HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.3 and 7.3 Update 1 Infrastructure Orchestration User Guide

NOTE: It is possible to view and assign only explicitly named users and groups that are included
in the HPIO_* Windows groups (described in “Matrix infrastructure orchestration roles” (page
18)). Users or subgroups within these named groups are not visible, nor can they be directly
assigned to resources.
• Architect
Uses infrastructure orchestration designer (a graphical designer) to design and publish
infrastructure service templates which capture the requirements to provision the infrastructure
service. During development and design, the architect specifies attributes for the logical
resources, such as minimum memory required, IP address allocation, and the software required
on the boot disk. The architect can also author and attach Operations Orchestration workflows
to a template to automate additional IT tasks during the provisioning and ongoing management
of the infrastructure service.
• Administrator
Uses infrastructure orchestration console in HP Systems Insight Manager to manage the overall
behavior of infrastructure orchestration, including creating IO server pools, creating and
managing organizations, managing the available networks and software inventory, approving
user requests, and modifying the user's infrastructures service as required (for example, to
migrate logical servers between server blades to support maintenance activities on the physical
environment). An administrator also performs manual tasks within a semi-automated operation.
• User
Uses the infrastructure orchestration self service portal to create infrastructure services from
templates. The user initiates the creation of a new infrastructure service by selecting a template
design, selecting one or more assigned server pools to use, specifying a lease period,
specifying a service name, and (depending on the template) specifying a host name completion
string. After the infrastructure service is allocated and provisioned, it is available to the user
for the duration of the lease period. During this time, using the infrastructure orchestration self
service portal, the user can update the service (for example, adding more servers or storage
using infrastructure orchestration requests).
Software deployment and service provisioning
Matrix infrastructure orchestration supports a variety of mechanisms for operating system software
deployment. The software can be realized as one of the following:
• An image derived from a virtual server (including software images from external cloud
providers)
• An HP Insight Control server provisioning OS Build Plan
• An HP Server Automation (SA) operating sequence or OS Build Plan
• An HP Insight Control server deployment software job
• An Ignite-UX (IUX) job
• A VMware Auto Deploy job (via a custom deployment service)
Each subtype represents an approach for offering selectable software that can be installed on a
physical or virtual server.
To simplify system software deployment, infrastructure orchestration uses virtual machine templates,
physical server deployment jobs, and Operations Orchestration workflows.
During provisioning, infrastructure orchestration executes associated Operations Orchestration
workflows at their respective execution points. After infrastructure orchestration processes the
request, the resulting service is maintained on a user-by-user basis with a set of physical and virtual
14 Introduction