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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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Code Snippet: Get VM (Vc:VirtualMachine) using MoRefId in Orchestrator
A small Orchestrator action that finds a vCenter VM (VC:VirtualMachine) by its MoRef ID, such as vm-3021, with an optional vCenter FQDN to search a single…
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User Input Requests in Service Broker Inbox: More than Approvals
Approvals only let you approve or reject. User Input Requests in the Service Broker Inbox let an approver fill in or edit values for a waiting…
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Orchestrator Rhino Engine 8.x vs 9.x – Comprehensive guide to Modern JavaScript in vRO
Which modern JavaScript actually runs in Orchestrator? Every feature re-tested on VCF Operations Orchestrator 9.1.1 against the ES5.1 Rhino in 8.x, with a support table, the…
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Enabling vRO Management Pack in vROPs for Embedded Orchestrator
Set up the vRO Management Pack in Aria Operations (vROps) to monitor an embedded Orchestrator: license and basic auth prerequisites, the Orchestrator Administrator role, installing the…
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VCF Automation 9: From Wizard to Blueprints
In the VCF Automation 9 All Apps organization, the create wizards generate clean Kubernetes manifests. Copy that YAML into a blank blueprint under a Supervisor Namespace…
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Under the Hood of VCF Operations Orchestrator 9.0 — What Really Changed?
What changed under the hood in VCF Operations Orchestrator 9.0: a newer Rhino engine, Java 17 and jakarta, updated plugins and REST APIs, non-disruptive certificate replacement,…
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Update CloudConfig YAML using Orchestrator workflow
VCF Automation can update the cloudConfig YAML of a VM at Compute Allocate using an Orchestrator workflow. The catch: setting customProperties.cloudConfig does nothing, but writing the…
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WDT4vRO: External Tooling for Orchestrator Workflow Documentation (XML -> PNG + HTML)
WDT4vRO turns VCF Operations Orchestrator workflow XML into clickable diagrams with inputs, outputs and scripts, exported as PNG or HTML. It is now archived; its successor…
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