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Appendix 13 Using Adapters
VMware vCloud Director Adapter
VMware vCloud Director Adapter
VMware® vCloud Director provides role-based access to a Web console that allows the members of an
organization to interact with the organization's resources to create and work with vApps and virtual
machines. Cisco Process Orchestrator VMware vCloud Director adapter allows you to retrieve data from
vCloud data centers.
organization to interact with the organization's resources to create and work with vApps and virtual
machines. Cisco Process Orchestrator VMware vCloud Director adapter allows you to retrieve data from
vCloud data centers.
The vCloud adapter supports vCloud Director 1.5. For users who are on vCloud Director 1.0, use the
existing vCloud automation pack.
existing vCloud automation pack.
The following table displays activities that are provided by the VMware vCloud adapter. For more
information about using these activities, see
information about using these activities, see
Getting Started Using the VMware vCloud Director Adapter
Use the following process to monitor and manage VMware vCloud instances.
Step 1
Create a VMware vCloud user (see
Step 2
Define a VMware vCloud target (see
Step 3
Define a VMware vCloud activity (see
).
Step 4
View the activity results (see
Viewing Adapter Properties
To view Target properties:
Step 1
On the Definitions > Targets view, highlight the target, and right-click and choose Properties.
The Properties dialog box displays.
Step 2
Click the Settings tab to specify the maximum number of rows retrieved when querying the vCloud
Director server
Director server
Step 3
Click OK.
Activity
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Execute vCloud
Command
Command
Sends an HTTP request against a VMware vCloud Director REST API
based on a URL and HTTP headers data.
based on a URL and HTTP headers data.
Execute vCloud Query
Specifies information about the vCloud queries that you want to find on
the target.
the target.