vrealize/Orchestrator/Workflows/VM Provision

VM Provision workflow

Wrapper workflow which unpacks the vRA request, identifies the target vCenter, calls Generate Unique Hostname for each compute resource in the request, and returns the newly-generated names back to vRA so they get applied to the deployment.

Inputs/Outputs

Name	Type	Direction	Description
inputProperties	Properties	Input	full request payload from vRA
resourceNames	Array/string	Output	contains the newly-generated hostname(s) to return to vRA
customProperties	Properties	Output	modified to insert vCenterName and return back to vRA

Variables

Name	Type	Value	Description
digits	number		optional manually-specified numbering suffix; overrides automatic numbering but still checks for conflicts
domain	string		domain used for DNS checks
endpointId	string		vCenter identifier used internally by vRA
nameBase	string		letter-based portion of the VM naming format
newNames	Array/string		new names generated by Generate Unique Hostname
originalNames	Array/string		original resource names
vCenterName	string		fully-qualified vCenter name