to a Resource Action. The Resource Action can then be performed on provisioned items.
I have been able to tie vCO workflows to the Actions or machine operations menu for VMs. I would like to do the same thing for Multi Machine Services, but I can't figure out what type is maps to. I have created a custom resource type the maps to VCACCAFE:CatalogResource. Searching on that type using the entities finder finds the Multi Machine Services. But it doesn't get recognized in the vCAC portal.
Is there a type that could be used to create a Custom Resource for Multi-Machine Blueprints?
Taking another approach, I have been able to do what I want using the machine menu stubs in vCAC Designer (aka CDK, aka Advanced Designer aka Design Center). However, this is limited to the 6 state change workflows and 4 stubs without the license. I am trying to avoid purchasing a CDK license for the sole purpose of adding a dozen menu items..
I have been able to use the extensibility workflows to tie workflows to the Multi-machine blueprints so that I get the workflows showiing up on the machine operations menu for the Multi Machine Services in the Infrastructure tab. I can execute the workflows from the operations menu.
The menu operations do not show up in the actions menu for the same Multi Machine Service in the Items tab. They also don't show up as actions that can be entitled for users or added to a service in Advanced Services.
My requirement is to tie vCO workflows to the actions menu for Multi-Machine Services. The only way I have been able to do this sucessfully is with the licensed CDK. Without the license, I only get 4 menu workflow stube to extend and can't create new ones. (Tried exporting and monkeying with the .xaml file, got items to load and show up in menus, but seems to be missing the hook to actually run the workflow.)
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