Module 3 - Understanding HP IO Integration - Part 1

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HP BladeSystem Matrix Integration Capabilities

A special 5-part TekTalk Edition Series

TekTalk Matrix Series – Part I

Understanding HP IO Integration

Nov 18, 2010

WW Converged Infrastructure Lab


Session Topic DatePart #1 – HP Insight Dynamics Infrastructure

Orchestration (HP IO) Integration Architecture Nov 18, 2010

Part #2 – Introduction to HP Operations Orchestration (OO) workflows Authoring tool

– Creating your first OO workflow

– Publishing an OO workflow as an HP IO Service Action Workflow

Dec 2, 2010

Part #3 – Inside the HP IO Request XML

– Standard XML query language

– Techniques used to Parse the HP IO Request XML in an OO Workflow

Dec 16, 2010

Part #4 – Controlling HP IO through the HP IO API

– HP IO API Command Line Interface

– HP IO API Web Services

Jan 20, 2011

Part #5 – Integrating HP IO with external IT processes by examples

Feb 3, 2011

HP BladeSystem Matrix Integration - 5-Part Series


AgendaUnderstanding HP IO Integration

•HP IO Overview

•Integration with Deployment Services

•Integration with “Full” OO

•System Flows

•Service Action Flows

•The HP IO WebService API

•The HP IO CLI

•The nbAPI

•Integrating with 3rd Party Hardware

•Introduction to OO Flows

•Q&A


Goals of this Special TekTalk Edition SeriesHP BladeSystem Matrix Integration Capability

•Help You identify the value that HP IO/OO can provide to your customers

•Make accessible to a large audience some of the major subjects related to HP IO integration capabilities by:

• Understanding the HP IO integration Architecture

• Becoming an effective OO Workflow designer as it relates to HP IO

• Looking at the HP IO integration techniques with external IT processes

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Why Automated Infrastructure Provisioning and Self-service Portal?

Deliver FasterThe business gets what they need, when they need it, not weeks after they ask for it.

Resource EfficiencyShared pools of infrastructure resources, lease periods, and required approval processes help reduce idle servers and physical and virtual server sprawl

IT Staff EfficiencyReduce time spent doing tedious setup tasks and coordinating between server, network, and storage teams

ConsistencyStandard templates, automation, and integration with IT processes reduces configuration errors that lead to bigger problems


Linux

Windows

HP-UX

VM

Network

Web

Application

Database

Provision Infrastructure In Minutes

Automated activation of servers, storage and networking

Easily design best-practice infrastructure templates

Reliably provision infrastructure via a self-service portal

Seamlessly integrate with existing systems & processes

HP Insight Dynamics infrastructure orchestration


Easily Design Best-practice Infrastructure TemplatesInfrastructure design using drag-and-drop designer

Captures detailed requirements needed for a service:• Servers (multiple tiers and nodes, physical and virtual)

• Storage

• Network

Validation rules check templates for errors

Published as best-practice templates to self-service portal

Cost tracking for components, reporting capabilities for resource requirements


Reliably provision from shared infrastructure via a self-service portalBrowse, select, and request provisioning of infrastructure from library of service templates

Automated provisioning is driven from templates for consistency

View status and progress of service requests

Manage your infrastructure services, such as suspending or adding servers

Lease periods allow resources to be reclaimed when no longer in use


Seamless Integrate with Existing Tools and Processes

Powered by workflow technology from HP Operations Orchestration

Customize global workflows to fit customer’s IT process*

− Send email notifications− Connect to ticketing systems to approve/reject

service requests*− Perform manual tasks as needed

Attach workflows to template for additional pre/post provisioning tasks*

− Configure monitoring or backup− Run server configuration scripts

− Check server compliance status and provision applications

− Pass service cost data to billing and chargeback systems

* May require additional services


IO Highest Level Architecture

Visually Design

Easily Integrate

Rapidly Provision

Efficiently Operate

WorkflowStudio

TemplateDesigner

SIM Operations

Console

Self Service Portal

Insight Dynamicsinfrastructure orchestration

HP Operations Orchestration

User

ArchitectAdministrator


HP IO Architecture

VirtualMachines

Resource Pools

ServersStorage

WebPortals Asset &

Billing

Ticketingsystem

Applicationintegration

Networkintegration

Webservices

EnterpriseProcesses

ServiceManagementHP Insight

Orchestration

Process Workflow

Automation

Enterprise Integration

Template specificWorkflows

Customer & hp partnersupplied content

Softwaredeployment

Administrator

Self-service user

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HP IO Integration with Deployment ServicesHP IO v6.2 comes with support for:

•RDP 6.2

•Server Automation 7.83

• Ignite Server C.7.11.439

• In addition to VMware templates and HP VMM Templates (Hyper-V)

Connects and enumerate Jobs for OS provisioning and Application deployment

Populates Software tab in IO Management console

Jobs are tagged as OS or App deployment (manual operation for RDP, and Ignite)


Software View in HP IO


HP IO Integration with “full” OO

IO includes embedded technology from HP Operations Orchestration software

Can integrate with existing OO instance if customer already has OO installed

• Available whitepaper describes the procedure

Upgrading the embedded OO to full OO provides advantages:• Better if customer wants complex 3rd party software

integration (full OO comes with lots of connectors)• Better if customer has more than one team writing flows

(full OO supports multiple authors simultaneously)• Allows workflows to be run manually, scheduled, or

triggered by event (IO workflows can only be invoked by IO actions)

• Full OO allows integration between products outside of IO/Matrix


HP IO Integration with 3rd party Software

•Global “System” Flows−Changed in hpio.properties file

−Valid for entire application

−Needs IO restart

•Service Action Flows−Set in Template Designer

−Per Template


Global “System” workflows

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Integration Point

When Invoked Sample Workflow

Approval Between reservation and provisioning phases of any operation that consumes resources.

Email message describing requested resources with Approve/Reject choices

Manual OS Deployment

During physical provisioning when an OS deployment is set as manual and not RDP. OS deployment to be done outside of IO.

Email message with manual operating system deployment instructions and Continue /Cancel choices

Manual Storage Provisioning

During physical provisioning when required storage is not available or needs provisioning.

Email message with manual storage provisioning instructions and Continue/Cancel choices

Manual Disk Scrubbing

During physical de-provisioning when Manual OS Deployment is set. Disk scrubbing needs to be done outside of IO.

Email message with manual disk scrubbing instructions and Continue/Cancel choices

Manual Storage De-provisioning

During physical de-provisioning when storage needs to be un-presented and LSM storage pool entries need to be edited

Email message with manual storage removal instructions and Continue/Cancel choices

Global End Action

End of any operation – enables global IT actions to be executed for every IO operation.

Email message notifying Administrator (currently approvers) of end of operation

User Notification

Key milestones of any operation – to notify user and others about progress and status.

Email message to user who submitted the operation

Lease Expiring Notification

1 week before lease expiration, 1 day before lease expiration

Email message to infrastructure owner with lease expiration warning

Pool Change Notification

Every server pool change, to notify users of changes to server pool assignments (OFF by default)

Email message to users with resource pool change


“Templates” Service Actions FlowsIO 6.x operation

Possible uses

Create • Add new servers into monitoring, backup, inventory, or other management applications

• Notify other IT users or processes of new infrastructure services or new resources consumed

• Run scripts on newly provisioned or activated servers to do additional configuration tasks

• Billing or chargeback configuration

• Etc.

Add Server

Add Disk

Activate

Power on

Power off • Remove servers from monitoring, backup, inventory, or other management applications

• Notify other IT users or processes of removed infrastructure services or freed resources

• Billing or chargeback configuration

• Etc.

Deactivate

Delete

Change Lease Period - decrease

IO 6.x service action workflowsBegin Action

•Executed after allocation and approvals, but before provisioning begins. [Create, Add *, Activate, Power *, Change Lease Period]

•Executed before de-provisioning begins. [Delete, Deactivate]End Action

•Executed after provisioning finishes. [Create, Add *, Activate, Power *, Change Lease Period]

•Executed after de-provisioning and de-allocation . [Delete, Deactivate]


Service Action Flows in IO Designer


Request Validation

Resource Reservation

Approval

Resource Allocation

Begin Action

Server Provisioning

OS Deployment

OS Customizatio

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Add data Disks

ApplicationDeployment

Service End Action

Global End Action

Approval Flow

Manual Storage

Provisioning

Begin Service

Action Flow

End Service Action Flow

Manual OS Deployment

Manual Storage

Provisioning

Global End Flow

Service Action

Custom Flows

Global Custom Flows

Create Service Request Core Flow


HP IO Partner WebService API•https://<IPofCMS>:51443/hpio/controller/soap/v1?wsdl

•Submitted to DMTF Cloud Incubator

• http://www.dmtf.org/about/cloud-incubator

•Templates

−import, export, list, delete*

•Services

−list, get, create, delete, poweron, poweroff, activate, deactivate, changelease

•Requests

−list, get, continue, cancel, changeapprovalstatus

•Logical Server Groups

−get, addserver, adddisk, setactiveservercount

•Logical Servers

−find, get, activate, deactivate, poweron, poweroff

•Server Pools

−create*, delete*, list*, get*, moveservertopool −assignusertoserverpool*, unassignusertoserverpool*

* new in v6.2


DMTF Cloud Incubator Initiative

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Cloud Service Lifecycle & Use Cases

Template Offering Contract Instance

Create TemplateUpdate TemplateDelete Template

Create OfferingUpdate OfferingDelete Offering

Establish RelationshipAdminister Relationship

Establish ContractUpdate ContractTerminate Contract

Contract ReportingContract Billing

Provision ResourcesDeploy PackageMonitor ResourcesChange CapacityRelease Resources

Lifecycle States:

Related use cases:

A Developer creates a template to describe the content and structure of a service

A Provider applies constraints, costs, and policies to a template to create an offering available for request by a Consumer

A Consumer and a Provider enter into a contract for services, including agreements on costs, SLAs, and specific configuration options

A Provider deploys instances of services per the agreement with the Consumer, which the Consumer then uses

Descriptions:


HP IO CLI

ioexec.exe in <IO>\bin

Same control as with WS API (wrapper to the IO WS)

Can execute commands remotely to IO server

Copy and install ioexec-6.XXX.zip from <IO>\cli

Useful to control IO via scripts from external management platform (e.g. BAC/SiteScope)

Need at least JRE 1.6.0_04

Be careful with time synchronization between client and IO Server


HP IO nbAPIA set of 5 HPPTS calls

Most of them also exist in Web Service (preferred way)•ApproveRequest•RejectRequest•ContinueRequest•CancelRequest•OOAlert

Examples: • https://CMS:51443/hpio/controller/ooflows/hpioControllerProxy.jsp?nbApiName=OOAlert&requestId=“Your

ID”&userToken=“YourToken”&status=“MAJOR or WARNING or INFO”&message=“Your Message”

• https://CMS:51443/hpio/controller/ooflows/hpioControllerProxy.jsp?nbApiName=ApproveRequest&requestId=“Your ID”&userToken=“YourToken”&respondent=“email address of approver”&responseNotes=“Your Message”

• https://CMS:51443/hpio/controller/ooflows/hpioControllerProxy.jsp?nbApiName=ContinueRequest&requestId=“Your ID”&userToken=“YourToken”&respondent=“email address of approver”&responseNotes=“Your Message”


HP IO Integration with 3rd party HardwareGlobal flows for server support

−Get Inventory−Get Server Info−Server Power ON and Server Power OFF (use SMASH/CLP)

Global flows for storage support

−Discover Arrays−Get Device Information−Enumerate Pools−Enumerate Volumes−Get Volume Info−Present Volume−Un-present Volume−Set Host Mode−Validate Management Path

Reference flows provided for IBM and DELL servers, and for XP Storage Arrays


So what is a “Flow”?

An OO procedure written in OO Studio

Executes in OO Central

Flow can be called

•From IO (service action flows or system flows)

•From another flow in OO


Writing Custom OO Flows for IO

Understanding Flow parameters passed by IO

•RequestXML•UserToken•Date

Retrieving basic values from the RequestXML

•GetXPathValue•GetXPathValues•GetXslt

Built many request using Xpath− //logicalServers/hostname

− //logicalServers[1]/hostname

− //logicalIPAddresses[Name=’${name}’]/address

Use XSLT for even more complex queries


Querying RequestXML with XSLT

Use default XLS files in IO\conf\OO as reference

Use authoring tool like XMLSpy from Altova

•Write simple flow to write RequestXML to disk

•Cut/paste file as input XML in XML Editor

•When ready, copy xls file to platform, read in your xls file (with ReadFile Subflow) and call GetXslt with xls and RequestXML, process output of the transform

•Check default Approval flow, it has an example


Flow Example 1 (global)Proxy service approval to Service Manager


Flow Example 2 (Service Action)Remove server from Load Balancer before standing by


Flow Example 3 (Service Action)Install Oracle RAC


Flow Example 4 (Hardware Flow)Power Off a server


Best Practices writing IO Flows

Modify Global End Flow to write RequestXML to tempfile for analysis

Make sure you specified the expected parameters − (RequestXML, Date, UserToken)

Do not delete/cut/paste flows in OO Studio after they have been registered in IO Templates

− Flows are remembered by Flow UUID

Service action flows must be registered before a service is created from template – Link to dummy flows initially then debug

Use Subflow “Send OO Alert to HPIO” to report back to IO Console (use “Initialize IP and Port” to fetch IP and Port)

Be carefull with long calls to external scripts, as OO will timeout

Use OO Central to debug


Connecting to The Matrix


Unique elements of the Matrix architecture

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One powerful command console

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combines disaster recovery, capacity

planning & automated

provisioning

Integration and optimization with existing applications,

network services and business-level management via

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The “Matrix API”

The “Brain”

The “Software Stack”

The “Integration” piece

The “Glue”

The Key Differentiator

The “Tip of the Iceberg”

The “sexy” piece

The “portal”

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Accelerate the creation of service catalogsWhat is a Cloud Map?

HP Cloud Maps are a navigation system to facilitate the creation of a BladeSystem Matrix service catalog. Cloud Maps contain one or more of these engineering components:

Templates•Templates provide hardware and software configuration that can be imported directly into your BladeSystem Matrix, saving days or weeks of solution design time

Sizers•Sizers help guide capacity and performance planning

Workflows and Scripts•Workflows and scripts automate installation more quickly and in a repeatable fashion

Reference Whitepapers•Reference whitepapers to help customize the Cloud Map for your specific implementation

Best practice templates

Deployment scripts

Sizers

Whitepapers

Workflows

www.hp.com/go/cloudmaps


Dynamically Generate Templates with HP Sizing ToolsLeverage HP sizing tools to build (partial) IO template files

Support for:

•Exchange 2010

•SharePoint 2007/2010

•SQL2008 BI

•SQL2008 OLTP

•Citrix Xen server


Demonstrating


DemonstratingLive via SDP (Internal Only)

•HP Solution Showcase for CI 2010 since May 2010 in all Regions

• Houston, Singapore, Grenoble

•CISS 2010 SP1 in September 2010 (IS 6.1, CSA for Matrix)

•CISS 2010 SP2 planed for December 2010 (IS6.2, SPM, IO/HPVM)

•CISS 2010 SP3 planed for April 2011 (IS 6.3)

Demonstrates HP IO integrations with Service Manager, SiteScope, Server Automation

Video on SDP

FastTours on SDP (Internal Only)

http://www.hp.com/go/cidemos

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