HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 13)

Software deployment and service provisioning
Matrix infrastructure orchestration supports a variety of mechanisms for operating system software
deployment. Operating system software can be realized as an image derived from a virtual server,
or as deployment software such as an Insight Control server deployment job, an Ignite-UX job, or
an HP Server Automation (SA) job. Each subtype represents an approach for offering selectable
software that can be installed on a physical or virtual server.
To simplify system software deployment, infrastructure orchestration utilizes virtual machine templates,
physical server deployment jobs, and Operations Orchestration workflows.
During provisioning, infrastructure orchestration executes associated Operations Orchestration
workflows at their respective execution points. After infrastructure orchestration processes the
request, the resulting service is maintained on a user-by-user basis with a set of physical and virtual
resources that reflects the original template design. Running infrastructure services can be modified
in many ways, including adding servers and data disks.
Operations Orchestration
A limited version of Operations Orchestration is included with Matrix OE. This version of Operations
Orchestration is licensed for limited uses.
Functionality
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Allows Matrix OE infrastructure orchestration to trigger Operations Orchestration workflows
for pre- and post- provisioning tasks. Examples include:
◦ Create Service/Add Server
Add new servers to cluster/load balancer –
– Add to backup service
– Send approval notice
◦ Standby Server/Service
Gracefully shutdown applications and OS –
– Remove from cluster/load balancer
– Suspend monitoring
◦ Resume Server/Service
Add to cluster/load balancer –
– Resume monitoring
Workflows in the limited version of Operations Orchestration included with Matrix OE may
only be triggered from the Matrix OE infrastructure orchestration interface in relation to pre-
and post- provisioning tasks. An upgrade to the full version of Operations Orchestration allows
the launch of workflows from outside of the Matrix OE interface.
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The limited version of Operations Orchestration allows Matrix OE to be integrated with other
management software. However, this requires additional services from HP consulting.
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The limited version of Operations Orchestration included within Matrix OE is licensed for one
author. Upgrades to the full version of Operations Orchestration allow for multiple authors.
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The version of HP Operations Orchestration Central that is included in Matrix OE may only
be used for flow troubleshooting. An upgrade to the full version of Operations Orchestration
allows the use of Operations Orchestration Central to launch and schedule the launch of
Operations Orchestrationn workflows from outside of Matrix OE/Insight Control.
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