m&o - lonvmug may 2012

Management and Orchestration

Steven Bryen@steven_bryen

www.stevenbryen.co.uk

‘@steven_bryen WINBOOK’

01. What?02. Why?03. How?

Service Management Lifecycle

“Orchestration describes the automated arrangement, coordination, and management of

complex computer systems, middleware, and services.”

STARSTARTT

DO SOMETHINGDO SOMETHING

ENDEND

Not Just Automating VMware

Application

OS/Platform

Virtualisation

Hardware

Orch

estra

tion

01. What?02. Why?03. How?

End to End Automated Delivery of Services

That provide Business Value

Its Not as Easy as it Sounds!

STARSTARTT

Get IP AddressGet IP Address

ENDEND

Tag IP as “in use”Tag IP as “in use”

Validate InputsValidate Inputs

Tag Hostname as Tag Hostname as “in use”“in use”

Check for Available Check for Available ResourcesResources

Get HostnameGet Hostname Apply Guest Apply Guest CustomisationCustomisation

Run Post Run Post Deployment Deployment ValidationValidation

Update Reuest Update Reuest Status to Status to

“Deployed”“Deployed”Add New Entry to Add New Entry to

CMDBCMDB

Provision Virtual Provision Virtual MachineMachine

Power On VMPower On VM

Update Request Update Request Status to Status to

“Validated”“Validated”

Update Request Update Request Status to Status to

“Complete”“Complete”

Send Notification Send Notification Email of Email of

CompletionCompletion

How Many Interfaces?CMDBCMDB

StorageStorage

Billing/ChargebackBilling/Chargeback

ComputeCompute

NetworkingNetworking

Self Service PortalSelf Service Portal

ITSM ProductsITSM Products

Monitoring/Monitoring/OperationsOperations

vCentervCenter

DatabaseDatabase

vShield ManagervShield Manager

SMTP ServerSMTP Server

Orchestration Orchestration EngineEngine

Progress!

25%

75%

What good is a Portal that

only lets you

Implement?

01. What?02. Why?03. How?

BOOK GIVEAWAY #2

Random Giveaway Technique To be Decided.

Horizontal & Vertical

Horizontal Maintenance Workflows (Capacity, Info Grab etc)

VerticalDirectly affects a Service during it’s Lifecycle (Implement, Decommission, Change etc)

Simplify!

CMDBCMDB

StorageStorage

Billing/ChargebackBilling/ChargebackComputeCompute

NetworkingNetworking

Self Service PortalSelf Service Portal

Orchestration Orchestration EngineEngine

ITSM ProductsITSM Products

Monitoring/Monitoring/OperationsOperations

vCentervCenter

DatabaseDatabase

vShield ManagervShield Manager

Virtualisation Products3rd Party Tools

SMTP ServerSMTP Server

Hardware

Why re-invent the Wheel?

CMDBCMDB

Converged Converged Infrastructure Infrastructure

PlatformPlatform

Billing/ChargebackBilling/Chargeback

Self Service PortalSelf Service Portal

Orchestration Orchestration EngineEngine

ITSM ProductsITSM Products

Monitoring/Monitoring/OperationsOperations

vCloud Director / vCloud Director / vShield EdgevShield Edge

DatabaseDatabase

Virtualisation Products3rd Party Tools

SMTP ServerSMTP Server

Hardware

Ask Yourself 5 Things

1. What do I want to Deliver?

2. What Vertical Workflows would enable me to deliver that service and offer ongoing lifecycle management(what might change)?

3. What Devices do I need to interface with (can I Simplify)?

4. Are there pre-built connectors Available for my chosen tool? If not do the tools have APIs?

5. What Horizontal Workflows may be required?

Getting Started

vCenter Orchestrator Is the best Tool to get you

started.

You already have it!

Get in Touch!

twitter: @steven_bryenblog: www.stevenbryen.co.ukemail: steve@stevenbryen.co.uk