Operating Environment Software Owner's manual

1 Introduction
HP Insight Orchestration extends HP Insight Dynamics to provide rapid provisioning and repurposing of
infrastructure services from shared resource pools using a self-service portal. Insight Orchestration delivers
advanced template -driven design, provisioning , and on-going operations for multi-node, multi-tier infrastructure
services built around HP platforms:
• HP Insight Control including HP Insight Control virtual machine management
• HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager
• HP Insight Dynamics
Insight Orchestration provides lifecycle management for groups of physical and virtual servers. Insight
Orchestration includes:
• Design, resource management, and self-service tools supporting the key roles of IT architect, administrator,
and users of IT services
• A template design environment that you use to define blueprints for provisioning servers in a service
• Effective resource utilization enabled by automated resource allocation from resource pools assigned
to users
• Automated provisioning of virtual and physical servers, including blade hardware and virtual machine
configuration, SAN boot support, operating system deployment, and operating system customization
• Customizable Operations Orchestration workflows to integrate existing IT processes for approvals,
operating system deployment, and storage provisioning
• Ongoing management of provisioned infrastructure in order to grow, activate, and deactivate
infrastructure services
• Integration with HP Insight Dynamics for monitoring and maintenance of provisioned and available
infrastructure services
Usage scenarios
Insight Orchestration key usage scenarios:
• Template design to create a library of standardized infrastructure services
• Rapid provisioning and deprovisioning of complex infrastructure designs
• IT process integration to include existing automated and manual tasks within Insight Orchestration
automation
• Rapid project delivery
• Improved utilization of infrastructure resources through reservations, schedules, and lease periods on
resources
Automated infrastructure design provisioning and management
HP Insight Orchestration supports four main activities to automate the deployment of infrastructure services:
Design An architect uses the graphical designer to create simple and complex infrastructure templates,
that when tested can be published for users to create infrastructure services.
Provision 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.
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