HP Insight Orchestration 6.0 User Guide

Add data disk to group operation
The Add data disk to group operation adds private or shared data disks to an existing infrastructure service.
Insight Orchestration provisions and allocates the storage to their attached servers. When executing this
operation, Insight Orchestration:
• Validates the request
• Allocates the data disks
• Obtains approval
• Power down servers
• Makes the new disk visible to the servers
• Powers up the servers
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• Executes custom actions
• Sends notifications
After successfully completing the operation, Insight Orchestration provisions the additional disks in to the
Insight Orchestration infrastructure service.
The operation fails when:
• Resources are not available to allocate.
• SAN administrator cannot create the disks.
• Insight Orchestration administrator rejects the request.
Deactivate servers in group operation
The Deactivate servers in group operation places the selected servers in standby and removes them from
service. During this operation, Insight Orchestration:
• Validates the request
• Deallocates the servers (server blades)
• Powers off the servers
• Executes custom actions
• Sends notifications
After successfully completing the operation, Insight Orchestration deallocates the physical server blades,
making them available for other uses. Insight Orchestration retains the server profiles, SAN disks, virtual
disks, and powers off the virtual servers.
If the operation fails, Insight Orchestration powers off the servers.
Activate servers in group operation
The Activate servers in group operation restarts the server. During this operation, Insight Orchestration:
• Validates the request
• Reallocates the servers (server blades)
• Powers on the servers
• Executes custom actions
• Sends notifications
When reallocating a server blade, Insight Orchestration must find a server blade that matches the original
logical server definition, and physical characteristics of the previously allocated server blade, including
processor architecture and model. In addition, the new server blade must have at least the same number of
processors, amount of memory, and processor speed. If Insight Orchestration cannot find a server blade
that meets these requirements, the request fails.
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