Adding a powershell host in vCO 5.1
When I try to add a powershell host on the vCO client I get a Connection refused: connect (Dynamic Script Module name : addPowerShellHost#16) I have the powershell plugin 1.0.1 installed on vCO and I...
View ArticlePublish vCO workflow to create DNS host and pointer records for Linux VMs...
Hello everyone, I am trying to create a vCO workflow so that end users can create DNS host and pointer records for Linux VMs created via VCAC.For Windows server VMs this happens automatically when they...
View ArticleClone, Windows with single NIC and credentials - network paramenter cannot be...
Hello all, I am in the process of creating a self-service portal on my environment relying on vCO 5.5, however I am a bit stuck at the moment since the vCO workflow called "Clone, Windows with single...
View ArticleDesigning Automation Solutions and Choosing Tools
I am right now just running powerCLI scripts for automation. However, I would like to use a tool like VCO for automation. However, every vendor has their own tool for automation. Cisco has their...
View ArticleImport a vCenter VM to vCAC
I am trying to import a vCenter VM and bring it under management of vcac. I see that VCAC:VirtualMachine types have a .register() method and it looks like the workflow "Import a vCenter Virtual...
View ArticlevCenter Operations integration with vCenter Orchestrator
Hi, I have integrated vCO 5.5 with vCOPs 5.8 and trying to call a workflow based on SNMP traps from vCOPs. The integration is fine but it's not calling the workflow as expected I am following...
View ArticleBasic example of using REST to call VCO workflow
I would like to attempt to call a very basic hello world workflow from VCO using REST. Is every workflow able to be called natively using REST? Is there something specific I need to do to a workflow...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client/Orchestrator Role Based Access
I'd like to present a granular level of workflows to certain groups via the vSphere Web Client. It seems though that it's all workflows, or nothing. Does anyone have a solution to restrict Orchestrator...
View ArticleCloneVm to SDRS Cluster / Storage Pod
Hi there, we try to change our deployment scripts from old cloneVm to new recommendDatastores. We need this to provision VMs to SDRS Clusters. As documented within API reference, old CloneVm was now...
View ArticleHow to increase no of CPU by using workflow .. ???
I need a flow in vCenter Orchestrator which would work on the basis of VCOPS' SNMP traps, where whenever there is a downfall in memory, the flow should 'increase' the number of CPU by 'n' units. (Let's...
View ArticleVeeam workflows already developed?
Are there workflows already developed which can be used with Veeam? I.e. -inititate backup, check status of backup on a VM, initiate a restore, etc? Thanks!
View ArticlevCheck Equivalent for vCO
Some time ago I inquired as to a vCO equivalent to vCheck http://www.virtu-al.net/vcheck-pluginsheaders/vcheck/ and discovered that one was under development. I am wondering if this one has been...
View ArticleHostStorageSystem comes back undefined
I am trying to get the naaIDs from the host so I can match them to the lun that the VM has. On vCO 5.5.1 it can get to the storageDeviceInfo but in 5.1 it comes back as undefined as stroageSystem is...
View ArticleInvoke vCO workflow via PowerShell fails after 5.5.2 upgrade
Hello, After upgrading vCO to 5.5.2 I am having problems executing workflows from PowerShell using REST. I read there are many changes on the vCO REST API on this new version so I am thinking the...
View Articlevco performance degradation
Hi, We have an instance of VCO5.5.2 which runs parallel workflows. The parent workflow that triggers of the parallel workflows used to take around 3mins to complete.We had some patches applied for...
View ArticleConvert VC:VM to vCloud:VM
Hi, To get the vCloud object from the vCenter one my idea was to use the VC:virtualmachine.name output and then get the vCloud ID within the () and use this with queryservices to find the vCloud...
View ArticleHow to get the list of attached vCAC host to the VCO in the VCO workflow
Is there any way to get the list of all attached vCAC host to vCenter Orchestrator in the VCO workflow?
View ArticleTagCategory
Hi All, I need to get TagCategory. I started using powerCli. The following is the script. try{ var session = powerShellHost.openSession(); var sessionID = session.getSessionId()...
View ArticleClone VM workflows - clusters instead of hosts
The clone VM workflows all take Host/Datastore arguments for where the clone should be created. Is it possible to point to a cluster instead where it will be autobalanced? I would like to avoid...
View ArticleVMDK Properties
I have an array of disks on a VM and I want to create a property set of Hard Disk Name and Hard Disk UUID. But when I print out the properties set it only prints out the last Hard Disk Information...
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