Orchestration can be used to provision new vApps in a vCloud. Orchestration needs to integrate with and provide status on new or updated configuration items (CIs) to the Configuration Management System (CMS) to provide consistency. Also, the CMS can trigger auto scaling actions for vApps executed by an orchestration workflow to provide quality of service.

Another aspect of the relationship between orchestration and configuration management is the understanding of the physical layer that supports the vCloud environment. In mature implementations, orchestration can interact with the configuration management layer to understand gaps in the physical layer and remediate as needed to maintain environment stability (for example, adding new storage capacity).