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VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Daniel Langenhan
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VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Daniel Langenhan

Overview of this book

VMware vRealize Orchestrator is a powerful automation tool designed for system administrators and IT operations staff who are planning to streamline their tasks and are waiting to integrate the functions with third-party operations software. This book is an update to VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook and is blend of numerous recipes on vRealize Orchestrator 7. This book starts with installing and configuring vRealize Orchestrator. We will demonstrate how to upgrade from previous versions to vRealize Orchestrator 7. You will be taught all about orchestrator plugins and how to use and develop various plugins that have been enhanced in Orchestrator 7. Throughout this book, you will explore the new features of Orchestrator 7, such as the introduction of the control center, along with its uses. You will also come to understand visual programming, how to integrate base plugins into workflows, and how to automate VMware. You will also get to know how to troubleshoot vRealize Orchestrator. By the end of this book, you will be able to get the most out of your Orchestrator installation, and will be able to develop complex workflows and create your own highly integrated automations of vRealize environments.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Working with SNMP


This recipe centers on SNMP. Here, you will learn how to use Orchestrator to receive SNMP traps from vCenter/ESXi and use them to trigger workflows.

Getting ready

For this recipe, we need an SNMP source. We will use vCenter and ESXi hosts as SNMP sources.

To prepare vCenter and ESXi servers to send or receive SNMP messages, refer to the There's more... section of this recipe.

How to do it...

We will split this recipe into configuring and using SNMP with Orchestrator.

Configuring SNMP devices

To configure Orchestrator to send or receive SNMP messages from SNMP devices, follow these steps for each SNMP device:

  1. In Device address, enter the IP or FQDN of the device you want to send or receive SNMP messages to/from.

  2. In the Orchestrator Client, start the workflow by navigating to Library | SNMP | Device Management | Register an SNMP device.

    • Name is just a string to identify the SNMP device in the inventory.

  3. The Advanced function is the configuration that is used to send SNMP messages....