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VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook

By : Daniel Langenhan
Book Image

VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook

By: Daniel Langenhan

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (15 chapters)
VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Importing and exporting Orchestrator elements


In this recipe, we will learn how to import and export elements from one Orchestrator to another using Orchestrator Client.

Getting ready

We need at least one workflow, action, or other element that we can export, delete, and import. If you have two Orchestrator servers, you can export the element on one and import into the other.

How to do it...

In this example, we will use a workflow to import and export an object. However, the same methods apply to all Orchestrator elements.

Export an object

  1. To export a workflow, right-click on it and select Export workflow.

  2. A window will pop up that shows you your local drives from the computer you are running Orchestrator Client on.

  3. Select a directory and a name for the workflow (the default name is the name of the workflow). The default file extension is .workflow.

  4. You can define a name to encrypt the export with, basically an encryption string. This will make it possible for other importers to import the file,...