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AutomationHow to make my IT life easier CHRISTOPHER KEYAERTCONSULTANT AT INOVATIVCLOUD AND DATACENTER MANAGEMENT MVP
About Me
@KeyaertCChristopher KeyaertIT Consultant for INOVATIV
System Center Cloud and Datacenter Management
Agenda
AutomationOrchestratorService Management AutomationOrchestrator VS SMAConclusion
Automation
Process automation that simplifies cloud management
Integration Integrate into existing systems with PowerShell integration modulesBuild additional PS modules to enable integrating into other systems
OrchestrationAccelerate time to value with flexible process workflowsImprove service reliability across multiple tools, systems, and department silos
AutomationEnable Cloud providers to focus on work that adds business valueReduce error-prone manual activities while lowering costs
Optimize and extend existing investments
Deliver flexible and reliable services
Lower costs and improve predictability
Automation
Include the right people
You NEED to include people who understand process and technology
This is a strategic and tactical tool.
Examples of people to include…
Service Desk managerSystem Center technology leadIT Leadership
Including the right people = success
Decisions – Which process automate ?
What work process has the biggest payoff?
… will my customers notice the difference?
… how am I articulating the value?
Incident Management (symptom management)
Service Request Management (Move, Add, Change)
Change Management (IT Changes)
Risk and Compliance (Operations)
PLAN TO TRANSFORM PROCESSES…
A great tool doesn’t make a bad process better…
Transform the processesWork it out in a worksheet ahead of timeLook at the end resultSet the vision
OrchestratorSYSTEM CENTER ORCHESTRATOR 2012 R2
What is Orchestrator
Automate processes in your data center, regardless of hardware or platform.Automate your IT operations and standardize best practices to improve operational efficiency.Connect different systems from different vendors without having to know how to use scripting and programming languages.
Orchestrator Architecture
Automation by Runbooks
Orchestrator - Demo
Service Management AutomationAKA SMA
What is SMA ?
Run and manage runbooks to integrate, orchestrate, and automate IT business processes.
Set of tools that is integrated as the Automation extension in Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server.
Runbooks run on the Windows PowerShell workflow engine.
SMA Components
Web service◦ Connects to Windows Azure Pack◦ Distributes runbook jobs to runbook workers◦ Supports HTTPS◦ Enables security group to control access
Runbook worker◦ Executes runbook jobs◦ Runs under a service account
PowerShell module◦ Enables Automation management by using Windows PowerShell cmdlets
SMA Architecture
ODATA REST Web Service
Runbooks
Jobs
Modules & Activies
Submit requests
Return results
Http RequestHttp Response
Persist State
Pick up Jobs
SQL DatabaseRunbook Workers
Service Management Portal
• Authoring• Debugging• Operating
Service Management Portal
• Runbook service• PowerShell Modules
Runbook Workers
•REST oData web service•Authorizes users
Web Service
•Runbooks•Runbook Resources•Tracks runbook job state
SMA Database
Creation a SMA Runbook
Automation by Runbooks
Start-VMs-By-PriorityStart Get-Cloud-VMs Start-VMs End
Automation by Runbooks (2)
SMA - Demo
Orchestrator VS SMA
Should I use Orchestrator or SMA?
ORCHESTRATOR
Automate business processes and IT operations in your data center without scripting or programming.
You can also use PowerShell cmdlets to run other System Center 2012 components/Cmdlets.
Let you use integration packs that are not covered by PowerShell. (Example : Leveraging Service Manager)
SMA
“new future way” of building Runbooks based on PowerShell Workflow.
Automate processes within the Windows Azure Pack. (Runbooks for tenants / admins)
Runs Windows PowerShell workflows, you can also use PowerShell cmdlets to run other System Center 2012 components/Cmdlets.
Provides 64bit support with PowerShell workflow
Orchestrator VS SMA
The death of Orchestrator has been greatly over exaggerated.They are definitely separate solutions in the same “ISO”.
Conclusion
Automation is Awesome !!
Including the right people = success
A great tool doesn’t make a bad process better
Phase and Manage scope
Don’t try to bite off the whole thing at onceSucceed end-to-end on each processList off features, move other features to next phasesSomething ALWAYS comes up… plan for thatDetermine your ROI for your requestsDeploy automations which benefit your business
Orchestrator - References
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2013/09/18/free-ebook-system-center-designing-orchestrator-runbooks.aspx
http://www.amazon.fr/System-Center-2012-Orchestrator-Unleashed/dp/0672336103/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383428735&sr=8-1&keywords=orchestrator+unleashed
SMA - Links
Introduction to Service Management Automation http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/08/09/automation-an-introduction-to-service-management-automation.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/tags/intro+to+sma/
TechNet Library http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn469258.aspx
Questions
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Microsoft - Links
Download the Evaluation: Windows Server 2012 R2Download the Evaluation: Microsoft System Center 2012 R2Microsoft Virtual Academy
Thank you !!!