What is vRealize Orchestrator ?
vRealize Orchestrator(vRO) is a workflow engine offered by VMware. Its purpose is to provide a tool to allow for the simple automation of IT processes & procedures. To hear more in VMware's own words check out the video in VMware's official vRO marketing material . Brief History To provide some brief background on the product vRO began its life bundled with earlier versions of vCenter server as far back as 5.x and perhaps further, many of you may have noticed it showing up as an installed service on your old windows vCenter instances. It was later separated from vCenter to become its own standalone product. Then VMware decided to pair vRO with vRA ( vRealize Automation ) to extend vRA's capabilities. It allowed vRA to perform additional configuration tasks during the various provisioning & decommissioning lifecycles while also allowing for the offering of vRO workflows as catalog items in vRA for self-service provisioning. This functionality is often referred to as ...