Multi-Tenancy in HP Matrix Operating Environment Infrastructure Orchestration

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Resource How Created
Service Provider
Admin Controls
Service Provider
User Access
Organization
Admin Access
Organization
User/Group
Access
Storage
Pool
Entries
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Matrix auto-
generates, or
Service
Provider
Admin creates
using Matrix
OE
visualization,
optionally
using HP SPM
Based on need, can
have separate SPM
storage templates for
each organization
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, or
share templates. Can tag
storage by organization.
IO service template can
reference SPM storage
template or specific
storage tags
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Software IO retrieves
inventory from
VMware, SA,
Ignite, VMM,
ICsp, RDP etc.
Assign to one or more
organizations
No restrictions Must have been
assigned to
organization.
Must have been
assigned to
organization.
Load
Balancers
Added via the
IO API/CLI
Load balancers can be
“reserved” for use by a
particular organization
by means of
• Specifying a tag in the
ioexec add
loadbalancer
command, and
specifying that tag on
the Load Balance tab in
infrastructure
orchestration designer
OR
• Ensuring that all
networks visible to a
load balancer are
assigned to a specific
organization. In a
template that has a
logical network N that
is visible to a load
balancer, the actual
load balancer selected
is determined by the
network allocated to N
by IO.
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Provisioning onto a compute resource is controlled through the use of IO Server Pools and both the Service Provider
and Organization Administrators can create these pools. A compute resource can only be assigned to or from an
organization if it is not in-use (i.e. has no services) and is in an Unassigned pool. Using the Console, the Service
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Storage management can only be performed by the Service Provider Admin.
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With 7.3, SPM templates can specify custom prefixes for volumes on-demand provisioned by SPM (so can have different values for
different organizations, if desired).