UCSD PowerShell Tasks with Rollback

[Orf Gelbrich]

Task Name	Power Shell with Roll back
Description	Power Shell with Roll back
Prerequisites	Tested on 5.1
Category	Workflow
Components	vSphere 5.x
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Instructions for Regular Workflow Use:

1. Download the attached .ZIP file below to your computer. *Remember the location of the saved file on your computer.
2. Unzip the file on your computer. Should end up with a .WFD file.
3. Log in to UCS Director as a user that has "system-admin" privileges.
4. Navigate to "Policies-->Orchestration" and click on "Import".
5. Click "Browse" and navigate to the location on your computer where the .WFD file resides. Choose the .WFD file and click "Open".
6. Click "Upload" and then "OK" once the file upload is completed. Then click "Next".
7. Click the "Select" button next to "Import Workflows". Click the "Check All" button to check all checkboxes and then the "Select" button.
8. Click "Submit".
9. A new folder should appear in "Policies-->Orchestration" that contains the imported workflow. You will now need to update the included tasks with information about the specific environment.

Many thanks go out to Mohamed Arif Hajamohideen for providing this new custom task and workflow.

[adam.ringenberg]

Personal experience:

I used this custom task extensively in my workflows since 5.1. I just upgraded my dev environment from 5.4.0.2 to 5.5.0.0 and I was getting the following error when using this custom task:

{Workflow Step Name}  (custom_Execute Powershell with Rollback) failed with error - java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.Exception: Unable to fetch remote agent details, selectedContext=<None>

It took me forever to figure out that the 5.5 Execute Powershell standard task is basically this custom task. Once I copied my settings and script from the custom task into a new standard task everything worked.

[Orf Gelbrich]

Thank you for sharing.