You might
have not realized yet but vRealize Orchestrator is a key pillar of VMware’s SDDC architecture, allowing task’s automation and extensibility with external
systems to leverage the full SDDC solution, but what I really want to talk
about on this post is vRO workflow version history feature.
You might
think about workflow version history as a VM’s snapshots, once you take it you
can use to revert your workflow to a previous, and I hope a working, version of it,
also allows you to compare the differences between versions.
It’s easy
to check your versions, compare the differences and revert it back to another
version.
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Right
right click on the workflow and choose Show
version history.
As you can
see, there’s a list with all versions, pretty much like snapshots, just use the
buttons provided to execute the actions you want.
But how the
versions are created ?
Each time
you save your workflow, Orchestrator will ask you if you want to create a new
version of it.
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Increase version: will create a new version of your
workflow;
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Continue anyway: will just save the changes under
the same version.
if you think
this message is too annoying, for sure you can disable it.
-
click
Do not show this message again.
Problem is,
Orchestrator will never ask you again and so no new workflow’s versions will be
created, disabling version history feature.
But don’t
worry you can re-enable it
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Click
Tools;
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And
then User preferences.
- Under Workflows;
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Select:
Increase the workflow version when
clicking save and close;
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Click
Save & Close.
Now the
functionality is restored.
