vCO Multi-Node issue
Hi, I have deployed two vCO appliances (5.5.2) - vco1 and vco2. vco2 has the vCloud director plugin installed and has a connection established. I am able to successfully execute workflows (example...
View ArticlePass a vCAC requsting user through to a Advanced Service Blueprint vCO workflow?
When a user requests a service via an Advanced Service Blueprint, is it possible in vCO to determine who the requesting user was? What I'd like to do is have a vCO workflow that simply adds the...
View ArticleOrchestrator webviews - error while downloading
Hi,I am experiencing problems with the stability/performance of Orchestrator webviews. Basically, I have a fully functional workflow with a simple webview user interface. When running it, every...
View ArticleClosing powershell connections after a script is ran
I have a job that runs a workflow that opens up a powershell connection, queries a SQL table, if nothing to do, closes the powershell session and again waits one minute and starts again. My issue is I...
View ArticleRemove old snapshots but filter by name
Hi. I'd like to use the built in workflow 'Remove Old Snapshots' except I'd like it to filter out snapshots that have a specific phrase in the snapshot name E.G do-not-deleteI thought it would be just...
View ArticlevCO Appliance Failover / Backup
I'm looking at putting in some vCO appliances, and one of the open questions I've got is how they should be configured for failover and how to do backups. The configuration looks like this: External...
View Articleguest script error - powershell script type is not valid for OS null
I am using the guest script manager to run Powershell script on a newly cloned Windows VM. In my master workflow I call several vm workflows (upgrade tools, shutdown vm, relocate DS, etc.) which use:...
View ArticleCopy file from guest to vCO - file is messed up
Hello all,I have issue with file I copied from guest to VCO, I am using workflow "Copy file from geust to vCO". I've tried to chenge type of file (txt, csv, etc) but with same results. Could anyone...
View ArticleAccessing Objects in Third-Party Systems
Using the code snippet found in "Accessing Objects in Third-Party Systems" section of the vSphere 5.5 Documentation Center, I found a problem I can't overcome. Code snippet (straight from the...
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Unable to log into VCenter Orchestrator Client - Invalid Username\Password
Hello Friends, I have installed and setup VCO appliance successfully. Checke all radio buttons are in green Have configured AD as Authentication for VCO.Checked Test login able to connect however...
View ArticleOrchestrator Appliance authentication and access rights on workflows
Hey all, I got a strange problem with the latest Orchestrator Appliance: Authentication set to SSO in the appliance, I can see the vCO server in the web client, can start the workflows, all good. But...
View ArticlePassing plugin objects to a workflow from JAVA
I am trying to understand how to pass objects to the Orchestrator API from the JAVA code sample found in the VMware Vsphere 5.5 Documentation Center in order to run workflows (ultimately from web...
View ArticleBlog post "Adding vCO Powershell Host with account other than the default...
In this post we will take a look how we can we add a vCO powershell host with account other than the default domain administrator account. Also we will take a look how to generally configure which...
View ArticleGuest operations manager / file Manager returns a "no route to host" error...
While trying to use the guest script manager package I discovered that for RHEL6 guests we have an issue copying the file back from the guest to vCO. Consistently they all fail in the "Copy file from...
View ArticleEdge Gateway deployment / NAT rules
Hi to all, here are requirements: cloud implementation with vSphere, vCloud Director and Orchestratorone customer = one organization = one vDC = one or more vApps (every vApp contains only one...
View ArticlevCO and OpenStack Integration
Is there a guide to vCO and OpenStack integration? Is vCO the best option as an overarching solution for orchestration, workflows and automation when openstack is used as the front end for virtual...
View Articlestart workflows in webviews - XMLHttpTransport Error: 500 Internal Server...
Hey all, I'm using the latest vCO version (5.5.2.1951762) I have a deployment workflow that runs fine when started from the vCO client and also from vSphere Web Client. When I try to run the same...
View Articlecalling the workflow find element in document.
Hi, I am calling the workflow " find element in document" and every time I am receiving an error saying that Permission denied. Please help me to get the details of the XML file. Thanks in advance !!
View ArticleGetting Transport error: 404 Error while trying to run Invoke SOAP web...
I able to add SOAP host successfully then I see all registered web services in the inventory tab., Now I create workflow to invoke these operations, if I run workflow to access these operation it...
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Organizational network NAT rules
Dear all, we have environment with following configuration:Picture 1: In this scenario every VM gets public and private address through vApp network Edge.Problem (and limitation) in this scenario of...
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