Altiris OverviewAltiris Deployment Solution for IBM Servers
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<Your Name>Wednesday, April 18, 2005
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IBM/Altiris Relationship at a Glance
IBM eServer ® xSeries® now offers Altiris™ Deployment Solution® for Servers to its customers. DS helps customers automate and standardize server deployments for IBM hardware on both Linux and Windows® platforms.
Altiris has sales, marketing and development resources dedicated exclusively to IBM
Altiris Deployment Solution for Servers is:IBM ServerProven™IBM BladeCenter Alliance PartnerAn IBM Advanced Business Partner
Altiris Deployment Solutions for Servers
1500 Servers. One Deployment Solution. Zero Stress
Automate and reduce server deployment times from hours to literally minutesRemotely configure hardware components and install operating systems, applications and patchesLeverage automation to provide 100% build consistencyRip-and-replace Blade Support - Automatically configures replaced blades to the previous server’s stateIncludes virtualized views of the blade infrastructureComprehensive hardware configuration support across all major vendorsIncludes sample deployment jobs for popular server modelsUpdate IBM ServerGuide as part of the server build process
Server Provisioning – More than just OS Deployment
Hands-free Network Boot
Image-based or Scripted OS Install
Network Configuration
Application Install & Script Launch
On-going Updates & Re-provisioning
Hardware ConfigurationPredefined ConfigurationScripts for IBM Servers
Bare Metal IBM Server Hardware
Hands-free Provisioning
Why Altiris via IBM?IBM Market-Leading BladeCenter with Altiris Market Leading Deployment Solution for Servers and Blades
IBM-specific products Altiris Deployment Solution for IBM ServersIBM Director Integration and Connector 2H-05
IBM as product driver from sales and internal useClient, server, handheld, network, etc. strategiesIBM internal driven (IT, DPS, DMS, CFI, Product Group, etc.)
IBM Toolkit Integration StrategyLeverage the best of the IBM ServerGuide Toolkit without leaving the Altiris console
•m IBM Toolkit DS + IBM ToolkitManual
Number of servers deployed increases
Number of people required per server decreases
complexity of the deployment infrastructure increases
1 : 1 1 : several 1 : hundreds
Deployment Solution + IBM Toolkit versus existing tools
Why Altiris + IBM Scripting Toolkit?Altiris Deployment Solution for Servers with IBM Scripting Toolkit provides:
Pre-OS Flash UpdateStandalone hardware configuration (RAID)Comprehensive bare metal server provisioning and management capabilities of IBM servers (Windows and Linux)Reconfiguration and deployment of existing servers for maximum availabilityMulti-site management for centralized controlSignificant reduction in TCO for managed serversUser friendly design/interface for simplified management
Rip and Replace Process Flow
Deployment Server
Blade removed from Slot 2
New blade inserted into Slot 2
New blade powered on (manual or WOL)
Can set MAC address or Service Tag as unique identifier
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PXE server does not recognize the new blade as “managed” in it’s local cache
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PXE server requests any pending job assignments from DS
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DS determines the blade is new and executes the blade change rule (which is set to Re-deploy computer)
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DS replays bay's history from the last Distribute Disk Image task forward (or a Run Script task with rem deployment start)
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New blade is provisioned w/o a trip to the Altiris console
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PXE Server
Blade Change Rule OptionsOptions Action
Re-Deploy Computer
All deployment tasks in the bay's history will be executed starting from the last Distributing a Disk Image task or Scripted OS Install task, or from any script (in a Run Script task) with this command: rem deployment start.
Run Predefined Job
The server will process any specified job to run automatically when a new server is detected in the bay.
Ignore the Change
The new server blade placed in the bay is not identified as a new server and no jobs are initiated. If the server existed in a previous bay, the history and parameters for the server are moved or associated with the new bay.
Wait for User Interaction
(default) No job is performed (the Deployment Agent on the server blade is instructed to wait). The icon on the console changes to reflect that the server is waiting.
Deployment Solution & IBM Server Guide Scripting Toolkit
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Image of hardware, OS, and application is captured
Server Farm
New Server
New server is added
Automatically… hardware, OS, and applications are landed! Note: Rip and
Replace support for blade servers !
Deployment Solution for multi-server installations automates resource intensive deployment processes
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Deployment System ConsolesDeployment Windows ConsoleDeployment Web Console
Computers view - contains Server groupsManaged serversPhysical views of blades
Jobs view – contains Initial deployment jobDrag and Drop jobsToolkit and User created jobs
Details viewDisplays the details of high lighted items in the computer or jobs view when selected
SummaryAltiris Deployment Solution for Servers provides:
Comprehensive bare metal server deployment capabilitiesReconfiguration and deployment of existing servers for maximum availabilityFrom a single console, manage server deployment:
from all major server vendors for both Windows and Linuxof both physical and virtual (VMware) serversAcross multiple sites for centralized control
Significant reduction in TCO for managed serversUser friendly design/interface for simplified management
Additional Altiris Benefits
Build consistency eliminate discrepanciesImprove uptime
Detailed Server HistoryScheduled Execution
Immediate, scheduled, pre-provisioningQuick RecoveryResource Archiving and ReuseRole/scope SecurityCan image or scripted install Windows and/or Linux machinesCan perform TRUE image multicastingCan also be used as a single tool to manage IBM and non-IBM devices
Demonstration
Altiris Deployment Solution for
IBM eServer
Additional Resources
Altiris Deployment Solution Downloadswww.altiris.com/eval
Altiris Documentationwww.altiris.com/support/documentation/
Altiris Support Knowledgebase and Forums www.altiris.com/support
Altiris Product Updates and Hotfixeswww.altiris.com/support/updates
IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkitwww.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/systems_management/sgstk.html
Altiris IBM alliance pagewww.altiris.com/partners/alliance/ibm/
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