HP Insight Dynamics 6.0 Getting Started Guide

Insight Orchestration delivers advanced template-driven design, provisioning, and on-going
operations for multinode, multi-tier infrastructure services.
Insight Orchestration includes:
• Design, resource management, and self-service tools supporting the key roles of IT architect,
administrator, and user of IT services
• A template design environment that you use to define blueprints for provisioning servers
in a service
• Effective resource utilization enabled by automated resource allocation from resource pools
assigned to users
• Automated provisioning of virtual and physical servers, including blade hardware and
virtual machine configuration, SAN boot support, operating system deployment, and
operating system customization
• Customizable Operations Orchestration workflows to integrate existing IT processes for
approvals, operating system deployment, and storage provisioning
• Ongoing management of provisioned infrastructure in order to grow, activate, and deactivate
infrastructure services
• Integration with HP Insight Dynamics for monitoring and maintenance of provisioned and
available infrastructure services
Insight Orchestration key usage scenarios include:
• Template design to create a library of standardized infrastructure services
• Rapid provisioning and deprovisioning of complex infrastructure designs
• IT process integration to include existing automated and manual tasks within Insight
Orchestration automation
• Rapid project delivery
• Improved utilization of infrastructure resources through reservations, schedules, and lease
periods on resources
HP Insight Orchestration supports four main activities to automate the deployment of
infrastructure services:
Design An architect uses the graphical designer to create simple and complex
infrastructure templates, that when tested can be published for users to create
infrastructure services.
Provision A self-service user selects an existing template and then requests infrastructure
provisioning from it, against an assigned pool of resources. The administrator
can approve or deny this request, and monitor its progress.
Operate The administrator manages server, network, and storage pools, defines virtual
machine images and software deployment jobs, performs manual provisioning
tasks as part of the fulfillment of self-service requests, and uses Insight software
to monitor the health and utilization of the managed environment.
Integrate Architects and administrators integrate Insight Orchestration with existing IT
processes by modifying or creating Operations Orchestration workflows to
customize the Insight Orchestration automation. They can link to approval
processes, extend operating system deployment and server configuration, and
integrate the SAN management processes with server deployment.
For more information about HP Insight Orchestration software, see the list of manuals under
“Using Insight Dynamics” (page 34).
Insight Orchestration Designer
HP Insight Orchestration Designer enables you, as an architect, to plan and design multi-server,
multi-tier infrastructures using a drag-and-drop interface. The infrastructure can include virtual
servers and c-Class blades. Insight Orchestration users can provision services using Insight
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