Knowledge
- Identify vCenter Orchestrator requirements
- Identify default Orchestrator plug-ins
Skills and Abilities
- Install and Configure vCenter Orchestrator
- Configure vCenter Orchestrator database
- Configure vCenter Orchestrator LDAP connection
- Configure vCenter Orchestrator vCenter server connections
- Run a Workflow
- Administer Actions, Tasks, Workflows and Policies
- Administer Packages
- Identify appropriate Workflow for a given management activity
Tools
- vCenter Orchestrator Installation and Configuration Guide
- vCenter Orchestrator Administration Guide
- Product Documentation
- vCenter Orchestrator Web Configuration
- vCenter Orchestrator Client
- vSphere Client
Notes
I recommend you check out the vCenter Orchestrator team’s blog at http://www.vcoteam.info/. Other than that, you will want to pop open the installation and configuration guide and play around from there.
Identify vCenter Orchestrator requirements
- Hardware
- 4 GB RAM, 2GB Disk, Static IP, 2.0 GHz+ CPU
- Software
- Working LDAP server in your infrastructure
- Web browser (Firefox 3.0, 3.5 IE 7)
- DB recommended on separate machine from server
Identify default Orchestrator plug-ins
- Mail Plug-in
- SSH plug-in
- vCenter 4.x plugin
- vCO Library
- WebOperator
- Enumeration
- NET
- XML
- Database
- Non-Default (Microsoft,VI3,Perspectives)
Install and Configure vCenter Orchestrator
You can install Orchestrator with vCenter Server or as a standalone installation.
Configure vCenter Orchestrator database
Configure vCenter Orchestrator LDAP connection
Run a Workflow
- pg 31-32 of the vCenter Orchestrator Administration Guide
Administer Actions, Tasks, Workflows and Policies
- Chapter 6, pg 51 of the vCenter Orchestrator Administration Guide
Administer Packages
- Pg 55, Chapter 7 of the vCenter Orchestrator Administration Guide
Identify appropriate Workflow for a given management activity
- Chapter 3 of the vCenter Orchestrator Administration Guide