Automating Datacenter Using System Center 2012Harpreet Singh RanaConsultantMicrosoft Corporation

MGT328

Automation – Why?

CommonDatacenter Operation

QuestionsKey Benefits

System Center 2012 Components

• Virtual Machine Manager 2012

• Operations Manager 2012

• Orchestrator 2012

• Service Manager 2012

Automate Datacenter

Automation – How?

Agenda

Emily: Application Owner

Jeff: Datacenter Administrator

Datacenter Characters – An Introduction

DCAdmin

AppOwner

APPLICATION OR SERVICE OWNER (BUSINESS)

Situation:

We are heavily dependent on IT to increase revenue

IT Slows me down

• Business often views themselves as held

“hostage” by IT

• They cannot introduce new IT solutions

• Very high cost of operations

IT takes it forever to do it

Traditional Datacenter

DATACENTER SERVICE PROVIDER (IT)

Situation:

DCAdmin

Server sprawl due to dedicated server per application

IT budget is less

• Multiple tools and manual processes result in long request fulfillment times,

• High operations costs and complex maintenance protocols Less-than-secure environments.

Infrastructure is complex

Traditional Datacenter

Automate Datacenter – Why?

Manage complex IT infrastructureManage everything from Infra to Apps

If you want MORE with less – you need AUTOMATION

Avoid delaysAvoid human error

Decrease management costEnsure standards

TRADITIONAL DATACENTER OPERATIONSITBusiness

Increased

IT costs

Request Initiated

IT receives request

Provisioning

“Silos” of resources

Deployment and registration of

management tools

Ongoing maintenance

Overprovisioning

Oversubscription

Automation in Datacenter – How?System Center 2012 tie together to deliver IT as a Service

DCAdmin

Self-Service

Virtual

Physical

Public Cloud

Private Cloud

Service Delivery

and Automation

AppOwner

CONFIGUREDEPLOY

MONITOROPERATE

APPLICATION MANAGEMENTSERVICE DELIVERY AND

AUTOMATIONINFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT

SERVICE MODEL

Virtual Machine Manager 2012

Provision InfrastructureBare Metal ProvisioningZero to Hyper-V Cluster

Dynamic Optimization of InfrastructureCreate consistency through Service templates

VIRTUAL MACHINE MANAGER

Storage Network

Virtual Servers

Physical Servers

DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATIO

N

SERVICE LIFECYCLEMANAGEMENT

DCAdmin

Provision Infrastructure

Deploy

Configure

Physical Servers

Virtual Servers

Microsoft System CenterVirtual Machine Manager

Microsoft System CenterConfiguration Manager

DCAdmin

Hyper-V Cluster

Zero to Hyper-V Cluster

Bare Metal Server

Virtual Machine Manager Server

Configure storage

Configurenetwork

Configure

Start and Install

Storage Network

DCAdmin

Dynamically Optimized Infrastructure

VIRTUAL MACHINE MANAGER

Resou

rce U

tilizati

on

Time of Day

Optimization Threshold

DCAdmin

Standardize Services

Scale-out and health policy

Service Template (Multi-Tier .NET Application)

Microsoft SQL Server®

HW profile OS profile SQL profile

Data Tier

SQL Server

Data Tier Applicatio

ns

Configuration

Scale-out and health policy

Service Template Library

Application Server

HW profile OS profile App profile

Application Tier Scale-out and health

policy

Internet Information Services

HW profile OS profile App profile

Web Tier

W2K8R2.VHDOS

SettingsMSDeploy Package Configurati

onApplication Virtualizatio

n

Configuration

DCAdmin

Operations Manager 2012

Monitor InfrastructureEnd to End services monitoringApplication MonitoringVMM and OpsMgr Integration

OPERATIONS MANAGER

DCAdmin

Storage Network

Virtual Servers

Physical Servers

APPLICATION MONITORING

Physical Servers

Virtual Servers

Operate

Monitor

Network Devices

Monitor Infrastructure

DCAdmin

MonitoringTroubleshooting

InventoryReporting

Data protectionPatching

Heterogeneous Monitoring

Monitor Infrastructure

DCAdmin

Triage and remediate

Discover application

dependencies

Monitorend-user and application

components

Isolate root cause

Discover application

dependencies

Monitorend-user and application

components

Isolate root cause

Isolate root causeMonitor end-user and application components

Discover application dependenciesTriage and remediateDeep application diagnostics and

insight help you “get to green”

Predictable Application Performance

DCAdmin

Orchestrator 2012

Automate routine datacenter activitiesAutomate

Active DirectorySharePointExchangeSystem Center 2012

ORCHESTRATOR

Create Incident

Create Checkpoint

Start Maint Mode

Shut Down VM

E-mail on error

Update on success

Invoke Web Services

Compare Values

Send e-mail

Query Database

Run .NetScript

Return Data Check Schedule

DCAdmin

Automate Routine activities

Run system commandsPerform schedule-based activitiesMonitor processes or system-level alertsManage file interactions such as copying and moving filesSend e-mail notificationsSearch for or modify data within a workflow

ORCHESTRATOR

DCAdmin

Create Incident

Create Checkpoint

Start Maint Mode

Shut Down VM

E-mail on error

Update on success

Building Automation – Build your own

External interface to System CenterTake advantage of existing investments in

PowerShell, .NET scriptingThird-party APIs,

Build into Orchestrator runbooks.

ORCHESTRATOR

DCAdmin

Service Manager 2012

IT Service ManagementGovernance Risk & Compliance managementAutomating ITIL& MOF processesSelf Service Request and Automation

SERVICE MANAGER

DCAdmin

SERVICE OFFERINGS

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT

S

Set Up Self-Service Provisioning

REQUEST OFFERING 1

RESOURCE A SLA 1

WHICH RESOURCE?

WHICH SLA?COST

CENTER

<text> entry

RESOURCE B

RESOURCE C

SLA 2SERVICE CATALOG

REQUEST OFFERING 2

RESOURCE A SLA 2

WHICH RESOURCE?

WHICH SLA?COST

CENTER

<text> entry

RESOURCE B

RESOURCE D

SLA 3

• Empower application owners to manage their environments

• Provide self-service requests with controls

• Gain oversight for IT processes

• Operate with minimal overhead

Set Up Self-Service Provisioning

Consumer enters self-

service request for deployment

Consumer accesses service catalog

IT automates process

IT provisions service

IT approves (or rejects) request

Consumer accesses service catalog

Consumer enters self-service request for deployment

IT approves (or rejects) requestIT automates processIT provisions service

Predictable Service Delivery

Automated Datacenter and Private Cloud

Service Catalog

Service Desk

Asset/CMDB

Configuration

Hypervisor

Security

Storage

Server

Network

Self S

erv

ice R

equest Fu

lfillm

ent

Config

ure

& D

eplo

y A

pp

licatio

ns

Configure

& D

eplo

y Fa

bric S

erv

ices

Config

ure

& D

eplo

y In

frastru

cture

Create Service Request

Approvals

Create CIs in CMDB

VMM Admin Assigned

Admin Creates Capacity

Select Hypervisor

Overlay Security

Assign Storage

Identify Host for VMs

Assign Switch and Adapters

CMDB Updated

Set Permission

s

Requestor Notified

Service Request Updated/Closed

Key Benefits of Automation

REDUCED COSTS

HIGHLY AUTOMATED

EFFICIENTSELF

SERVICE

EFFECTIVE CONTROL

RAPID GROWTH

CENTRALIZED

MANAGEMENT

SCALABLE AND ELASTIC

END USERPRODUCTIVI

TY

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