Mayank Goyal
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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 NTP, all…
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Calling GraphQL APIs from VCF Operations Orchestrator
Call any GraphQL API from VCF Operations Orchestrator without a plugin. Learn how GraphQL requests and errors work, then download three ES5 actions for queries, mutations,…
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Resolving TypeError: Cannot find function exec in Orchestrator 9.1.1
Runtime.exec and ProcessBuilder can no longer be reached from JavaScript in VCF Operations Orchestrator 9.1.1. See why the TypeError appears, and how a Python action with…
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vcf-orchestrator-mcp: Let AI Build, Run and Debug Your Orchestrator Workflows
vcf-orchestrator-mcp is an open-source MCP server that lets Claude find, build, run and debug VCF Operations Orchestrator workflows and actions from a chat, with a one-time…
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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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This namespace is not active: Could be a Proxy Issue in VCF 9.0.2
In an air-gapped VCF 9.0.2 setup, a vCenter proxy let the Kubernetes Service Content Library download images but left the All Apps namespace inactive in VCF…
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Solving Scheduled Workflow Failures from Service Broker: Using an API to Bypass Execution Token Timeouts
Scheduled Orchestrator workflows requested from Service Broker can fail hours later because the user’s execution token has expired. A PATCH call to /vco/api/tasks/credentials makes an admin…
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VCF 9.1 Improvements – VCF Automation and VKS
The VCF 9.1 changes that caught my eye in VCF Automation and VKS, mostly for All Apps: VM Fast Deploy, day-2 network changes, non-disruptive VM import,…
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VCF Operations Orchestrator 9.0.2: List of PowerShell and PowerCLI Modules
The full list of PowerShell 7.4 and PowerCLI modules, with versions, that ship in the VCF Operations Orchestrator 9.0.2 runtimes, plus the short PowerShell action I…
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VCF Automation 9 Sizing Matrix
A quick reference table of VCF Automation 9 deployment sizes and what each one needs: Small with one node, Medium and Large with three nodes, and…
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Visualizing Graphs in Orchestrator with Python, Matplotlib and ByteBuffer
Turn vRO into a graphing engine: a Python action uses pyVmomi to collect host CPU and memory usage, Matplotlib renders a bar chart, and a JavaScript…
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ModernvROAPI.in – The Successor to vroapi.com
modernvroapi.in is a new home for VCF Operations Orchestrator plugin API documentation, replacing the unmaintained vroapi.com. It offers full-site search, light and dark themes, one-click TypeScript…
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Cloud Templates: Types of Resource Connections
Solid arrows, dashed arrows and solid lines on the VMware Aria Automation Assembler canvas mean different things. See how explicit dependsOn ordering, implicit property bindings and…
