HP Insight Orchestration 6.3 User Guide

A self service user selects an existing template and then requests infrastructure provisioning from
it, against an assigned pool of resources. An administrator can approve or deny this request, and
monitor its progress.
Operate
An administrator manages server, network, and storage pools, defines virtual machine images
and software deployment jobs, performs manual provisioning tasks as part of the fulfillment of self
service requests, and uses Insight software to monitor the health and utilization of the managed
environment.
Integrate
Architects and administrators integrate Insight Orchestration with existing IT processes by modifying
or creating Operations Orchestration workflows to customize the Insight Orchestration automation.
They can link to approval processes, extend operating system deployment and server configuration,
and integrate the SAN management processes with server deployment.
Insight Orchestration and the HP Insight Dynamics solution
Insight Orchestration is part of the Insight Dynamics storage solution. Within Insight Orchestration
are three components which support the roles of architect, administrator, and user.
• The Designer enables an architect to plan and design multi-server, multi-tier infrastructures
using a drag-and-drop interface.
• The Console enables an administrator to deploy, manage and monitor the overall behavior
of Insight Orchestration and its users, templates, services and resources.
• The Self Service Portal enables a user to create infrastructure services from published templates.
Insight Orchestration users and groups
A group of users (for example, an Active Directory group) can be authorized to view and perform
lifecycle operations in the same way that users are authorized. For example, a user that is part of
a group can view server pools assigned to a group, assign a group to a server pool, and view
templates assigned to a group. Server pools can be assigned to one or more groups.
A user in a group is authorized based on the group's assignment to an HPIO role. A change in a
user's group reflects new group assignments on the next login by the user to Insight Orchestration.
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