After you create a workflow, you can validate it to detect any possible errors. If the workflow contains no errors, you can run it.

Prerequisites

Create a workflow, lay out its schema, define the links and bindings, define the parameter properties, and create the presentation of the input parameters dialog box.

Complete the following tasks.

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Create the Complex Workflow Example.

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Create a Custom Action for the Complex Workflow Example.

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Create the Schema of the Complex Workflow Example.

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Define the Parameters of the Complex Workflow Example.

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Define the Bindings for the Complex Workflow Example.

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Set the Complex Workflow Example Attribute Properties.

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Create the Layout of the Complex Workflow Example Input Parameters.

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Open the workflow for editing in the workflow editor.

Procedure
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Click Validation in the Schema tab of the workflow editor.

The validation tool detects any errors in the definition of the workflow.

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After you have eliminated any errors, click Save and Close at the bottom of the workflow editor.

You return to the Orchestrator client.

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Click the Workflows view.

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In the workflow hierarchical list, select Workflow Examples > Take a Snapshot of All Virtual Machines in a Resource Pool.

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Right-click the Take a Snapshot of All Virtual Machines in a Resource Pool workflow and select Start workflow.

The input parameters dialog box opens and prompts you for a resource pool that contains the virtual machines of which to take a snapshot.

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Click Submit to run the workflow.

A workflow token appears under the Take a Snapshot of All Virtual Machines in a Resource Pool workflow.

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Click the workflow token to follow the progress of the workflow as it runs.

If the workflow runs successfully, the workflow takes a snapshot of all of the virtual machines in the selected resource pool.

What to do next

You can generate a document in which to review information about the workflow. See Generate Workflow Documentation.

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