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Opalis Cross-Silo Orchestration

Data Center Management with Opalis. Opalis Cross-Silo Orchestration. Kaj Wierda, Sr. Program Manager System Center X-Platform & Interop kaj.wierda@microsoft.com. What is Opalis Integration Server?. o·pa·lis [oh- pal -is]. -noun

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Opalis Cross-Silo Orchestration

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  1. Data Center Management with Opalis Opalis Cross-Silo Orchestration Kaj Wierda, Sr. Program Manager System Center X-Platform & Interop kaj.wierda@microsoft.com

  2. What is Opalis Integration Server? • o·pa·lis [oh-pal-is] • -noun • The newest member of the Microsoft System Center Suite; providing automation, orchestration, and integration for IT management tools throughout the data center. • A pastry shop near Tranquility Base selling excellent baguettes and crusty breads. ü

  3. Datacenter Management Can Be ExpensiveDisconnected Set of Processes • Tool 1 • Tool 2 Dinner Now • Monitoring Operator • ApplicationConfigurationAdmin Web Order01 Order Tracker DN App. • Tool 3 • Windows Server / Virt Admin • Tool 4 • Tool 5 Dynamic Virt Management • Storage Admin • Network Admin

  4. System Center Server Management Suite Remedy Action Request System Service Manager OpenView Operations Integration Automation . Orchestration

  5. What Does Opalis Do? Opalis provides IT Process Automation (ITPA), also known as Run Book Automation (RBA), which is the ability to orchestrate and integrate IT management tools through workflows. • Helps meet strategic IT goals through improving service delivery • Replaces manual, resource-intensive, and error-prone activities • Typically crosses multiple IT components, disciplines, and silos

  6. How Are Customers Using Opalis? Incident Management Virtual Machine Life-Cycle Management Change and Configuration Management • Automate provisioning, resource allocation and retirement • Extend virtual machine management to the cloud • Orchestrate incident management and resolution • Integrate across monitoring tools, service desks, and configuration management databases (CMDBs) • Scale automated configuration across platforms and tools • Ensure reliable change with intelligent workflow branching Integration for some System Center Products to be released in 2010

  7. Data Center Automation Use Cases • Identity Management • Infrastructure Security Management • ITIL Facilitation • Incident Response • Incident Enrichment • Event Management • Problem Management Reconciliation • Change Management • Configuration Management • CMDB Consolidation/Federation • Virtual Life Cycle Management • User & Service Provisioning • Closed Loop Compliance • Data Refresh/Publication • Infrastructure Remediation • RBA – Task Automation • Server Maintenance • OS Maintenance • File System Maintenance • Database Maintenance • Service Maintenance • Backup/Recovery Maintenance

  8. Processes Within An IT Silo IT Silos Silo Processes Event Mgmt Triage and diagnose Service Desk Integrate service desks with data center tools Asset/CMDB Update CI and assets systems Configuration Coordinate audit, compliance, and change Virtual Orchestrate life-cycle management Security Patch , user on-boarding, password reset Storage Provision, verify, manage, and retire Server Provision, verify, manage, and retire Network Provision, verify, manage, and retire

  9. Processes Across IT Silos IT Silos Cross-Silo Processes Incident Response Event Mgmt Virtual Service Management Cloud Computing Change & Compliance Service Desk Provisioning Asset/CMDB Configuration Virtual Security Storage Server Network

  10. Automated Processes Across IT Silos IT Silos VM Provisioning Process Event Mgmt Remove from Ops Manager AddtoOpsManager Service Desk Monitor Service request Update request Update request Update &close request Create incident Asset/CMDB Create CI Retire CI Configuration TestVM Deploy Applications Verify Application Virtual Stop VM Clone new VM Update properties Security *Integration for Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 not yet RTM Storage Detach Storage Server Network Detach Network Adapter

  11. Opalis Components 11 Workflow Designer Operator’s Console Action Server Watchdog Management Service Data Store GUI Action Servers (Design, manage, report) (Store process logic) (Run processes)

  12. Opalis Integration Packs **Roadmap 2010

  13. DEMO Demonstration of Opalis Integration Server

  14. Opalis Release Roadmap as of April 2010 Opalis V-Next Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 support Integration Packs: Service Manager 2010 Configuration Manager 07 R2 VMM 2008 R2 DPM 2010 Integration Pack for UNIX Integration Pack For Linux Redhat, Suse Workflow Catalog Hotfix Roll Up Console Installer Update • Q4 CY10 • 2011 • Q3 CY10 • Q2 CY10

  15. Resources • System Center Opalis Home • Opalis Blogs • Opalis Forums • www.opalis.com

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