Course Description
General Description:In this five-day course, you explore the use of VMware vRealize® Orchestrator™ 7.4 and VMware vRealize® Automation™ 7.4 for the automation of VMware cloud infrastructure and IT processes. This course focuses on extensibility and advanced administration, using vRealize Orchestrator workflows in vRealize Automation.
Highlights:By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Describe the features, benefits, components, and integration of vRealize Orchestrator and vRealize Automation
Describe the role of vRealize Orchestrator workflows and content elements in automation
Use the vRealize Orchestrator client to access and navigate the vRealize Orchestrator platform and to import and run library vRealize Orchestrator workflows
Design, develop, and run custom reusable vRealize Orchestrator workflows
Use VMware APIs in vRealize Orchestrator workflow scripts
Integrate vRealize Automation with vRealize Orchestrator instances to extend infrastructure-as-a-server (IaaS) machine lifecycle processes and enhance and deliver custom IT services
Use XaaS to extend vRealize Automation into other enterprise systems
Use the vRealize Automation Event Broker to trigger specific vRealize Orchestrator workflows
Agenda
1 Course Introduction
Introductions and Course Logistics
Course Objectives
2 Enterprise Cloud Architecture and Components
Extending Enterprise Systems
Unified Self-Service Portal Components
Converged Blueprint Concepts
vRealize Orchestrator Overview
3 vRealize Orchestrator Workflow Basics
vRealize Orchestrator Workflows
Logs in Workflows
Workflow Variables
Parameter Binding
4 vRealize Orchestrator Workflow Design Considerations
Configuration and Resource Elements
Scriptable Tasks and Actions
User Interactions
Input Presentation
5 Developing vRealize Orchestrator Workflows
Decision Elements and Switch Elements
Debugging vRealize Orchestrator Workflows
Creating Loops in Workflows
Calling vRealize Orchestrator Workflows
Handling Exceptions
6 Introduction to vRealize Orchestrator Extensibility
Introduction to Extensibility
vRealize Automation Components and Functionality
NSX On-Demand Components
7 Extending vRealize Automation with Event Broker
Event Broker Overview
Event Broker Functionality
Event-Based Processes
Information Exchange Between Event Broker and vRealize Orchestrator
8 Unified Services in vRealize Automation
XaaS Blueprints and Actions
vRealize Automation Form Designer
9 API Tools
API Interfaces Overview
vRealize Orchestrator REST API Plug-In
vRealize CloudClient
Audience
- Experienced VMware administrators
- Automation and orchestration specialists
- System integrators
- Private cloud and public cloud administrators