•  1. Overview
  • 1.1 Audience
  • 1.2 Scope
  •  1.3 Launching Workflows
    • 1.3.1 vCenter Orchestrator Client
    • 1.3.2 vSphere Web Client
    • 1.3.3 SOAP API
    • 1.3.4 REST API
•  2. Auto-Scaling and Cloud Bursting
  •  2.1 Prerequisites
    • 2.1.1 Auto-Scaling
    • 2.1.2 Cloud Bursting
  • 2.2 Workflow Folders
  •  2.3 Configuration
    • 2.3.1 vCloud Director Plug-In for vCenter Orchestrator Configuration
    • 2.3.2 F5 iControl Plug-In for vCenter Orchestrator Configuration
    • 2.3.3 Auto-Scaling and Bursting Configuration
    • 2.3.4 Auto-Scaling and Bursting Configuration Process
    • 2.3.5 Configuration of the vApp Template
  •  2.4 The Upscaling and Bursting Process
    • 2.4.1 Prerequisites
    •  2.4.2 Input Parameters and Workflow Outline
      • 2.4.2.1. Workflow Steps
    •  2.4.3 The Get vApp Auto scale and burst settings Green Section
      • 2.4.3.1. Workflow Steps
    •  2.4.4 The Deploy Powered Off vApp Violet Section
      • 2.4.4.1. Workflow Steps
      • 2.4.4.2. Error Handling
      • 2.4.4.3. Logs
    •  2.4.5 The Scale a vApp Cyan Blue Section
      • 2.4.5.1. Workflow Steps
      • 2.4.5.2. Logs
      • 2.4.5.3. Error Handling
    •  2.4.6 Instantiate a New vApp Yellow Section
      • 2.4.6.1. Workflow Steps
      • 2.4.6.2. Error Handling
      • 2.4.6.3. Logs
    • 2.4.7 The Get vApp Tier 1 IPs Workflow
    •  2.4.8 The Add members to the LB Section
      • 2.4.8.1. Workflow Steps
      • 2.4.8.2. Error Handling
      • 2.4.8.3. Logs
    •  2.4.9 The Error Handling Section
      • 2.4.9.1. Logs
  •  2.5 The Downscaling and Unbursting Process
    • 2.5.1 Prerequisites
    •  2.5.2 Input Parameters and Workflow Outline
      • 2.5.2.1. Workflow Steps
      • 2.5.2.2. Error Handling
      • 2.5.2.3. Logs
  •  2.6 Autoscaling and Bursting a vApp
    • 2.6.1 Pull Implementation Example
    •  2.6.2 Input Parameters and Workflow Outline
      • 2.6.2.1. Workflow Steps
    •  2.6.3 Push implementation Example
      • 2.6.3.1. Workflow Steps
•  3. Triggering Workflows with vCloud Notifications
  • 3.1 Prerequisites
  • 3.2 Workflow Folders
  •  3.3 Workflow: Create a vCloud Director notification subscription
    • 3.3.1 Workflow Inputs
    •  3.3.2 Workflow Overview
      • 3.3.2.1. Create Routing Key
      • 3.3.2.2. Workflow: Configure vCloud Director AMQP Subscription
      • 3.3.2.3. Set Custom Properties
  •  3.4 Workflow: Create a vCloud Director notification policy
    • 3.4.1 Workflow Inputs
    • 3.4.2 Workflow Steps
  • 3.5 Process Notifications and Trigger Workflows
  •  3.6 Triggered Workflow Examples
    •  3.6.1 Example of a Workflow Approval: Approve vApp (Simple)
      • 3.6.1.1. Workflow Steps
      • 3.6.1.2. Error Handling
•  4. Automated Import of Virtual Machines to vCloud Director
  • 4.1 Prerequisites
  • 4.2 Usage
  • 4.3 Workflow Folders
  •  4.4 Choose Virtual Machines to Import
    • 4.4.1 Workflow Inputs and Outputs
    • 4.4.2 Workflow Steps
  •  4.5 Workflow: Import VMs to VDC
    • 4.5.1 Workflow Inputs
    • 4.5.2 Workflow Steps
    • 4.5.3 Error Handling and Logs
  •  4.6 Workflow: Import a VM with remapping networks
    • 4.6.1 Workflow Inputs
    • 4.6.2 Workflow Steps
  •  4.7 Create vCloud Director Networks Workflows
    • 4.7.1 Workflow Inputs
    • 4.7.2 Workflow Steps
  •  4.8 Workflow: Create external networks and organization VDC networks from VMs list
    • 4.8.1 Workflow Inputs
    • 4.8.2 Workflow Steps
  •  4.9 Workflow: Add external network and org VDC network
    • 4.9.1 Workflow Inputs
    • 4.9.2 Workflow Steps
•  5. vCloud vApp Provisioning
  • 5.1 Prerequisites
  • 5.2 Usage
  • 5.3 Workflow Folders
  • 5.4 Workflow Inputs and Outputs
  •  5.5 Workflow Overview
    • 5.5.1 Initialize and Instantiate
    • 5.5.2 Process VMs and Deploy vApp
    •  5.5.3 Loop Through Each VM in vApp
      • 5.5.3.1. Apply Custom Naming Convention to Each VM in the vApp
      • 5.5.3.2. Base VM Name on vApp Name
      • 5.5.3.3. Customize the Guest OS Customization Script
      • 5.5.3.4. Add Specified Domain\User to Local Administrators Group
    • 5.5.4 Active Directory Handler
    • 5.5.5 Custom IP Handler
    • 5.5.6 Network Handler
    • 5.5.7 Disk Handler
    • 5.5.8 CPU Handler
    • 5.5.9 Memory Handler
• 6. Additional Resources
•  Appendix A: Custom Workflow Development Guidelines
  •  Workflow Development Lifecycle
    • Requirements Gathering
    • Functional Specifications and Effort Estimate
    • Design
    • Development
    • Test
    • Implementation
    • Support
  • Orchestration Content Lifecycle
  •  Orchestrated vCloud Environments
    • Developer Environment
    • Test Environment
    • Pre-Production Environment
    • Production Environment
    • Support Environment

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