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AutomationHow to make my IT life easier CHRISTOPHER KEYAERTCONSULTANT AT INOVATIVCLOUD AND DATACENTER MANAGEMENT MVP

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@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

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