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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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Daniel Langenhan Daniel Langenhan
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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

Working with tags


Let's explore the tagging of workflows. Tagging introduces the same kind of tagging you're familiar with from vCenter Server 5.5. Tagging allows you to add tags to Orchestrator objects and search for them.

Getting ready

You will need Orchestrator version 5.5.1 or higher. We need some workflows we can tag. You can use the example workflow if you want.

How to do it...

Tagging involves the following elements.

Tagging a workflow

Let's start by setting a tag on a workflow:

  1. Start the workflow by navigating to Library | Tagging | Tag workflow.

  2. Select the workflow you would like to tag.

  3. Enter a tag and a value.

  4. Select whether you would like this tag to be global or not. A global tag is visible to all users whereas nonglobal (private) tags are only visible to the user who places the tag.

  5. Submit the workflow.

Viewing all tags in a workflow

  1. Start the workflow by navigating to Library | Tagging | List Workflow tags.

  2. Select the workflow you would like to see a list of all its tags.

  3. After submitting...

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