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Using the
Automation Orchestrator
 plug-in for
vSphere Update Manager

The
Automation Orchestrator
 plug-in for VMware vSphere® Update Manager™ allows interaction between
Automation Orchestrator
 and
VMware vSphere Update Manager
/vSphere Lifecycle Manager. You can use the plug-in to run
Automation Orchestrator
 workflows that automate
vSphere Update Manager
 processes. The plug-in contains a set of standard workflows. You can also create custom workflows that implement the plug-in API to automate tasks in your
vSphere
 environment.

Role of
Automation Orchestrator
 with the
vSphere Update Manager
 Plug-in

Automation Orchestrator
 powers the
vSphere Update Manager
 plug-in.
You can use the plug-in to run
Automation Orchestrator
 workflows that interact with
vSphere Update Manager
 to perform automated tasks in the
vSphere
 infrastructure.
vSphere Update Manager
 enables centralized, automated patch and version management for VMware vSphere, and offers support for VMware ESX/ESXi hosts and virtual machines.
With the
vSphere Update Manager
 plug-in, you can perform the following tasks:
  • Upgrade and patch ESX/ESXi hosts.
  • Install and update third-party software on hosts.
  • Upgrade virtual machine hardware and
    VMware Tools
    .
To learn more about
vSphere Update Manager
, see the vSphere Update Manager Installation and Administration Guide.

Functional Prerequisites for the
vSphere Update Manager
 Plug-In

vSphere Update Manager
 requires network connectivity with
VMware vCenter™
. Each installation of
vSphere Update Manager
 must be associated with a single
vCenter
 instance. For instructions about configuring a
vCenter
 connection, see Connect the vSphere Update Manager plug-in to vCenter.

vSphere Update Manager
 Plug-In Scripting API

The
vSphere Update Manager
 plug-in supports the following:
  • vSphere
     API versions 6.7, 7.0, 7.0 U1, 7.0 U2.
  • vSphere Update Manager
     API version 6.0 to 8.0.
The
vSphere Update Manager
 plug-in scripting API contains classes, with their respective attributes and methods, that allow interaction between
Automation Orchestrator
 and
vSphere Update Manager
. You can use the API to develop custom workflows that interact with
vSphere Update Manager
.
In the
Automation Orchestrator
 API Explorer, click the
VUM
 module in the left pane to expand the hierarchical list of
vSphere Update Manager
 plug-in API scripting objects. You can search the plug-in API and see the documentation for JavaScript objects that you can use in scripted elements. You can copy code from API elements and paste it into scripting boxes.

Using the
vSphere Update Manager
 Plug-In Inventory

The
vSphere Update Manager
 plug-in exposes all objects in the connected
vSphere Update Manager
 instance in the Inventory view in the
Automation Orchestrator Client
. You can use the Inventory view to add authorization elements or to run workflows on
vSphere
 objects.
To display all available inventory objects, navigate to
Administration
Inventory
VMware Update Manager
 in the
Automation Orchestrator Client
.

Access the
vSphere Update Manager
 Plug-In Workflow Library

The
vSphere Update Manager
 plug-in workflow library contains workflows that you can use to run automated processes related to the management of
vSphere
 objects in the inventory of the
vCenter
 with which
vSphere Update Manager
 is registered.
You can integrate standard workflows from the workflow library to create custom workflows.
For a full list of available workflows, navigate to
Library
Workflows
vCenter Update Manager
 in the
Automation Orchestrator Client
. See vSphere Update Manager Plug-In Workflow Library.

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