We have been communicated today that there was a change in the vCO 4.1 release notes since our original vCenter Orchestrator 4.1 release article.
The web-views, while still being supported in vCO 4.1 were listed as deprecated. The release notes have been updated and the web views are not in the deprecated features list anymore. We can now assume this functionality will still be supported in the next major release of vCO.
Hey everyone I just got back to the hotel after a nice 13 hour day at VMworld! I'm working labs 11-15 and am Co-Presenting the Orchestrating the Cloud session Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Today's session from 3pm-4pm had over 130 people checked in and felt like it went pretty well. The session was intended to be discussion heavy around using VMware vCenter Orchestrator (vCO) to to perform cloud automation. As such, we presented a short series of 3 videos that highlight the usage of an upcoming vCO plug-in for VMware vCloud Director!
Lifecycle Manager 1.2 has just been posted on VMware's website. This release requires the new vCenter Orchestrator 4.1 so it runs on a 64-bit Operating system. Additionally, there is finally support for some of the new vSphere features that were not previously available for Lifecycle Manager users including:
Thin Provisioning
VMXNET3 Network Adapters
vNetwork Distributed Switch
Cisco Nexus 1000V support
Windows 7 Guest OS Customization
IE8 and Firefox 3.6.x support
If you're Lifecycle Manager (LCM) deployment has been customized, you'll most likely need to re-implement the customization if you wish to migrate to the new 1.
Yes, it is that time of year again. VMworld 2010 is nearly upon us! And, yes, Orchestrator will have a few sessions available for your education :) Currently listed are 3 sessions:
VMware vCenter Orchestrator - Orchestrating the Cloud (Advanced Lab Tutorials)
Lab: VMware vCenter Orchestrator (Hands-on Lab)
Saving Time with vCenter Orchestrator (Breakout Session)
Lab: VMware vCenter Orchestrator
This 1 hour hands-on lab will provide you with an introduction to vCO 4.
vCenter Orchestrator 4.1 has been just released as part of vSphere 4.1.
Here is a summary of the main changes since version 4.0, along with our analysis.
Improvements
Performance and scalability: 5 to 10 times faster than vCO 4.0. 10,000 managed VMs per vCenter Orchestrator Server instead of 3,000 in 4.0!
vCO Workflow engine and scripting engine code base has been optimized.
Workflows are now processed faster, using fewer resources.
Attention vCO users, developers and Administrators!
We have just added a new section to the vCO Team Website for Frequently Asked Questions in the format of Q & A. We've broken the section out into multiple Categories and begun populating the categories with some common Questions we have encountered over the last few years.
If you're on an RSS reader, the Q & A section is separate .
Stop in and take a look.
To increase usability and acceptance of vCO we - mightycare solution - created a vCO Plugin for vSphere Client. So admins and users has a direct access to the big world of vCO workflows. Actual our Beta comes up with following features:
customizable context menu for virtual machines
state and parameter values for running workflows
optional prompt for finished workflows with values and state (can be checked for each flow)
customizable input for input parameters - predefined or prompt for input (for each parameter in each flow)
all settings per user, saved in registry - roaming user friendly
To make a round tool we need your input - what do you think about it - what functions do you need in a tool like this.
