Cloud bursting with HP CloudSystem Matrix infrastructure orchestration and Savvis

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Cloud bursting with HP CloudSystem Matrix

infrastructure orchestration and Savvis

Technical white paper

July 2012

Contents

Overview ................................................................................................................................. 2

What is CloudSystem bursting? .................................................................................................. 2

Why burst with CloudSystem? .................................................................................................... 2

Hybrid cloud use cases .............................................................................................................. 2

CloudSystem Matrix bursting to Savvis ........................................................................................ 3

CloudSystem Matrix bursting to Savvis concepts and capabilities ................................................... 3

Inventory .............................................................................................................................. 3

Access ................................................................................................................................. 3

Allocation policy ................................................................................................................... 3

VM provisioning .................................................................................................................... 3

Networking .......................................................................................................................... 3

Software mapping ................................................................................................................. 3

API call translation ................................................................................................................. 4

Savvis bursting connector ....................................................................................................... 4

Prerequisites ............................................................................................................................. 4

Configuring Savvis for cloud bursting .............................................................................................. 5

Create a Savvis account ............................................................................................................ 5

Create one or more VPDCs using the SavvisStation portal .............................................................. 5

Create a VPN connection to Savvis ............................................................................................. 8

Upload a Client Provided Image (CPI) to Savvis ............................................................................ 9

Gather and record URIs of Client Provided Images ...................................................................... 11

Configuring Matrix infrastructure orchestration for cloud bursting ..................................................... 12

Edit hpio.properties ................................................................................................................. 12

Edit Savvis properties .............................................................................................................. 12

Enable Savvis log (optional) ..................................................................................................... 12

Create Savvis cloud pools ........................................................................................................ 12

Create a pool properties file for each pool ................................................................................. 13

Create an mxpassword entry for each pool ................................................................................ 13

Create a software mapping file for each pool ............................................................................ 13

Install the Savvis SSL certificate ................................................................................................. 14

Restart the infrastructure orchestration service ............................................................................. 16

Provisioning in Matrix infrastructure orchestration using Savvis ......................................................... 17

Access infrastructure orchestration designer ............................................................................... 17

Create a template ................................................................................................................... 17

Access infrastructure orchestration console ................................................................................. 18

Create a pool ......................................................................................................................... 18

Create a new service using the template .................................................................................... 19

Verify that the VM was created ................................................................................................. 20

Accessing the VM from infrastructure orchestration ...................................................................... 22

Disk scrubbing .................................................................................................................... 22

Savvis cloud support in infrastructure orchestration 7.0 ................................................................... 23

Supported operations .............................................................................................................. 23

Limitations .............................................................................................................................. 23

Limitations and known issues ........................................................................................................ 23

For more information ................................................................................................................... 25

Summary of content (25 pages)

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Cloud bursting with HP CloudSystem Matrix infrastructure orchestration and Savvis Technical white paper July 2012 Contents Overview .................................................................................................................................2 What is CloudSystem bursting? ..................................................................................................2 Why burst with CloudSystem? ..........................................................................................
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Overview What is CloudSystem bursting? Public cloud bursting is a feature of HP CloudSystem Matrix that enables enterprises to provision public and private infrastructure resources in a seamless way.
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CloudSystem Matrix bursting to Savvis Initially, HP CloudSystem Matrix 7.0 can burst to Savvis, an HP CloudAgile Service Provider partner and approved HP CloudSystem bursting destination. Savvis is a managed hosting and cloud services provider capable of meeting dynamic customer demand for outsourced IT and cloud services. Savvis is a global cloud provider, with datacenters in the US east, US west, EMEA, and Asia.
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 Is transparent to Matrix Self Service Portal users. The same service template used by Matrix to deploy servers internally can also be used to deploy servers to Savvis.  Is performed through a properties file that is used by Matrix. API call translation The Savvis interface adapter translates calls passed through the CloudSystem bursting interface so that they can be understood by the Savvis API.
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. Launch Matrix infrastructure orchestration. In Systems Insight Manager, select Tools > Infrastructure orchestration. 6. Ensure that ESX software is available in the infrastructure orchestration console Software tab. Configuring Savvis for cloud bursting Create a Savvis account Contact your Savvis account representative to create an account. Create one or more VPDCs using the SavvisStation portal Create a VPDC by performing the following steps. 1. Log into the SavvisStation portal at https://www.
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NOTE: The following images may not exactly reflect the screens in the Savvis user interface. Refer to the Symphony VPDC User Guide for the latest information. Select a Billing Site, Service Profile and Location. (The service profile is also known as a provider profile, which you add to the pool properties file described in “Configuring Matrix infrastructure orchestration for cloud bursting.”) Savvis has defined three service profiles to fit the application lifecycle.
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* Changes to firewall settings are performed in the Savvis portal. 4. Configure the data center by dragging a virtual server from the product catalog on the right into the center tier. Create only a single, small VM in the Savvis VPDC. This VM is required by Savvis when creating a VPDC. (You cannot create an empty VPDC.) After it is created, power off the VM. The type of VM that is configured in Savvis does not have any effect on the types of VMs that are provisioned by Matrix.
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5. Optionally, customize resources by clicking a virtual server and selecting Configure. 6. Review the monthly price and credit balance, and check the checkbox to confirm the purchase. 7. Deploy the VPDC, which makes the servers in the VPDC available to infrastructure orchestration. 8. Obtain the VPDC ID. Select the “View/Hide Columns” link, then add “VPDC ID” as one of the displayed columns. This identifier is required for the software mapping file for cloud pools.
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IMPORTANT Network connectivity depends on the service profile of the VPDC created in Savvis. If you create a VPDC with an Essential service profile, a VPN is not required; however, VMs created in Essential VPDCs are available on the public internet. You can only access the VM over the public internet. If you create a VPDC with a Balanced or Premier service profile, you must create a VPN connection to access the VM. (You do not need a VPN connection to provision the VM.
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3. Click Continue to launch a Java Web application that runs on the desktop. The Java Web Start technology loads the Savvis transport client application automatically. This application will upload the Client Provided Image. Once started, the Java application contacts the Upload Server. The transport client application has been tested to work on Windows Vista. If you are using Windows 2003, Windows 2008, or Windows 7, locate the downloaded .jnlp file and run it manually. 4.
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5. When the files are successfully uploaded, a confirmation screen is displayed. Click Open to review information in the file, or click OK. After the upload image and conversion process is completed, the CPI is uploaded to the VPDC and saved as a template in the Image Library. As a best practice, rename the image to match the name used in CloudSystem Matrix. Gather and record URIs of Client Provided Images In the Savvis UI, find and note the following information.
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Configuring Matrix infrastructure orchestration for cloud bursting Edit hpio.properties 1. Open the properties file in the default location at: C:\Program Files\HP\Matrix infrastructure orchestration\conf\hpio.properties 2. Add the following lines to enable cloud provisioning and to inform infrastructure orchestration that there is external capacity available in the system. The value of cloud.max.concurrent.requests is always 1 because all operations sent to Savvis are serialized.
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savvis-cloud-1 savvis-cloud-1 savvis-cloud-2 savvis-cloud-2 Create a pool properties file for each pool For each pool entered in savvis-cloud-pools.xml, create a properties file using the information from the example below and save it in C:\Program Files\HP\Matrix infrastructure orchestration\conf\. Name the file .
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 The second part of the mapping (to the right of the equals sign) contains the Savvis billing site, VPDC, and template identifiers. This is the URI of the client provided image noted in the “Gather and record URIs of Client Provided Images” section above. https\://api.savvis.net/vpdc/v1.0/org//vdc/ /vAppTemplate/ For example, the file savvis-cloud-1-software.properties contains: vm\://192.168.200.11/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/WinTemplate/WinTemplate.
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3. Click View Certificate. 4. Click the Details tab, then click Export.
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5. Browse to a location to save the certificate. 6. Open a command prompt and enter the command mxcert –t –f to add the Savvis certificate to the Systems Insight Manager keystore. Restart the infrastructure orchestration service On the CMS, open the Windows Services and restart the HP Matrix infrastructure orchestration Windows service. (Restarting the service is required after enabling cloud provisioning in hpio.
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Provisioning in Matrix infrastructure orchestration using Savvis The following sections describe how to create a service inside the Cloud Provider using infrastructure orchestration. Access infrastructure orchestration designer To access HP Matrix infrastructure orchestration designer using a browser, navigate to https://:51443/hpio/designer/. (Clicking New or Edit on the Templates tab in the infrastructure orchestration console also launches the designer.
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NOTE: There is no indication inside the designer that the software is mapped to Savvis software. The created template can be used to provision in the cloud or on VM hosts. Access infrastructure orchestration console To access the infrastructure orchestration console using a browser, navigate to https://:50000/mxportal/home/MxPortalFrames.jsp Launch the infrastructure orchestration console through Systems Insight Manager by selecting Tools > Infrastructure orchestration. Create a pool 1.
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Create a new service using the template 1. Click the Templates tab. Select the template previously created and click Create Service. 2. On the Create Service screen: a. b. c. d. e. Enter a service name. Enter a hostname completion. Click Options. Select the cloud pool in the Available Server Pools table. Click the right arrow to move the cloud pool to the Selected Server Pools table, and click Submit. In this example, Public-Savvis is the only selected server pool.
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Click the Requests tab to view the progress and status of the create service request. Verify that the VM was created 1. Access the Savvis Station Portal at https://www.savisstation.com/login and login with your account credentials. 2. In the Savvis portal, verify that the VM was properly created. a. Select the Symphony VPDC tab at the top of the screen and the appropriate profile in the left margin. b. Select the VPDC. c. Verify that the VM exists and has a green checkmark.
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4. Under Network Information, note the IP Address of the VM. 5. In the infrastructure orchestration console, verify that the service is running in the Savvis cloud. On the Services tab, click Details to view the details of the service. 6. In the Resource Details tab, view the resource ID for the logical server and verify that it begins with https://api.savvis.net.
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7. In the NIC Details tab, view the IP address and verify that it matches the address of the VM in step 4. Accessing the VM from infrastructure orchestration With a VPN connection established, you can access the IP address of the VM as if it were an address within your corporate network.   For Windows VMs, select the RDP link in the Service Details pane under Console Access. For Linux VMs, access the VMs using SSH. This is the same method used to access VMs inside of Matrix.
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Savvis cloud support in infrastructure orchestration 7.
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All operations sent to Savvis are serialized. Concurrent VM provisioning in the same service is limited; Savvis currently supports only a single operation at the service level. Generic messages Errors that occur when submitting a request to Savvis are non-specific as to the cause. For example, “Cloud provider is not compatible with Logical Server requirements. Please refer to the Matrix OE infrastructure orchestration documentation for further details.
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For more information The latest versions of manuals and white papers for Matrix OE and related products can be downloaded from the HP Web: http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs For more about HP CloudSystem bursting options, see: http://www.hp.com/go/cloudsystem For more information about HP Cloud Services, see: www.hpcloud.com www.hp.com/go/ScalingTheCloud Get connected hp.com/go/getconnected © Copyright 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.