Problems Extracting Value from A DynamicWrapper
I'm very new to vco so please excuse my ignorance... We are using the AWS plugin and I am able to call out and retrieve the info I am looking for but now dont know how to get teh exact value and set it...
View ArticleIssue with vCO and Powershell plug-in
I am currently using vRO 6.0 along with the PowerShell plug-in 1.0.5 and am having issues running workflows executing active directory command powershell scripts. My plug-in and powershell host are...
View ArticleMapping VC:VirtualMachineGuestOsIdentifier full names
It drives me kind of crazy that I can't get the family and fullName directly from the VC:VirtualMachineGuestOsIdentifier. Or maybe you can and I am being dense? From what I have gathered from the...
View ArticleSetting vRA VM name from Orchestrator
Does anyone know how I can set the name of the vRA VM from vRO? I thought that setting the Hostname property in the Building VM workflow would do the job but it appears that the VM name has already...
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vCO "Export Package to Folder" gives no values in config elements
We are working on a version control and release pipeline of vCO (5.5.1/5.5.2) workflows, resources and configuration elements. We'd like the ability to use "Export Package to Folder" to version...
View ArticleNew Orchestrator user - how to accurately destroy THEN rebuild VM with same...
Hello!I'll preface this question with an admission of how basic it is - take it a little easy if you can (I'm just getting started).My desired scenario is to build a workflow or series of workflows...
View Articlesupported plugin versions of a specific vRO release
Hello all, I am struggling to identify what are all the plugin versions supported by a specific vRealize Orchestrator release or what are the vRealize Orchestator release versions supported by a...
View ArticlevRealize Automation API and HTTP-REST
Hi, The current version of the vcac plugin doesn't include Reservation management. I guess because is a new vRA API functionality. ¿How can I add vRA API as a HTTP-REST host in Orchestrator? The...
View Articlepossible permission issue with sdkConnection.getAllVmFolders();
i run a workflow to retrieve a VMFolder resource to place new vm. I used code from this post : https://communities.vmware.com/message/2110436 to put together a script that takes path string attribute...
View ArticleAutomate the process for "Extend a Basic Volume"
Hi, I am trying to automate the steps for disk extention of a VM (OS:- Windows as well as Linux) by using Orchestrator. Please help me if anybody has any idea about this .. Thanks !!
View ArticleIssues with the weboperator plugin in 5.5
I have recently installed the new 5.5 Orchestrator in our new environment but I'm getting this odd issue that the weboperatorweb view is missing from the web view list. I have tried reloading the...
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vCenter does not recognize the Orchestrator
Hi All, I have installed vCenter 5.5 using simple install, all the components of vCenter resides on same machine. Added VC to Orchestrator Configuration. When I am trying to add the Orchestrator...
View ArticleHow to add parameter to Onyx created vCO Script (Add NIC to Guest)
Hi, I have the following output from Onyx that I captured while adding an additional NIC to one of my Guests.I found how to change the script to make it run in vCO, but I need help to understand how to...
View ArticlevRO workflow crashes with Exception when Server.log content contains '/'...
Hi Just noticed this over the weekend and wanted to check if anyone has a workaround or fix. I have a workflow which uses a call to Server.log to some info for future records. However, if the...
View ArticleTrouble getting REST to work with our ticketing system
After building servers my team has to fill out tickets to kick off a "validation workflow" to verify the server is up and configured as expected. Our ticketing system can accept numerous REST calls to...
View ArticlePowershell plugin question - dynamically creating a PowerShellHost instance...
Hi Folks, Has anyone done this for a host which has never been in the vCO PowerShell inventory? Specifically, how does Kerberos cope with a hostname that might have been re-created since the last time...
View ArticleSpecify a root object... does this work when rendering in the vSphere web...
I have some workflows I have been working on that I intend to run from within the vSphere web client. It doesn't seem as if the "Specify a root object" definitions I have setup are being honored in...
View ArticleRest workflow fails to run
I'm pretty new to extensiblity part of vCAC and i'm trying to run a state change workflow after building the machine. The workflow will basically invoke a rest operation once the machine is...
View ArticleJoin vRO appliance to domain?
Hello all, Do people commonly join the vRO appliance to a domain or simply create manually an A DNS record to point to it?I am about to provision one into production and I don't really like the idea of...
View ArticlevRO appliance under Workstation - ovf properties missing, cannot login
I've just spent a couple of hours trying to get a lab vRO instance running inside Workstation, and it's slowly dawning on me that it might not work properly in the absense of the OVF environment...
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