System Center Orchestrator
A family of System Center products that provide an automation platform for orchestrating and integrating both Microsoft and non-Microsoft IT tools.
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What Automation Tools Are Out There
Hi, I am looking to automate a lot of my processes and I was wondering what should I start using to accomplish this? We used to use SCOH but it appears that MS are not adding much functionality to it anymore. I want to be able to run PS Scripts…
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Runbook fails to run at scheduled time
Hello, just built a new Orchestrator 2019 server and migrated the Runbooks from the previous 2012 Orchestrator. Everything working well except for the Runbooks that are scheduled to run at a scheduled time. After checking them in and running them they…
asked 2021-08-02T21:05:35.893+00:00
LongLastingFlavor
216
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answered 2021-08-05T20:12:55.683+00:00
LongLastingFlavor
216
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1 answer
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Microsoft SCORCH - Moving Runbooks from test to prod
Hi Team, I have few runbooks created in Microsoft SCORCH in test environment. I would like to move them to prod in a near future after thorough testing. I have few queries related to the Runbooks as listed below. How to move them to prod…
asked 2021-08-03T18:34:22.607+00:00
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jansi rani krishnan
601
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accepted 2021-08-05T16:58:25.057+00:00
jansi rani krishnan
601
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2 answers
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upgrade Opalis 4 to Orchestator 2019.
Greetings, before we get Orchestator 2019 and migrate jobs from Opalis 4 , we would like to have some concepts about the migration, may I ask your help? 1) is it possible? (I have 1000+ jobs). 2) If possible, how to automate the migration to get less…
asked 2021-07-20T02:14:04.92+00:00
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August Tam
21
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commented 2021-08-02T02:55:17.993+00:00
August Tam
21
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System Center Orchestrator (SCORCH) Web Service - Need to authenticate in a curl command and getting 401
Hello! I'm trying to use the /Orchestrator2012/Orchestrator.svc http request in a curl command. The username being passed is the account on the Runbook service. Here are the command and results: curl -k -v -H "Accept:application/json" -u…
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The Windows Team are telling me I need a Server Admin or Domain Admin service account to trigger Workflows from ServiceNow via the REST/API. Is this true?
I don't know SCORCH. I am discussing push versus pull with the Windows Team in terms of triggering SCORCH Workflows from ServiceNow (SN). I am an SN Solution Designer. The SCORCH Team want to poll the SN Incident Table every 3 minutes in order to…
asked 2021-07-15T23:41:50.743+00:00
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Doug Connell
21
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answered 2021-07-18T23:41:26.15+00:00
Doug Connell
21
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Problem with SC Orchestrator 2019 - an error occurred saving the runbook to the data store.
Hello, The past week, we've become unable to save changes or to publish/check in runbooks in System Center Orchestrator 2019. The received error message is: Blockquote an error occurred saving the runbook to the data store. And the error message: …
asked 2021-07-11T14:39:53.163+00:00
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Lotfi BOUCHERIT
91
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commented 2021-07-12T07:49:10.263+00:00
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XinGuo-MSFT
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New version of Sharepoint integration Package (OAUTH 2 support) throttling issue 429
Hi, I have downloaded the new revised version 10.19.33 - 4/Jun/2021 (great to see still some work), in the hopes that it would resolve the issue with Sharepoint online throttling requests to a frequently accessing user. But alas it looks like the…
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Orchestrator 2019 and Internet Explorer EOL, will there be an update to support Edge? What is the plan?
Hi, with IE ending soon, will Orch 2019 have an update to support a different browser to run it's outdated Silverlight console and import proxy settings?
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Retrieving output from Orchestrator Runbooks (via REST)
Hi Experts, I have a created a Runbook and able to successfully trigger the Runbook via a PowerShell using the REST web services. My Runbook actually accepts some input parameters and update the values in the Incident form (Self service portal). In…
asked 2021-06-29T06:51:10.587+00:00
jansi rani krishnan
601
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asked 2021-06-29T06:51:10.587+00:00
jansi rani krishnan
601
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Response from Orchestrator Runbook via web-service
Hi Experts, With reference to the link http://www.laurierhodes.info/?q=node/101, I have a created a Runbook and able to successfully trigger the Runbook via a PowerShell using the REST web services. In my case, I have a created a Runbook which…
asked 2021-06-28T10:09:42.637+00:00
jansi rani krishnan
601
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asked 2021-06-28T10:09:42.637+00:00
jansi rani krishnan
601
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2 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Setting the Orchestrator Runbook properties
Hi Experts, I have created a Runbook with below two activities. Initialize Data Run .Net Script Please find attached the screenshots for the Runbook properties. Based on the input values received in the Initialize Data…
asked 2021-06-24T19:27:42.887+00:00
jansi rani krishnan
601
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commented 2021-06-25T17:55:39.863+00:00
Andreas Baumgarten
97,566
Reputation points MVP
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Executing Orchestrator Runbook using PowerShell
Hi Team, I am followed the below link to call an Orchestrator Runbook via a PowerShell code by invoking a web-service call. It is working when i used the below POST body structure. when i try to use the similar XML POST body structure,…
asked 2021-06-14T17:58:32.42+00:00
jansi rani krishnan
601
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commented 2021-06-15T19:44:54.137+00:00
Andreas Baumgarten
97,566
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Converting XMLBody to JSONBody for POSTing a request to WebAPI
Hi Team, I have a PowerShell code which has a XML body structure as follows to make a webservice call. I would like to include more inputs to the "Initialize Data" activity in one of the Runbook as follows. To accommodate…
asked 2021-06-13T19:02:19.307+00:00
jansi rani krishnan
601
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answered 2021-06-13T19:37:03.613+00:00
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Rich Matheisen
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Executing an Orchestrator Runbook via PowerShell
Hi Team, I created a Runbook which actually receives the input and updates the data into the incident form. It contains two activities. Initialize data Run .Net Script PFA the screenshot for the same. I have written a…
asked 2021-06-10T18:04:38.74+00:00
jansi rani krishnan
601
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commented 2021-06-13T18:16:02.863+00:00
jansi rani krishnan
601
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4 answers
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Trigerring powershell script via Orchestrator webservice
(This is based on your inputs for my question https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/410787/triggering-34run-net-script34-activity-in-orchestr.html) Hi Andreas, Thank you so much for the inputs. It is really helped me to design and start the…
asked 2021-06-01T10:16:34.77+00:00
jansi rani krishnan
601
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commented 2021-06-04T07:45:04.867+00:00
jansi rani krishnan
601
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2 answers
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Runbook doesn't run when checked in but does in runbook test and manually.
I am running a simple Monitor Object like the below Which then pulls the Id and places it in the ID field in the powershell here: 101330-powershell-example.txt This was working but has suddenly stopped for no reason. The environment is a…
asked 2021-06-01T16:51:26.147+00:00
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alfie thomas
86
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accepted 2021-06-01T18:42:43.203+00:00
alfie thomas
86
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4 answers
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System Center Orchestrator with Service Manager - Runbook returns empty value
Hello, I've created workflow to automate user creation. It is creating new change request for each found user to create, and within it there is a review activity where in the comment field someone has to pass manager name for this new user. …
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Triggering "Run .Net Script" Activity in Orchestrator Runbook
This is with reference to my earlier question thread "SCSM Bi-directional Integration with ServiceNow" I am working on another Runbook which contains only two activities as below. Run .Net Script (Receives the updated information from…
asked 2021-05-26T17:06:58.14+00:00
jansi rani krishnan
601
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accepted 2021-06-01T10:32:11.303+00:00
jansi rani krishnan
601
Reputation points
2 answers
SCSM Bi-directional Integration with ServiceNow
Hi Team, I am working on integrating SCSM with ServiceNow using Orchestrator Runbooks. This would be a bi-directional integration. SCSM will send the incident information to ServiceNow. Support Analyst at the ServiceNow end will work on the tickets and…
asked 2021-05-26T08:18:57.827+00:00
jansi rani krishnan
601
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commented 2021-06-01T06:29:18.377+00:00
Andreas Baumgarten
97,566
Reputation points MVP