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Building VMware Software-Defined Data Centers

By : Valentin Hamburger
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Building VMware Software-Defined Data Centers

By: Valentin Hamburger

Overview of this book

VMware offers the industry-leading software-defined data center (SDDC) architecture that combines compute, storage, networking, and management offerings into a single unified platform. This book uses the most up-to-date, cutting-edge VMware products to help you deliver a complete unified hybrid cloud experience within your infrastructure. It will help you build a unified hybrid cloud based on SDDC architecture and practices to deliver a fully virtualized infrastructure with cost-effective IT outcomes. In the process, you will use some of the most advanced VMware products such as VSphere, VCloud, and NSX. You will learn how to use vSphere virtualization in a software-defined approach, which will help you to achieve a fully-virtualized infrastructure and to extend this infrastructure for compute, network, and storage-related data center services. You will also learn how to use EVO:RAIL. Next, you will see how to provision applications and IT services on private clouds or IaaS with seamless accessibility and mobility across the hybrid environment. This book will ensure you develop an SDDC approach for your datacenter that fulfills your organization's needs and tremendously boosts your agility and flexibility. It will also teach you how to draft, design, and deploy toolsets and software to automate your datacenter and speed up IT delivery to meet your lines of businesses demands. At the end, you will build unified hybrid clouds that dramatically boost your IT outcomes.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Building VMware Software-Defined Data Centers
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Workflow creation 101


Workflows in vRO typically live in a folder structure under the workflows tab. To create a new workflow, it is recommended to create a folder first, maybe with the name of a certain project or the description of the workflow types it may hold. Most vendors just use the product name as the folder name and then do subfolders to distinguish different functionalities.

Once the location is set, the workflow itself can be created in the folder by right-clicking on it and selecting New workflow.

Creating the workflow

Before starting to create the workflow, its purpose should be clear. Let's create one based on a simple example. Let's assume a backup system is backing up VMs based on what folder they are located in. Also, the folder is a placeholder for the applied retention policy. This is a proven practice and many backup tools could actually support such a setup with their vCenter integration using VADP. Also, this workflow might be triggered by vRealize Automation based on...