vCO workflows
Hey What is the best way to give IP adresses and DNS to VMs using vCO ? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks
View ArticleSomething seems to be missing in my VCO setup
I have setup the VCO appliance and configured it. I show all GREEN dots in the configuration screen and Orchestrator "appears" to be properly connected to vCenter and SSO. I can login to the client...
View ArticleAutoselection of correct portgroup for deployment
I'm making an deployment workflow where the workflow itself decides several of the inputparameters for the actual deployment, based on presentation-inputs selections like "Security Zone", "Type of...
View ArticleSize of a Remote SQL database for Orchestrator
I am setting up Orchestrator and my database team says they need to know the size the database will be and to predict how big it will get? Based on what the database is and does and with me being a...
View ArticleWhat's the best way to handle logging in vCO?
We are trying to find a good way to handle the logging in vCO and haven't found a good way and I am looking for suggestions. We have been relying on the non-persistent logs in the vCO Client that...
View Articlerecommended RAM allocation for shared VC / VCO
Looking at the recommended specs it states 4gb and 2 vCPU's. In this format my VCO server runs like a dog, I noticed at idle it consumes 80% ram. In my dev enviroment I have split them out and it runs...
View ArticleOrchestrator appliance monitoring
Does anybody know if there is a VMware semi-supported way of monitoring CPU / memory on the VCO appliance? Possibly by installing snmp?
View ArticleNotification Package : Approval - Add vApp from Catalog : Accept intercation...
Hi , I am using the notifications package to intercept blocking tasks from vCD.As attached , when getting mail to approve or reject vApp, approval details of vApp is unformatted. Am using latest...
View ArticleRetrieving a vOrg by name
Is there a way to retrieve a vCD vOrg by name (string)? From there, I know how to retrieve an OrgVDC, but it would be more user friendly if I could just take in a string and select the vCD objects in...
View ArticleAMQP Plugin Dropping Brokers on vCO Restart (Windows)
Hello fellow vCO enthusiasts, I've recently run into an issue where vCO is dropping AMQP brokers when it is restarted unexpectedly (eg. as a result of a scheduled Windows Update). When restarting vCO,...
View ArticleHttpClientErrorException using Orchestrator Java REST API
Hi, I'm trying to quickly come up to speed to use this API. I am using version 5.1.0, configured with SSO. I'm trying to execute a workflow, or just invoke anything really on the orchestrator that...
View ArticleAny way to re-run workflows in the Web Client?
Hi,is there any way to re-run workflows in the vSphere Web Client, similar to the way it works in the Orchestrator Client ('Start last workflow run')? I want some admins to be able to rerun them with...
View ArticleCloning Roles from one vCenter to another
Hi Guys, I need some help regarding a workflow I want to build for our VMware administators to ease there management. But I'm stucked and do not know how to proceed. Maybe somebody can help me.I have...
View ArticleCannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password - powershell...
So I have created a workflow to call an external powershell script on a powershell host. When I run the script manually it works just fine, but when I run it via Orchestrator I get this error:...
View ArticleFormating the body of an email using the Mail plugin
I'm using the Send Notification to mailing list workflow that comes with mail plug. I'm trying to add some carriage returns/line feeds in the content, but it is not working. Can anyone point me in...
View ArticleBetter way to manage permissions Actions/Workflows
I'm sure I'm missing something, but is there a way to easily manage permissions for actions/workflows? Right now (and again, I'm sure I'm not doing this right), I'm granting permissions to an LDAP...
View ArticleRemote hopping with powershell plugin
Hi, I have created a kerberos session to a remote host (shared session, called ServerA). When I try to run a powershell command through the Invoke a powershell script"-workflow, it can execute on that...
View ArticlevCO 5.5.0 build 1281930 SQL Plugin
Hi,can someone please tell me how to activate the SQL Plugin for vCO 5.5? On the vCO Configuration Web Page it says the SQL Plugin is installed and it is also listed under Inventory in the vCO Client...
View ArticlevCO AD Plugin and user attributes
Hi @ all. I am trying to get user attributes within a orchastrator workflow from AD. But it seems, that the attributes are not read by the plugin, or do I have an error in the script?Thanks in advance....
View ArticleWorkflow parallel execution with data exchange
Hello. Can anybody suggest a proper way (without the use of external components like Files, DB, AMPQ etc.) of exchanging data between workflow instances running in parallel? I have tried to use...
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