REST Plugin HTTP Proxy
I see the new preview version of the SOAP plugin allows you to use an HTTP proxy on a per-endpoint basis. Is there a new version of the REST plugin coming which has these capabilities, or is there...
View ArticleStarting out with vCO: unable to return list of VMs with...
Hi,I'm following this blog to get my feet wet with vCO but it doesnt seem to return the list of all VMs: Blog:Automatically Securing Virtual Machines Using vCenter Orchestrator | VMware vSphere Blog -...
View ArticlePowershell Plugin system.outofMemoryException
Hello I installed today the Powershell Plugin 1.0.1 and I had for all PowerCLI Scripts system.outofMemoryExceptions.In the release notes I've read the following: If you run a PowerShell script in a...
View ArticleDeploy VM with guest customization
Hi, We have a requirement to create a Virtual machine with VM template, through vCO workflow with guest customization (for add disks, os patching, IP address and vLAN assignments etc). I could create a...
View ArticleSend html mails from mail plugin?
Hello, I am trying to send emails from emailplugin in Orchestrator. But now I can just send plain text in the body of the mail.Is it possible to format this text? html would be perfect. Thank you.
View Articlerest plugin usage
hi all, I am a little new to the rest plugin trying to work out best practice.i have correctly configured rest host and operations and subsequently returning xml responses. when processing those...
View ArticleHow to create an user account
I searched for a possibility to create an user account or a group but to no avail.There exists a plugin for AD and there seems to be a class for LDAPUser.But I could not find anything to manage the...
View ArticleAddition of vCAC host to vCO gives error " access Denied"
Hello , I am trying to register vCAC host with vCAC plugin for VCO using 'Per User Session' mode where i want every execution should reflect in respective user`s profile, but while doing this i am...
View ArticleReturn cluster of VM
I have a simple question, but I don't seem to find an answer.A workflow returns the object: VcVirtualMachineBut I can't find a way to get the cluster of the VM. Jonathan
View Articlerest plugin json vs xml
how do you set the output type of the rest call to xml? all my queries return json which is a little harder to process on the vco side. I recall it asking me the format somewhere but I can't find it now.
View ArticleVCO - Starting a Workflow to Run other Workflows in Sequence
Hi all, I am new to Orchestrator and am not partial to scripting.I have set up a few workflows to do things like join FC storage, create a folder, create a new portgroup and would like to run all of...
View Articlevcd api to gather network data
hi all, anyone know the api to use to get the external ip address of a vApp network that is nat translated to an org network. cheers, John
View Articlecreate Cluster workflow by orchestrator
I was trying to create Cluster in Orchestrator. It ask folder path to create cluster when i create new folder and assign it to "Create Cluster" workflow.VcFloder path is assigned to createCluster...
View ArticleSetting up PowerCLI plug-in for vCO
Is there a quick and easy guide for installing the PowerCLI plug-in and running a test PowerCLI report by calling it from vCO?Thanks!
View ArticleExtend Volume + Rescan HBA in Orchestrator
Hi All and thank you for any assistance you can provide I am currently using the predefined workflows within Orchestrator as Im not great with scripting. I have a create Storage workflow that basically...
View ArticleUpdate annotation with vCO
What is the best way to update the annotations on a new VM with VCO?Is there a script I can use to do this?
View ArticlevCloud 5.1 Plugin with vCO 5.5 + vCloud Director 5.5: Probable Incompatibility?
Hello, I've found that when using the following combination that vCenter Orchestrator is unable to enumerate vCloud Director objects below the Organization vDC level: vCloud 5.5 vCO 5.5vCloud Director...
View ArticleVCO 5.5 - How can I sort a Array/VC:VirtualMachine by resource pool?
Hi, I would like to sort a VM array by their resource pool. I have tried a couple of things from various searches but none of them seem to work, but I can not find much reference material. where...
View ArticleVcPlugin.getAllVirtualMachines() is not returning updated inventory
Hi,I'm trying to search for a newly deployed VM using VcPlugin.getAllVirtualMachines() but can't seem to find it. When I try to list down the contents of the array returned by it - it doesn't have the...
View ArticlevCO 5.5 vim3WaitDnsNameInTools and vim3WaitToolsStarted issue
Hi, We have recently upgraded from vCO 5.1 to 5.5 and since the upgrade we are experiencing a problem with vim3WaitDnsNameInTools and vim3WaitToolsStarted actions. Since the upgrade, when using either...
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