addm_datacenter_optimization

8/7/2019 ADDM_Datacenter_Optimization

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Typical IT infrastructure management throws up questions everyday, these couldbe

Hardware based virtualisation

Software EOL risk, dead s/w

Or, & often, both, e.g. unplug a server, effect on rest of h/w and businessapplications?

Getting these answers is very manual, time consuming, costly and potentiallyrisky if companies work of inaccurate data


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Hardware

e ve cons stent y emonstrate t at etween 2.5-5% o servers runn ng n t e ata center aremarked as decommissioned in the fixed asset register. And yet those servers are still sitting in the

data center, sucking up precious space, heat/cooling, and maintenance costs.This improved knowledge of the IT infrastructure allows customers to find more savings inoptimization

We found that 3% of servers 100 of them at Wachovia were registered asdecommissioned but were still in the dc

We found 868 server at a global outsourcer they counted 350 before

Software

Very difficult to manually keep an accurate software inventory

All companies have shelfware

Worse, in these difficult times more and more software vendors turning to existing customers for

revenue, software true-ups on the rise. Need good information entering these negotiationsA major global investment bank was audited by a well-known database firm. Their estimateon license usage turned out to be off by 100%. Luckily, they were able to get accuratefigures with BMC before those negotiations.

One of our enterprise customers reported seven-figure savings in this area alone just onthe basis of negotiating a renewal contract from a position of strength

People

DC is a moving target and often by the time the audit is complete things have changed and theaudit information is wrong

Based on our experience with clients, 1 FTE audits 20 servers in a day

Extrapolated across 5000+ servers this is hugeCustomer doing SOX Audit counted 400 servers, we found another 100


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So how does BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping (ADDM) do this?

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1) Find all the components of your IT Estate lightweight, agent-less

2) Analyse this data and create a picture of how h/w, s/w and business serviceslink together, what the dependencies are and the effect f change

3) Display this information in easy to use & understand displays, like reports

4) Integrate into your existing infrastructure


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DC Optimisation

To optimise a DC you need to know what you have start with the audit

Once you have your data where do you start? I want to find the servers causingme cooling problems:

I have to start with some Excel voodoo: filtering, pivot tables etc to sortthe data into chunks I can manage

Will have to overlay data from a selection of tools I have deployed. Iprobably wont have full coverage.

I may have to google for information that I just dont have

Eventually I will end up with a candidate list of servers

Now I want to transition them, but what is the impact?? I must now start anotherprocess of understanding what will happen if I move them


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How 1st point of call is the dashboard

Breakdown of your estate

-How many servers

-Groups of servers

-Virtualization

-Look at by vendor, life, etc.

Like a website, drill-down


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Proactively find were to make efficiencies


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More and more pressure on IT to be green

- Ethically

- Cost-wise


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Easily analyse s/w by vendor, utilization, version, etc.


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Manage s/w risk with EOL reports

quickly understand what actions need to be taken


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Compliance

JP Morgan uses BMC ADDM in this way


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Provenance

The source of all data within ADDM is fully traceable. The Provenance button on

each configuration item in the ADDM UI allows the user to trace the source ofeach attribute.

This example shows an Oracle dataserver instance. In licensing projects it isimportant to be able to demonstrate and confirm why the data is correct and

should be trusted.

Here we are showing an instance of Oracle at version 9.2. How can we provethis? Because Provenance shows us we ran a discover command to obtain thisdata.

At the bottom right we can see the command that was executed, the output of the

command, and the timestamp when that happened. This is Indisputableevidence why this data can be trusted.

Provenance is available for all data within the ADDM data model.


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Hopefully Ive captured your attention with the notion that we can help youradically cut data center costs in less than 90 days by reducing hardware and

software spend as well as automating what is currently a costly manual function.Applying our solution takes guesswork out of decision making, reducing risk andhelping you manage change better. You may be already thinking where this couldhelp in your company.

If youre asking yourself, Okay, so Why BMC ADDM? The answer is simple:

First - We deliver the fastest ROI for IT discovery in the industry and we havedemonstrated this time and time again in client engagements.

Were confident we can deliver value for you in as little as one month butwithout question within a 90-day window.

-Agree deliverable

-Fixed time

-We take risk, demonstrates our confidence

Last with ADDM, you get unparalleled confidence in the data.


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In summary ADDMs abilities mean we are able to add value in a wide variety ofways

We have done this for diverse companies who are gaining competitive advantage

We work with the biggest companies in the IT world & key partners

4 main project types:

1) Data Center Migration

Ensure zero-downtime planning process

2) Virtualization

Identify candidate servers for virtualization

3) Consolidation

Consolidate underutilized servers and software

4) Standardization

Reduce the variance in the IT environment

Any questions?


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