m&o - lonvmug may 2012
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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
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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!
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Get IP AddressGet IP Address
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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!
