Mayank Goyal
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VCP Cloud Management and AutomationVMware Certified Professional
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Multi-NIC VMs with static IPs in VCF Automation
Build VCF Automation VMs with up to three optional NICs, each static or DHCP, any number of data disks with their own sizes, and…
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Free utilities for Orchestrator and VCF Automation developers.
Search the Orchestrator scripting API: classes, methods and plug-in objects for 8.x and 9.x.
An MCP server that lets your AI assistant build, run and debug Orchestrator workflows.
Open a .package file in the browser and browse its workflows, actions and elements.
Paste a curl command and get the equivalent Orchestrator JavaScript.
A Chrome extension that gives the Orchestrator script editor room to breathe.
Generate clean documentation for your Orchestrator actions.
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vRO Peekage: Peek into your vRO Packages and Let AI Understand Your Orchestrator Code
vRO Peekage opens any vRO / Aria / VCF Orchestrator .package in your browser, shows every workflow, action, script and config element, and exports it all…
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Using vSphere DataSets from Orchestrator to Deliver Data into a Guest OS secretively
vSphere DataSets give a VM a metadata store hidden from the UI, with separate host and guest access rules. A PowerShell action in VCF Operations Orchestrator…
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Leveraging pyvmomi in VCF Operations Orchestrator
Run pyVmomi inside VCF Operations Orchestrator with a Python Action Environment. Covers where stateless Python scripts beat the JavaScript vCenter plugin, then builds an action that…
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Differences between VM Apps & All Apps in VCF Automation 9.1
A side-by-side table of VM Apps and All Apps in VCF Automation 9.1, covering provisioning, Orchestrator support, guest customization, networking, tenancy, day-2 operations, Terraform and migration…
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VMUG Delhi NCR 2026: A Day of Learning, Networking, and VCF Innovation
My day at the VMUG Delhi NCR 2026 meetup: vExpert badges, quizzes and VCP voucher prizes, plus the technical takeaways on KubeVM, VKS N-3 support, virtual…
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Monitoring SSL Certificate Expiry Using VCF Operations Orchestrator
A VCF Operations Orchestrator action that checks SSL certificate expiry across a list of HTTPS URLs with the built-in ImportCAFromUrlAction, works out the days remaining, and…
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Quick Tip: How to do ping test in Orchestrator
A small PowerShell 7.4 action for Aria Automation Orchestrator that pings a target three times and returns the output. Handy for quick reachability checks, with a…
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End-to-End VCF Automation Token Generation via REST APIs
Getting a bearer token for the VCF Automation 9 APIs takes several steps: a provider token, then creating, authorizing, granting and activating a service account. Here’s…
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