HP Insight Orchestration 6.3 User Guide

A service template typically assigns a server deployment or virtual machine software to a
group of servers, however it is possible (though not typical) to define a service template without
assigning server deployment or virtual machine software to a group of servers. In this case,
the Create Service and Add servers to group operations pause to allow the Insight Orchestration
administrator to deploy the operating system manually.
• Data disk allocation
When LUNs with the required attributes are not available for a Create Service, Add servers
to group, or Add data disk to group operation, disk allocation is blocked and the Insight
Orchestration administrator is notified.
The Insight Orchestration administrator:
◦ Works with a SAN administrator to create the storage.
◦ Defines the storage in HP Insight Dynamics Logical Server Management.
◦ Continues the operation.
When the operation continues, Insight Orchestration reattempts to allocate the resources.
This pause is always necessary when Insight Orchestration is configured to perform manual
storage provisioning and data disks are defined in the service template. It may or may not be
necessary when multi-initiator NPIV storage features are enabled.
• 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
◦ Executes custom actions
◦ Sends notifications
• Data disk scrubbing
If a Create Service operation uses manual operating system deployment, the corresponding
Delete service operation requires disks to be scrubbed manually. The Insight Orchestration
administrator is notified and the operation pauses until the Insight Orchestration administrator
scrubs the disks attached to the servers being deprovisioned and continues the operation.
• Data disk deletion
When configuring Insight Orchestration to perform manual storage provisioning, the Insight
Orchestration administrator is notified at the end of a Delete service operation. The Insight
Orchestration administrator must:
◦ Edit HP Insight Dynamics Logical Server Management storage pool entries
◦ Remove all LUNs added during the manual data disk allocation from the applicable
storage pool entries to make them available for provisioning
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