Good day all,
Here is how the approval process is setup.
But I need to add the Number of CPU's, and Memory Size (as a minimum).
There are only two Properties available under System Properties for the approval level.
I've tried adding VirtualMachine.CPU.Count and VirtualMachine.Memory.Size as a custom property (I also tried vSphere_Machine_1-property name). However fieldValues is never populated.
Any thoughts on how I can add those property values to the payload fieldValues?
Dear,
Did you find the way how to get the custom properties in vRO workflow in case of Approval process ?
Basically I would like to get the machine related information/custom properties (memory, CPU, daily Cost etc) in vRO WF and from their I need to send an Approval mail with all these information to the external approvers. Based on these information, the approver can approve/reject the request via email.
Please help me out if you find the way.
Thanks,
Koushik
Dear,
Can you please let me know if you find the way out ?
Thanks,
Koushik
Sorry for the delay, I didn't see your first request.
No I have NOT been able to figure that out.
I reached out the the VMware PSO organization and they told me to change the approval type to catalog item - Virtual Machine as a work around. Unfortunately I have not had time to test that out yet.
My position is the information is in the system somewhere, but I can't find it in either database (postgres or MS SQL), nor can I find anything in the API that indicates where or how the form data is being held.
I wish you good luck in your endeavor. Please let me know if you are able to figure it out.
Sincerely,
Dana
Oops I spoke to soon, I think I found it by accident
Look at this post, Request vRA 7.0.1 Catalog Item from vRO I think if we request the machine using this modified workflow, you will get a bunch of useful information from the JSON.
Here is what I got by uncommenting the customize request data section
{
"Extensibility.Lifecycle.Properties.VMPSMasterWorkflow32.BuildingMachine" : "*",
"Extensibility.Lifecycle.Properties.VMPSMasterWorkflow32.Disposing" : "*",
"Extensibility.Lifecycle.Properties.VMPSMasterWorkflow32.MachineActivated" : "*",
"Extensibility.Lifecycle.Properties.VMPSMasterWorkflow32.MachineProvisioned" : "*",
"Extensibility.Lifecycle.Properties.VMPSMasterWorkflow32.Requested" : "*",
"Extensibility.Lifecycle.Properties.VMPSMasterWorkflow32.UnprovisionMachine" : "*",
"Hostname" : "CustomMachineNameHere",
"VLAN12" : {
"componentTypeId" : "com.vmware.csp.component.cafe.composition",
"componentId" : null,
"classId" : "Blueprint.Component.Declaration",
"typeFilter" : "SNOW*VLAN12",
"data" : {
"_hasChildren" : false,
"description" : null
}
},
"_archiveDays" : 1,
"_number_of_instances" : 1,
"vSphere_Machine_1" : {
"componentTypeId" : "com.vmware.csp.component.cafe.composition",
"componentId" : null,
"classId" : "Blueprint.Component.Declaration",
"typeFilter" : "SNOW*vSphere_Machine_1",
"data" : {
"_allocation" : {
"componentTypeId" : "com.vmware.csp.iaas.blueprint.service",
"componentId" : null,
"classId" : "Infrastructure.Compute.Machine.Allocation",
"typeFilter" : null,
"data" : {
"machines" : [ {
"componentTypeId" : "com.vmware.csp.iaas.blueprint.service",
"componentId" : null,
"classId" : "Infrastructure.Compute.Machine.Allocation.Machine",
"typeFilter" : null,
"data" : {
"machine_id" : "",
"nics" : [ {
"componentTypeId" : "com.vmware.csp.iaas.blueprint.service",
"componentId" : null,
"classId" : "Infrastructure.Compute.Machine.Nic",
"typeFilter" : null,
"data" : {
"address" : "",
"assignment_type" : "Static",
"external_address" : "",
"id" : null,
"load_balancing" : null,
"network" : null,
"network_profile" : null
}
} ]
}
} ]
}
},
"_cluster" : 1,
"_hasChildren" : false,
"cpu" : 1,
"datacenter_location" : null,
"description" : null,
"disks" : [ {
"componentTypeId" : "com.vmware.csp.iaas.blueprint.service",
"componentId" : null,
"classId" : "Infrastructure.Compute.Machine.MachineDisk",
"typeFilter" : null,
"data" : {
"capacity" : 16,
"custom_properties" : null,
"id" : 1460838927066,
"initial_location" : "",
"is_clone" : true,
"label" : "Hard disk 1",
"storage_reservation_policy" : "",
"userCreated" : false,
"volumeId" : 0
}
} ],
"display_location" : false,
"guest_customization_specification" : "dag-linux-vra",
"machine_prefix" : null,
"max_network_adapters" : -1,
"max_per_user" : 0,
"max_volumes" : 60,
"memory" : 2048,
"nics" : [ {
"componentTypeId" : "com.vmware.csp.iaas.blueprint.service",
"componentId" : null,
"classId" : "Infrastructure.Compute.Machine.Nic",
"typeFilter" : null,
"data" : {
"address" : "",
"assignment_type" : "Static",
"external_address" : "",
"id" : null,
"load_balancing" : null,
"network" : null,
"network_profile" : null
}
} ],
"os_arch" : "x86_64",
"os_distribution" : null,
"os_type" : "Linux",
"os_version" : null,
"property_groups" : [ null ],
"reservation_policy" : null,
"security_groups" : [ ],
"security_tags" : [ ],
"storage" : 16
}
}
}
Good luck,
Dana
Thanks Dana, Yes, I am also able to get the values of CPU, Memory after setting the approval type to catalog item - Virtual Machine.
I executing the catalog request from vRA7. Now I have another issue. I would like to get all the details like Number of Deployments, CPU, Memory, TotalCost, etc.
To get the details of property like 'Number of Deployments' I need to set the approval type to catalog item - Composite BluePrint...Now my question is how this can be achieve ?
Is there any API from there I can get the Number Of deployments of that BluePrint ? I tried to find out that API but couldn't .
Thanks,
koushik
Hello Dana,
Thanks, Now I am able to get all the information from the CatalogItemRequest. There is a method "getRequestData()" in the CatalogItemRequest class. This method did work for me and now I am able to get all the machine related information. I am using the approval type to catalog item - Virtual Machine.
Thanks for your help and assistance.
Thanks,
Koushik