HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 57)

Manual processes within the lifecycle operations
The execution of the Insight Orchestration lifecycle operations might require you, as an Insight
Orchestration administrator, to perform manual tasks. If defined, Insight Orchestration invokes
an Operations Orchestration workflow to initiate, remind, or otherwise facilitate a manual task
and generates a Systems Insight Manager event. You can use Workflow integration or the Insight
Orchestration console interface to signal completion of a manual task.
The manual tasks are associated with paused states in the Insight Orchestration automation and
include:
• Boot disk allocation When LUNs with the required attributes are not available for a Create
Service or Add servers to group operation, disk allocation is blocked and the Insight
Orchestration administrator is notified.
The operation pauses until the Insight Orchestration administrator:
— Works with a SAN administrator to create the storage.
— Defines the storage in HP Insight Dynamics Logical Server Management.
— Continues the operation.
When the operation continues, Insight Orchestration reattempts to allocate the resources.
Success depends on the availability of unused boot LUNs.
• Approval After resources are reserved, the Create Service, Add servers to group, Add
data disk to group , and Change Lease Period (extend only) operations pause for Insight
Orchestration administrator approval. The Insight Orchestration administrator can approve
or reject the request. If the request is approved, the request continues into provisioning.
NOTE: Administrator submitted requests do not require approval.
• Manual operating system deployment A service template typically assigns a server
deployment or virtual machine software to a group of servers, however it is possible (though
not typical) to define a service template without assigning server deployment or virtual
machine software to a group of servers. In this case, the Create Service and Add servers
to group
operations pause to allow the Insight Orchestration administrator to deploy the
operating system manually.
• Data disk allocation When LUNs with the required attributes are not available for a Create
Service , Add servers to group, or Add data disk to group operation, disk allocation is
blocked and the Insight Orchestration administrator is notified.
The Insight Orchestration administrator:
— Works with a SAN administrator to create the storage.
— Defines the storage in HP Insight Dynamics Logical Server Management.
— Continues the operation.
When the operation continues, Insight Orchestration reattempts to allocate the resources.
This pause is always necessary when Insight Orchestration is configured to perform manual
storage provisioning and data disks are defined in the service template. It may or may not
be necessary when Multi-initiator NPIV storage features are enabled.
• Add data disk to group operation The Add data disk to group operation adds private or
shared data disks to an existing infrastructure service.
Insight Orchestration provisions and allocates the storage to their attached servers. When
executing this operation, Insight Orchestration:
— Validates the request
— Allocates the data disks
— Obtains approval
— Power down servers
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