HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 12)

Automated infrastructure design provisioning and management
Matrix infrastructure orchestration supports four main activities to automate the deployment of
infrastructure services:
Design
An architect uses the graphical designer to create simple and complex infrastructure templates
that, when tested, can be published for users to create infrastructure services.
Provision
A self service user or a self service user in an organization selects an existing template and then
requests infrastructure provisioning from it, against an assigned pool of resources. A service provider
administrator or organization administrator can approve or deny this request and monitor its
progress.
Operate
A service provider administrator or organization administrator manages compute resource, network,
and storage pools, defines virtual machine images and software deployment jobs, performs manual
provisioning tasks as part of the fulfillment of self service requests, and uses HP Insight Management
to monitor the health and utilization of the managed environment.
Integrate
Architects and administrators integrate infrastructure orchestration with existing IT processes by
modifying or creating Operations Orchestration workflows to customize the infrastructure
orchestration automation. They can link to approval processes, extend operating system deployment
and server configuration, and integrate the SAN management processes with server deployment.
Matrix infrastructure orchestration and the Matrix Operating Environment
solution
Matrix infrastructure orchestration is part of the Matrix Operating Environment solution. Within
infrastructure orchestration are three components which support the roles of architect, administrator,
and user.
12 Introduction