vRealize Orchestrator

vRealize Orchestrator Server Creation Workflow

May 4, 2016 Kim Bottu 0

This post is a follow-up on the following posts: Desired State Configuration and VMware Orchestrator Creating servers and keeping basic configuration consistent and compliant. There is still some work to be done on this workflow, but it gives you a nice idea what is possible and yes the workflow works perfectly! To keep this post from getting very long I will assume you know how to install vRealize Orchestrator. If you do not, I will create a post later about how to install and configure vRealize Orchestrator. In my own environment I have chosen not to use the embedded vRealize Orchestrator that comes with vCenter but to use the appliance. This prevents resource contention and in the case of complete […]

Creating servers and keeping basic configuration consistent and compliant

May 4, 2016 Kim Bottu 0

I am a strong believer that whatever you develop should be, if possible, easily usable by any administrator with sufficient access rights. Hence, maybe not everyone will be involved thinking about better ways of deploying servers and services (in this case), but I do think that everyone with sufficient rights should be able to use whatever automation developers create and should be able to apply those automation rules easily to any server. I believe in innovation and sharing innovation with colleagues. So here is something I am testing in DEV something that is not hard to maintain once it has been setup and where parameters and servers can easily be changed by everyone with of course the necessary access rights. Creating servers with […]

Installing and Configuring vRealize Orchestrator 7.0

April 2, 2016 Kim Bottu 0

Download and Install the appliance. It is time to set the initial configuration. To do this you have to connect tohttps://IPOfYourAppliance:5480 and log on with the credentials you have configured. If you have already configured a DNS entry, you can also type : HTTPS://FQDN:5480. Official Information page: Product Information Link Official Documentation page: Documentation Link Download vRealize Orchestrator 7: Download Here! Set the Timezone. Make sure the time is set identical to the time settings on vCenter server. Make sure the network settings are correcty configured. If you want a static DNS, configure an A record for the Orchestrator server in the DNS and add the FQDN to the Hostname. Once you are finished with the innitial configuration of the […]

Using vRealize Orchestrator 7.0 Workflows from the vSphere Webclient

April 2, 2016 Kim Bottu 0

If you have followed all the steps I have described in the previous post, vRealize Orchestrator 7 should be available from the vSphere webclient. Official Information page: Product Information Link Official Documentation page: Documentation Link Download vRealize Orchestrator 7: Download Here! Click on the vRO logo in the webclient and open the Manage tab. You will see all connected vCenter servers and all vcenter servers available through Enhanced LinkedMode. Click on Context Actions. All the actions (workflows) you can find over here are the workflows which are standard available in the vSphere webclient. You can see that some actions (workflows) are enabled for Multi selection. To enable the other ones, click on an Action which has not been enabled yet, and then […]