vRO File Upload Custom form
I have requirement where user will upload a csv file and i have an action to display content of file, I am trying to use new custom form file upload, Has anyone used this form I was not able to find a...
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Orchestrator get create date of VM
Hi all, is there a way to get the create Date from the Javascript VCVirtualMachine object? With PowerCLI you can do this very simple via $vm.CreateDate ($vm from Get-VM) - is there anything similar?...
View ArticleCreate workflow which will run the action on all VMS.
Hi guys,I'm new with all the VRO world.I'm trying to build a workflow which will check by date created all VMS, and then will check each VM if the specific value in custom attributes exist or nor.If...
View ArticlevCenter connection status
Hi!I need to check if vCenter servers that configured for vRO (and appear in Inventory/vSphere vCenter plug-in) are in OK state...I'm using PowervRO to retrieve data from vRO.I can easily get which...
View ArticleVRO Error - Run Script in Guest
Hello, I am getting below error when my workflow reaches "Run Script in Guest" trap{ Write-Error $_ exit 1} The guest process 6200 was not found. (Workflow:Kill process in guest / Scriptable...
View ArticleHow to convert vclNatRule to vclNsxNatRule ?
Hello all, I am working with vRO 7.5 with vCloud plugin 9.7.0. No NSX plugin installed. I have to delete dedicated NAT rule from advanced gateway. To achieve this i want to use the native workflow...
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How to get network information from vRO
Hello, everyone. I'm a beginner of vROI need help I just want to know about the network Data transmit rate Average and Data receive rate Average of the vms. And I'm going to save it in DB.I know how to...
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Scheduled Activity - vRO 8
hi guys, I`m trying to schedule two workflows at orchestrator. The scheduled task is created and all the configurations looks ok, but no matter the configuration the workflows never start. Is this a...
View ArticleGet Vc:VirtualMachine back from cloneVM_task
Hi all, does anyone know a way to get a managed object (VcVirtualMachine would be the best) from the cloneVM_task?Or do I have to get it via VcPlugin.getAllVirtualMachines(); and filter by name?
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vRO 8.1 cant use scroll wheel in code editor with Firefox
Exactly as per the subject. Scroll wheel wont work in the code window. You have to click and drag the scroll bar.Works great in Chrome, so it seems it may be something odd in Firefox. Anyone else seen...
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write to file system vRO 8.1
Hi, I imported a workflow from vRO 7.5 to my new environment vRO 8.1This workflow writes some files in the following path: /data-vra-scripts/folder (in vro appliance). According to this VMWare article...
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Add a REST host with key
Hi, I want add a REST host in vRO 7.6 but I want use private/certification to auth in this rest host. When I add rest host I have Advanced options but in keystore my key and cert not appear. What I do...
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How to access vRO8 Configuration Assets in a Powershell action/scriptable task?
I'm running a vRA8.1 instance with embedded vRO. I have a Powershell action that I've gotten to work, but I'm trying to move a hard-coded value out of the code and into a Configuration Element/Asset....
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Automating bulk import of Unmanaged VMs
I would like to create a vRO workflow(s) that will automatically get all "unmanaged" VMs from vRA and ingest those into vRA. I DO NOT want to use the bulk import vRA feature and can not use other...
View ArticlevRO 7.6 does not export verison history?
Is this something new in vRO 7.6? as in previous versions when i made changes to the workflow and exported the workflows the version history was bundled along. But now i dont see any. Can someone shed...
View ArticleCan you add a custom Powershell module to the vRO8 PSCore instance?
Looking at Get-Module -ListAvailable, it lists the modules as being in /root/.local/share/powershell/Modules/. I'm assuming that since this directory doesn't exist on the appliance, that this path...
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User Interaction in vRO
Hi, I am new to vRO and we have vRO 7.3 in our environment. I am trying to write a workflow which will ask me to select an item from drop down and if I click next it should go to next page for required...
View ArticleHow to copy VMDK files from VM template to a VM folder using vRO
I have a VM rebuild situation. Instead of attaching a CD/ISO and install from scratch, I would like to copy the default drives from Template where the VM was cloned, I would like to replace the...
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Disable smartd Service
Hi, I would like to write a workflow to disable smartd service on all the hosts in a vCenter. We disable the same on each esx host from command line by the below 2 commands /etc/init.d/smartd...
View ArticlevRO 8.1 Cannot execute the request
I am using Veeam REST API.When i am running the action normally, I am getting the output in array. when I am running from Dynamic custom form. Its giving error "Cannot execute the request. "when I am...
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Execute vRO workflow using API
Hello, I have a workflow for building vms etc in vRO that i want to put a custom html page infront of and allow people to enter the required information for that workflow and then run the workflow....
View Articlecannot access web client or control center on 7.6
I have a problem with my 7.6 standalone vro appliance where I cannot access the control center or web client suddenly. Java client and the web page on port 8281 are fine. I've restored from backup and...
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VRealize Orchestrator 8.1 Integration with Micro Focus Service Manager (HP...
Dears, I search everywhere for this without finding any answers, We have Micro Focus Service Manager (Old Name: HP Service Manager) and we have VRealize Orchestrator 8.1 and we are unable to integrate...
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No output when workflow run on a schedule?
I have a workflow (vRO 7.6) that works fine when run manually but when run on a schedule will not log any output.Has anyone ever seen this? and/or any ideas as to how I may fix this issue?
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REST calls to vRealize Operations Manager does character "translation"
Hi, I need to do an API call to vRealize Operations Manager from vRealize Orchestrator.And I use the workflow "Invoke a REST operation" Basically I need to have following...
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vRO 8.1 Python Code Samples
Can anyone point me to some basic documentation on how to get started writing Scriptable Tasks in vRO 8.1 with Python?I'm specifically looking for any information on getting the vAPIEndPoint setup to...
View ArticleDistributed PortGroup
Hi, How to find out what distributed port groups a host is connected to using vro? Please help.
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vRO 7.6 Reload for Inventory
Hi, Like in legacy client where we have a reload option when we right click on the inventory object -> . But in the vRO 7.6 web based HTML5 client i dont find this reload option under...
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VUM plugin - assign baseline group to a cluster
Hello Community, I started to use VUM plugin for Orchestrator and looking for a way to assign baseline group to a cluster. There a methode to assign baseline, I cannot find simmilar for baseline...
View ArticleGetting scriptable task name with javascript from inside the scriptable task
Hi all,is there a way to get the scriptable task name inside the scriptable task with javascript inside vRA / vRO 7.6?Something like it exists for receiving the current workflow name or the name of an...
View ArticleWebservice Calls failing due to java.security.cert.CertificateException:...
Dear Orchestrator Community! In the current VRO Version we have the issue that the following error is thrown while doing HTTP REST calls (GET and POST):InternalError: Cannot execute the request: ;...
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vRO 8.1: set WorkflowToken name
I have a need to set the name field on a workflow token. I want to set it to something like <vmName> - <workflowName> instead of the default <workflowName>. This REALLY helps to...
View ArticleConfigure vSphere Replication (+ SRM) for VMs
Hi community! I've been tasked with mass-configuring replication of our critical VMs to our DR site using vSphere Replication.Since there is no way I'm going to do this for ~250 VMs, I was wondering if...
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unable to run get-DnsServerResourceRecord via vRO Powershell wf
I have a Powershell host mapped to vRO 8.1 and I can run some simple test commands ("date", "write-output") on the PS host without issues. I want to retrieve DNS records or delete them and when I run...
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VMkernel Adapter
Hi, I would like to add/create new vmkernel adapter(vmk) on a host and add it to a dvportgroup of a dvswitch. How do I achieve through vRO. Please help.
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VAPI 7.5- vcenter 6.7
Maybe I am just not clear on vapi, but I see references to items such as COM_VMWARE_VCENTER_VM which I just do not have in my vapi model. I know that vapi is supposed to have more api integration then...
View ArticlevRealize Developer Tools (vscode)
Hi all, Is there any way to use vscode for workflows ans actions development without installing Java or Maven? Thanks a lot,
View ArticlevRealize Developer Tools - step by step - ubuntu
Hi there, I want to use Visual Studio code to create vRO actions and workflows. Is there any step by step that set up de environment on Ubuntu?Thanks a lot,D.
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Exclude VMs using the Remove Old Snapshots workflow in vRO
Hello all! I'm hoping that someone has tackled this issue already. I have a 2 part requirement to remove all snapshots in our environments after the snapshot age has reached 72 hours but also to skip...
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Workflow for vcenter snapshot deletion after "x" days
Dear All, We currently need to find a way to delete old snapshots of the VMs. I understand this is possible in many ways but it has been made complicated by various conditions which needs to be applied...
View ArticlevRO 8.0/8.1 setup issue
Hello, I am trying to set up an 8.0 or 8.1 vRO on our 7.0 cloud for testing purposes. This is all on a private network. After deploying the OVF template and powering on the VM, we are able to...
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SNMP Policy Calling Workflow
Hi I am trying to call a workflow once I receive a SNMP Trap. I am able to receive the trap no problem. If I use the default script that is part of the policy everything is logged as expected. The...
View ArticleUpdate DNS server
Hi, How to update DNS servers on a esxi 6.5 host using vRO. Please help?
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vRO 7.6 Permissions Patch
The issue of vRO 7.6 not having role-based permissions has been discussed before (see Tab 'Permissions' missing in vRO 7.6 client ), and there was mention of a patch that re-added these permissions....
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installing vib files
Hi, There is requirement to install DELL RecoverPoint splitter on all the esxi hosts in my environment to provide DR capabilities for the VM's running on these hosts. This splitter comes as vib file....
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vRO with vSphere Replication - server certificate chain is not trusted and...
HiNew vRO 7.6 appliance with VR and SRM plig-ins installed.I've added 'local' and 'remote' vCenters and can get back info from both.VR plugin picks up both instances and one works ok but the other...
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Detailed documentation on Input Parameters Presentation Tab
I've created a workflow using the Infoblox IPAM Driver for VMware vRA / vRO. The workflow uses vRO Configurations and Extensible Attributes in Infoblox NIOS to find a list and return a list of hosts....
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vro 8 cannot write to local file
I have a situation where I need to use an SSH Key (instead of user/password) to login to a server. SSHSession only takes a file as input for this. Worked fine in vRO 7 but with vRA 8, the disk is...
View ArticleSet VM Storage Policy to "Datastore Default"
How can I set the Storage Policy to "Datastore Default" ?I know how to set based on a specific profile ID but I don't know what is the "Datastore Default" ID. I found the PowerCLI script...
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vRO 8.1 - Add a VCenter Server Workflow - Error
Hi everybody, I got an up and running vRO 8.1 instance with VCenter authentication configured.Target VCenter is 7.0.1 - 16858589. Unfortunately, I am not able to add the VCenter to the vRO...
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