HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 53)

4 Insight Orchestration provisioning and allocation
Insight Orchestration lifecycle operations
Insight Orchestration covers the IT lifecycle, from the initial design of system configurations to
the ultimate repurposing of assets. It enables IT resource request to be handled in a systemic
manner than leverages standard configurations, self-service provisioning tools, and automated
approval processes.
Insight Orchestration executes the following infrastructure lifecycle management operations:
• Create service Automatically provision infrastructure based on the specification in a service
template, using resources allocated from assigned pools
• Delete service Automatically de-provision existing infrastructure and free the resources
for use in other services
• Add servers to group Add servers to an existing infrastructure service, allocating and
provisioning them
• Add data disk to group Add data disks to an existing infrastructure service, allocating the
disks and attaching them to the appropriate servers
• Activate Registers the VM with the VM host
• Deactivate Unregisters the VM from the VM host
• Deactivate servers in group Deactivate physical servers
• Activate servers in group Reactivate physical servers
• Power on servers in group Turn on power to server
• Power off servers in group Turn off power to server
• Change lease period Change the lease start or end dates for an infrastructure service
Create service operation
The Create Service operation automatically provisions an infrastructure based on the specification
in a service template, using resources allocated from assigned pools. During a Create Service
operation, Insight Orchestration:
• Validates the request
• Allocates network and IP addresses
• Allocates the servers (server blades or virtual machine hosts)
• Allocates the boot disk (physical and virtual)
• Obtains approval
• Creates virtual machine or blade server profile
• Deploys the operating system and other software to boot disk
• Configures the virtual hardware
• Customizes the operating system (networking, sysprep)
• Allocates the physical data disks
• Provisions the servers for data disks
• Boots the servers
• Executes custom actions
• Sends notifications
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