VMware vCenter Orchestrator - 5.2 User Manual

Using the vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In
for vCloud Automation Center 5.2
vCenter Orchestrator 5.2
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Contents

Using the vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In for vCloud Automation Center 5.2 5
Updated Information 7
Introduction to the VMware vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In for
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vCloud Automation Center 9
Role of vCenter Orchestrator with the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In 9
Installing the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In 9
vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Functional Prerequisites 9
Install the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In 10
Configuring the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In 11
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Configuration Workflows 11
Add a vCloud Automation Center Host 11
Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In 13
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Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Standard Workflows 13
Create a vCloud Automation Center Model Entity 14
Read a vCloud Automation Center Model Entity 15
Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Extensibility Workflows 15
Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Inventory 16
Access the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In API 16
Examples of Scripts for CRUD vCloud Automation Center Tasks 16
Index 21
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Using the vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In for vCloud Automation Center 5.2

Using the vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In for vCloud Automation Center 5.2 provides information and instructions about configuring and using the VMware® vCenter Orchestrator plug-in for VMware vCloud Automation Center 5.2.
Intended Audience
The information in Using the vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In for vCloud Automation Center 5.2 is written for experienced users who are familiar with virtual machine technology, with Orchestrator workflow development, and with VMware vCloud Automation Center.
For more information about Orchestrator, see
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/orchestrator_pubs.html.
For more information about vCloud Automation Center, see
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vcac-pubs.html.
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Updated Information

This Using the vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In for vCloud Automation Center is updated with each release of the product or when necessary.
This table provides the update history of the Using the vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In for vCloud Automation Center .
Revision Description
001079-01 In “Add a vCloud Automation Center Host,” on page 11, added information about the Workstation for
NTLM and Domain for NTLM authentication text boxes.
001079 Initial release.
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