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VMware vRealize Orchestrator Essentials

VMware vRealize Orchestrator Essentials

By : Daniel Langenhan
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VMware vRealize Orchestrator Essentials

VMware vRealize Orchestrator Essentials

3.4 (5)
By: Daniel Langenhan

Overview of this book

The automation of virtual environments has become the focus of many endeavors. VMware vRealize Orchestrator is a tool that enables you to automate not only your VMware environments, but also the surrounding hardware and software infrastructure. Orchestrator is also a central tool in the VMware cloud initiative and is extensively used by products such as vRealize Automation. In this book, you will learn how Orchestrator is able to help you automate your complete VMware infrastructure as well as its surrounding hardware and software. After deploying and configuring the vRealize Orchestrator appliance, you will learn how to run the existing workflows that are a part of the Orchestrator library. You will also see how the vSphere Web Client integration of Orchestrator reduces the time you spend on your daily admin tasks. The main aspect here is to learn how to create new workflows from existing ones. You will also look at how you can create completely new workflows. This includes learning about JavaScript and using presentation features to improve the layout and user friendliness of your workflows. Toward the end, you will learn to check for errors in your workflows and debug them. By the time you're done with the book, you'll be proficient in managing your workflows.
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Preparations


Before we start, we should get our heads around a few things.

Downloading the appliance

First of all, we need to download the appliance in the OVA format from the VMware website:

  1. Open a browser and visit www.vmware.com.

  2. Click on Downloads.

  3. Select Download Product next to the VMware vSphere section.

  4. Scroll down to Standard and then click on Go to Downloads next to VMware vRealize Orchestrator Appliance

  5. Scroll down until you find the OVA download, as shown in the following screenshot:

  6. Now, click on Download Now.

  7. You will be asked for your VMware credentials. Enter them and click on Log In.

  8. Agree and click on Accept for the EULA.

  9. Download the OVA to a location from where you can access vCenter (or on your desktop if you are using VMware Workstation).

If you don't have a valid VMware license, you can acquire an evaluation license for vSphere. At the time of writing, there is no specific Orchestrator trial available, but Orchestrator can be used with the free vSphere trial version.

To do so,...

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