Task Name This workflow extracts the domain to be joined later in order to pre-provision the FQDN in AD. Description Prerequisites Tested on UCSD 6.0.1.0 and 6.1 Category Workflow Components vSphere 5.x and HyperV User Inputs CatalogID and VDC_ID Output SPDomainName Instructions for Regular Workflow Use: Download the attached .ZIP file below to your computer. *Remember the location of the saved file on your computer. Unzip the file on your computer. Should end up with a .WFD file. Log in to UCS Director as a user that has "system-admin" privileges. Navigate to "Policies-->Orchestration" and click on "Import". Click "Browse" and navigate to the location on your computer where the .WFD file resides. Choose the .WFD file and click "Open". Click "Upload" and then "OK" once the file upload is completed. Then click "Next". Click the "Select" button next to "Import Workflows". Click the "Check All" button to check all checkboxes and then the "Select" button. Click "Submit". 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. I want to give credit to Orf Gelbrich and his expertise and all the help he and Russ Whittier gave me to complete this! User Need: Had to find out what domain the category VM would be joining into PRIOR to VM deployment. They were pre-creating the computer entry in AD using PowerShell to alleviate the need for reboot etc. when the VM actually joined. Solve: What I thought would be an easy task, turned into a myriad of procedures and methods! I had to use API calls, XML parsing, Cloupia scripting, Tabular Report gleaning, etc. etc. The output of this workflow (Could be saved as a compound task) is just the Domain Name or Workgroup the VM will be joining when provisioned. With a little tweaking, what information element from which policy do you need? Step 1: Get the Category ID Step 2: Does the Category have an Application Category over ride Deployment Policy? Step 3:a If override was in place, run a report to extract the Domain Name from the Policy. Step 3:b If override was not in place, go to VDC to find the System Policy. Step 3:c If no name was found in the Policy, It could be HyperV, Check that policy API for the data. Step 3:d Need to parse the API returned XML data for the Domain name… Step3:e Log the Domain Name in Red in the SR Log and set a workflow output with the Domain Name. From 3:b Get the System Policy from the VDC Repeat 3:a , 3:c , 3:d and 3:e A picture is better: Workflow: ... View more

Workflow Disk_and_DB_Size_Alerter Description Sends email alerts on Minor and Critical size thresholds. Prerequisites Tested on 5.x and 6.x (2 versions attached) Category Workflow Components UCSD User Inputs Username Password MinorDiskUsage CriticalDiskUsage MinorDBSize CriticalDBSize EmailAddressMinor EmailAddressCritical Instructions for Regular Workflow Use: Download the attached .ZIP file below to your computer. *Remember the location of the saved file on your computer. Unzip the file on your computer. Should end up with a .WFD file. Log in to UCS Director as a user that has "system-admin" privileges. Navigate to "Policies-->Orchestration" and click on "Import". Click "Browse" and navigate to the location on your computer where the .WFD file resides. Choose the .WFD file and click "Open". Click "Upload" and then "OK" once the file upload is completed. Then click "Next". Click the "Select" button next to "Import Workflows". Click the "Check All" button to check all check boxes and then the "Select" button. Click "Submit". 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. It is recommended that aliases with multiple recipients are used as the email addresses. The 5.x version does not have preset User Inputs, there are recommendations in the help text. The 6.x version is leveraging the new Admin Input with override feature, pretty handy if you ask me! The DB size is collected using all cumulative DB Directories, it uses Kilobytes not G or M. I recommend that this be scheduled to run every hour, in case a loop conditions occurs or the disk logging grows into dangerous size. Use the 6.5 version after upgrading from previous versions or after installing 6.5> as there is now a second disk. I also added an option to email the current status if not in the warning range. ... View more

Task Name Random Password Generator Description Prerequisites Minimum UCSD version: 5.4 Category Custom task Components User Inputs Password Length User Output 10 Character Random Password Instructions for Regular Workflow Use: Instructions for Regular Workflow Use: Download the attached .ZIP file below to your computer. *Remember the location of the saved file on your computer. Unzip the file on your computer. Should end up with a .WFD file. Log in to UCS Director as a user that has "system-admin" privileges. Navigate to "Policies-->Orchestration" and click on "Import". Click "Browse" and navigate to the location on your computer where the .WFD file resides. Choose the .WFD file and click "Open". Click "Upload" and then "OK" once the file upload is completed. Then click "Next". Click the "Select" button next to "Import Workflows". Click the "Check All" button to check all checkboxes and then the "Select" button. Click "Submit". 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. A Thank You goes out to: Orf Gelbrich Below is an example of a SSH generated 10 digit password. There are 2 other Custom Task workflows that use Javascript and allow user choice of length and v3 includes special characters. Workflow Execution: Script: Workflow Output: Log capture: Take #1 on custom task: v3 Custom Task:             Workflow Input: Log Capture: ... View more