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VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook

You're reading from   VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook Master the configuration, programming, and interaction of plugins with Orchestrator to efficiently automate your VMware infrastructure

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784392246
Length 382 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (9) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Installing and Configuring Orchestrator FREE CHAPTER 2. Optimizing Orchestrator Configuration 3. Visual Programming 4. Working with Plugins 5. Basic Orchestrator Operations 6. Advanced Operations 7. Working with VMware Infrastructure Index

Using the workflow debugging function


This recipe showcases how to use the debug feature to find and resolve errors in a workflow. The debug function was introduced in version 5.5.

Getting ready

We just need a working Orchestrator, and you will need the rights to create new workflows and run them. We will work with the Orchestrator Client.

We need a new workflow, and to make things easier we reuse some old workflows, such as the ones from the Workflow basics and Error handling in workflows recipes (3.01 and 3.04.1 in the example package).

How to do it...

  1. Create a new workflow and add the workflows from the Workflow basics and Error handling in workflows recipes (as shown in the following screenshot).

  2. Bind all variables as required.

  3. Right-click on the first element of your workflow and select Toggle breakpoint. A blue ball appears on the left next to the element.

  4. You can debug a workflow either while still in edit mode or when you exit it. Choose one and click on Debug (the bug icon) to start the...

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