VCP-CMA 2024 Question 218
Select 2You are tasked with automating the approval process for VM provisioning requests in VMware Aria Automation. The approval process should trigger an extensibility action to notify the approver via email. After the approval is granted, the provisioning should resume automatically. Which combination of tools and configurations should you use to achieve this?
- A
Create a subscription in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator that listens to the 'Approval Request' event and triggers an ABX action to send the email.
- B
Use an ABX action to handle the 'Approval Completed' event and resume the provisioning workflow.
- C
Configure a VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflow to handle the 'Approval Completed' event and notify the requester of the approval.
- D
Use a VMware Aria Automation custom policy to automatically approve provisioning requests without notifying the approver.
- E
Define an ABX action to listen to provisioning lifecycle events and trigger the approval process directly.
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Correct answers: A, B
Explanation
To automate the approval process in VMware Aria Automation, you need to use subscriptions and extensibility actions. Subscriptions can listen for specific events, such as 'Approval Request,' and trigger an action to notify the approver via email. Once the approval is granted, another action can handle the 'Approval Completed' event to resume the provisioning workflow. This ensures a seamless and automated process while meeting the requirements of the scenario.
- A. Correct.
Correct: Subscriptions in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator can listen to specific events, such as 'Approval Request,' and trigger extensibility actions like an ABX action to send an email notification.
- B. Correct.
Correct: An ABX action can be configured to handle the 'Approval Completed' event, allowing provisioning to resume automatically post-approval.
- C. Incorrect.
Incorrect: While notifying the requester of approval is useful, it does not fulfill the requirement to send an email to the approver or automate the approval process.
- D. Incorrect.
Incorrect: Automatically approving requests using a custom policy bypasses the need for extensibility actions and does not meet the requirement to notify the approver.
- E. Incorrect.
Incorrect: Lifecycle events are not directly tied to the approval process, and triggering the approval process via them does not align with the scenario requirements.