Orchestration workflows enable vCloud to be more dynamic. Automated actions enhance key vCloud functions such as provisioning and self-service. Although enhanced automation is very beneficial, it poses a challenge to an organization that is bound by tight audit, regulatory, and compliance rules. VMware recommends that orchestration engines running the orchestration workflows be centralized within an organization. Centralized error handing and logging is recommended for all workflows. Reporting features that checkpoint all workflow actions must be enabled for audit compliance. Centralized orchestration engines also enhance an organization’s problem management and root-cause analysis capabilities.

Some of the recommended orchestration management principles cannot currently be fully automated and require manual configuration actions based on individual client needs. VMware continues to improve existing libraries and as vCloud implementations mature, more packaged orchestrations with control and governance features should be available for clients to download.