HP Insight Orchestration software

HP Insight Orchestration extends HP Insight Dynamics to provide rapid provisioning and repurposing of infrastructure services from shared resource pools using a self-service portal. Insight Orchestration delivers advanced template-driven design, provisioning and on-going operations for multinode, multi-tier infrastructure services.

HP Insight 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 selects an existing template and then requests infrastructure

 

provisioning from it, against an assigned pool of resources. The administrator

 

can approve or deny this request, and monitor its progress.

Operate

The administrator manages server, 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 Insight software

 

to monitor the health and utilization of the managed environment.

Integrate

Architects and administrators integrate Insight Orchestration with existing IT

 

processes by modifying or creating Operations Orchestration workflows to

 

customize the Insight Orchestration automation. They can link to approval

 

processes, extend operating system deployment and server configuration, and

 

integrate the SAN management processes with server deployment.

For more information about HP Insight Orchestration software and the related Operations Orchestration software, see the list of documents under “Related information” (page 29).

HP Insight Recovery software

HP Insight Recovery provides simplified disaster recovery of logical server environments. With a mouse click, HP Insight Recovery transfers application environments running on HP BladeSystems or on virtual machines to a remote Recovery Site. It utilizes the data replication capabilities of HP storage environments to ensure that application data is properly transitioned to the recovery location and that the overall transition is measured in minutes, not days. Insight Recovery is only supported on an HP ProLiant CMS running Microsoft Windows.

Logical servers that are included in an HP Insight Recovery configuration are referred to as “DR protected logical servers”. An HP Insight Recovery configuration consists of two sites, each managed by HP Insight Dynamics. At any point in time, one site is configured with the primary role and the other is configured with the recovery role. HP Insight Recovery pairs symmetrically configured logical servers across the two sites. The DR protected logical servers at the Primary Site are in an activated state, providing services to the end-user. The peer logical servers at the Recovery Site are in a deactivated state.

If a disaster occurs at the Primary Site, the administrator at the Recovery Site can trigger a site failover via a push-button provided by HP Insight Recovery. This will prepare the storage associated with the DR protected logical servers at the Recovery Site for read-write access, and then activate the logical servers at the Recovery Site. The site role at the Recovery Site will be changed to primary.

For more information about HP Insight Recovery software, see the see the list of documents under “Related information” (page 29).

HP Storage Provisioning Manager

HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) is a software tool that provides a service-centric management interface to storage, allowing storage requests to be fulfilled with available storage services from a storage catalog. SPM securely automates storage management tasks.

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