The Management Pack for vRealize Orchestrator ships with out of the box vRealize Orchestrator workflows. These workflows help you remediate alerts in vRealize Operations. They are mapped to alerts from recommendations. When an object displays an alert given here, you can run the workflow from the alert.
Out of the Box Workflows for Custom Recommendations
Out of the box workflows for VM:
- VM Power Operations
- Reconfigure VM
- Move VM
- Manage Snapshots for VM
- Upgrade Guest Tools for VM
- Migrate Virtual Machine with vMotion
- Add a new vNIC to Virtual Machine
- Update CPU Reservation
- Update Memory Reservation
- Remove or Delete unused Template
Out of the box workflows for Host:
- Host Maintenance Mode
- Host Power Operations
- Decomission Host
- Reconnect Host. You can automate this workflow to run when an alert is displayed.
- Apply Host Security Configuration Rules
Out of the Box Workflows for Default Recommendations
You can map out of the box workflows to recommendations already in
vRealize Operations Manager. The following table lists the default recommendations and the alerts for which these recommendations are applicable:
| Out of the Box Workflow/Action Name | Alert in vRealize Operations Manager | Recommendation in vRealize Operations Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Upgrade Guest Tools for VM | Virtual Machine has unsupported VMware Tools. | If the VMware tools version is too new, downgrade it to a supported version. Otherwise, upgrade VMware Tools to the latest version. Select this virtual machine in the vSphere Client or Web Client, then right-click and select "Upgrade VMware Tools". |
| VM Power Operation | vSphere HA failed to restart a network isolated virtual machine | Manually power on the virtual machine. |
| VM Power Operation | vSphere HA cannot perform a failover operation for the virtual machine | You can also try to power on the virtual machine and investigate any returned errors. |
| Reconnect Host | Host has lost connection to vCenter Server | Click "Open Host in vSphere Web Client" in the Actions menu at the top of Alert details page to connect to the vCenter managing this host and manually reconnect the host to vCenter Server. After the connection to the host is restored by vCenter Server, the alert will be canceled. |
| Set CPU Count for VM | Virtual Machine CPU usage is at 100% for an extended period of time. | Add more CPU capacity to this virtual machine. |
| Migrate Virtual Machine using vMotion. | Virtual Machine has CPU contention due to memory page swapping in the host | Use vMotion to migrate this virtual machine to a different host or cluster |
| Migrate Virtual Machine using vMotion. | Virtual machine has memory contention due to memory compression, ballooning, or swapping | Use vMotion to migrate this virtual machine to a different host or cluster. |
| Move VM | Virtual machine is demanding more CPU than its entitlement | Move this virtual machine to a different host or cluster |
| Move VM | Virtual machine in a DRS cluster is demanding more CPU than its entitlement | Move this virtual machine to a different host or cluster |
| Move VM | Virtual machine in a cluster is demanding more CPU than its entitlement | Move this virtual machine to a different host or cluster |
| Manage Snapshots for VM | Datastore is running out of disk space. | Delete unused snapshots for datastore |
| Manage Snapshots for VM | Virtual machine disk I/O read latency is high | If the virtual machine has multiple snapshots, delete unused snapshots for VM |
| Manage Snapshots for VM | Virtual machine disk I/O write latency is high | If the virtual machine has multiple snapshots, delete unused snapshots for VM |
| Manage Snapshots for VM | Virtual machine has disk I/O latency problem caused by snapshots | If the virtual machine has multiple snapshots, delete unused snapshots for VM |
| Manage Snapshots for VM | Virtual machine is running on snapshots for more than 2 days | If the virtual machine has multiple snapshots, delete unused snapshots for VM |
| Host Maintenance Mode | Host is in maintenance mode for at least 72 hours | If the time period of maintenance window is expected, you can cancel this alert. Otherwise, investigate further and take the host out of maintenance mode. |
| Host Power Operation | N/A | N/A |
| Decommission Host | N/A | N/A |
| Add a new vNIC to Virtual Machine | N/A | Add an additional NIC to the VM to spread the packet load more evenly |
| Update CPU Reservation | N/A | If the virtual machine CPU reservation is set, Decrease the CPU reservation configuration |
| Update Memory Reservation | N/A | If the virtual machine Memory reservation is set, Decrease the Memory reservation configuration |
| Remove or Delete unused Template | N/A | N/A |
| Apply Host Security Configuration Rules | ESXi Host is violating VMware vSphere Security Configuration Guide for vCenter version 6.5 or 6.7 | Fix the vSphere Security Configuration Guide Rules Violations according to the recommendations available at https://www.vmware.com/security/hardening-guides.html |
