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Users can access VMware vCenter Orchestrator through a Web or client interface
to create new or modify existing workows for automation and orchestration tasks.
AT A GLANCE
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VMware vCenter Orchestrator is a powerful
workow solution designed to automate tasks for
VMware vSphere 4 and enable orchestration
between multiple solutions. Administrators can
capture their best practices and turn them into
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VMware vCenter Orchestrator
Deliver Drag and Drop Automation and Orchestration for VMware vSphere
What is VMware vCenter Orchestrator?
VMware vCenter Orchestrator is a workow solution designed to
meet the needs of todays system administrators by automating
and orchestrating virtualization activities and tasks. Through an
easy drag-and-drop interface, administrators can automate tasks
through pre-designed or customized workows. Orchestrator
can also be used as a workow development platform for
creating advanced workow or powered applications that
require utilize an underlying workow engine.
How is VMware vCenter Orchestrator Used in
the Enterprise?
VMware vCenter Orchestrator extends the management
capabilities of VMware vCenter Server, enabling administrators
and developers to automate the execution of more than 800
vSphere processes through workow. Specically,
administrators can use VMware vCenter Orchestrator to perform
bulk operations, upgrade operations and third-party system
integration:
Bulk Operations
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virtual machines.
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for virtual machines migrations.
Upgrade Operations
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Infrastructure to VMware vSphere.
Third-party System Interaction
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virtual machines.
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VMware vCenter Orchestrator
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Easy integration
VMware vCenter Orchestrator is accessible via a Web or client
interface. System administrators can also dene how rights to
the Web interface are distributed amongst an IT team. This
allows other IT team members to run workows but not modify
the workows themselves.
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for integrations with existing third-party tools, such as service
desks, change management systems, asset management tools or
other ITIL-based solutions. System administrators can use
VMware vCenter Orchestrator to create processes for
organizations, or leverage plug-ins to integrate processes with
established tools and processes. VMware vCenter Orchestrators
core engine contains a workow library and plug-ins with some
of the most popular applications on the market today, including
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Powered applications
System administrators can use VMware vCenter Orchestrator to
create powered applications that use the underlying workow
engine as a foundation layer. For example, VMware vCenter
Lifecycle Manager is an VMware vCenter Orchestrator powered
application that provides best practices for requesting,
approving, provisioning, tracking and decommissioning virtual
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variety of business purposes.
How Does VMware vCenter Orchestrator Work?
Once VMware vCenter Orchestrator is connected to a directory
service and has its database set up, users can create new or
modify existing workows for automation and orchestration
tasks. VMware vCenter Orchestrator workows can be created
from scratch or pulled from a library of examples included
out-of-the-box and designed specically to meet the needs of
system administrators.
VMware vCenter Orchestrators out-of-the box workows
automate tasks or perform common, repetitive actions that solve
daily administrative challenges. For example, an administrator
may leverage the snapshot workow to take a snapshot across a
large number of virtual machines using a particular resource
pool. Other out-of-the-box workows enable administrators to
have better visibility into resource utilization. For instance, a
simple startup and notify workow will notify the administrator
by e-mail when a virtual machine is powered on.
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product database. To engage a workow, an administrator can
schedule a specic time for the workow to run, wait for an
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engage the workow through the Web or client interfaces.
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workow is interrupted, it will run to completion once it has
re-established a connection with the required resources.
Key Features of VMware vCenter Orchestrator
Drag-and-Drop Workow Creation
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Orchestrator workow schema and align them together to
produce simply or complex workows. No scripting required.
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notication of essential tasks or events in the workow.
Create New or Advanced Workows with Building Blocks
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actions possible within VMware vCenter Server.
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business needs.
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Third-party Integration via Plug-Ins and API
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