vCenter Orchestrator 4.1 released !

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 July 2010 08:08 Written by Christophe Decanini

vCenter Orchestrator 4.1 has been just released as part of vSphere 4.1.

Here is a summary of the main changes since version 4.0, along with our analysis.

How to Configure vCenter Orchestrator (vCO)

Last Updated on Monday, 20 June 2011 16:01 Written by Burke Azbill

In my previous article How to install vCenter Orchestrator (vCO), I walked you through a screen-by-screen installation of vCO. The only major item lacking from that previous article is the ever-important configuration steps. In the past, many people have had troubles with getting the configuration of vCO correct. This article is an effort to help walk you through each of the screens to provide you insight and recommendations on how to get vCenter Orchestrator configured and working in your environment.

Create a simple vCO self service VM Provisioning Portal - Part 2

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 June 2010 16:17 Written by Christophe Decanini

This second tutorial assumes you have completed part 1 and use the Provision VM workflow.

Concepts covered in this article include:

How to create a Workflow using subworkflows
How to map inputs, outputs, and attributes
How to use user interactions
How to do basic presentations
How to use validation presentation properties
How to handle exception and write to the event log
How to use vCO Server and System objects in scriptable boxes
How to use the API search
How to launch a Workflow from the vCenter Orchestrator Client
How to launch a Workflow from a webview, using the vCenter Orchestrator Weboperator
How to set rights on workflows
How to set up the vCO mail plug-in