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VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook

VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook

By : Langenhan
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VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook

VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook

4.3 (10)
By: Langenhan

Overview of this book

If you are a VMware administrator who is interested in automating your infrastructure, this book is for you. An understanding of basic programming concepts is advised. No previous knowledge of Orchestrator is required, although some previous knowledge of it will allow you to get started more easily.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)
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Introduction

There are quite a lot of plugins for Orchestrator to interact with VMware infrastructure and programs:

  • vCenter Server
  • vCloud Director (vCD)
  • vRealize Automation (vRA—formally known as vCloud Automation Center, vCAC)
  • Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
  • VMware Auto Deploy
  • Horizon (View and Virtual Desktops)
  • vRealize Configuration Manager (earlier known as vCenter Configuration Manager)
  • vCenter Update Manager
  • vCenter Operation Manager, vCOPS (only example packages)

Tip

VMware, as of writing of this book, is still renaming its products. An overview of all plugins and their names and download links can be found at http://www.vcoteam.info/links/plug-ins.html.

There are quite a lot of plugins, and we will not be able to cover all of them, so we will focus on the one that is most used, vCenter. Sadly, vCloud Director is earmarked by VMware to disappear for everyone but service providers, so there is no real need to show any workflow for it.

We will also work with vRA and see how it interacts with...

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