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HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.3 and7.3 Update 1 Infrastructure OrchestrationUser GuideAbstractThis document provides an overview of infrastructure

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2. Execute the file by double-clicking it, which enables IE execution of the telnet protocol on theclient.3. Copy the 64-bit version of telnet.exe fro

Displays an overview of the infrastructure orchestration organization operations providingstatistics, resource usage, and links.• TemplatesView the te

For more information on using the infrastructure orchestration organization administrator portal,see the infrastructure orchestration organization adm

Matrix OE infrastructure orchestration self service portalThe infrastructure orchestration self service portal enables you to create infrastructure se

Self service portal interface overviewThe infrastructure orchestration self service portal displays the following tabs:• HomeDisplays an overview of i

• My HistoryDisplays a list of system and important event notices, including the date and time of the event,the result, and description of the event r

4 Matrix infrastructure orchestration provisioning andallocationMatrix infrastructure orchestration lifecycle operationsMatrix infrastructure orchestr

Delete service operationWhen deleting a service, the Delete operation automatically deprovisions an existing infrastructureand frees the resources for

NOTE: A new SSID must be generated for each Windows installation. If the vCenter serveror Hyper-V manager has more than one VM being managed with the

NOTE: Conditions that cause a non-Valid status include:• Server is missing host name.• Server is missing OS type.• The server cannot be imported becau

1 IntroductionHP Matrix Operating Environment infrastructure orchestration extends HP Matrix OperatingEnvironment to provide rapid provisioning and re

• Creates virtual machine or blade server profile• Deploys the operating system and other software to boot disk• Configures the virtual hardware• Cust

• Runs custom OO flows for the selected servers• Runs custom OO flows for the serviceNOTE: Service or server deletion may fail if the network is reass

The operation fails when:• Resources are not available to allocate.• SAN disks cannot be created (by HP Storage Provisioning Manager or SAN administra

After successfully completing the operation, infrastructure orchestration deallocates the physicalserver blades, making them available for other uses.

3. Select a service and click Details or View Details.4. From the Actions or Server Actions list, select Power cycle servers.During this operation, in

except for physical servers, which are freed for other uses. Deactivating a service is the defaultpolicy for handling a lease expiration. The administ

6. Increase or decrease the number of processors by using the arrows in the Number of Processorsfield, up to the Maximum (shown in red).The initial an

The lifecycle of a floating IP address is independent from the server to which it is added, allowingit to be moved between servers. A floating IP addr

d. Click Create to complete the request, or Cancel to cancel the action.5. To delete a snapshot, expand the tree, select a snapshot, and click Delete.

Provisioning physical servers using local diskMatrix infrastructure orchestration includes support for Virtual Connect logical servers using a localdi

Automated infrastructure design provisioning and managementMatrix infrastructure orchestration supports four main activities to automate the deploymen

To see the IP address of the VM Host where a virtual machine was provisioned, in the infrastructureorchestration console Services tab, select the serv

Excluding disks on a VM Host from the storage poolFor VM guests, use shared storage instead of storage that is only local to the host. This enableseff

Unregister a VM hostA Matrix infrastructure orchestration Administrator can use the IO CLI to unregister an unused VMhost. The following limitations a

• Data disk allocationWhen LUNs with the required attributes are not available for a Create Service, Add serversto group, or Add data disk to group op

Creating infrastructure orchestration templatesCreating a template with a physical ProLiant or Integrity serverPerform the following steps to create a

3. Connect the Physical Server Group to the Network.4. Set the attributes for each of the components. Right click on the Physical Server Group andsele

5. Set the Networks attributes for the server group.126 Matrix infrastructure orchestration provisioning and allocation

Specify a Hostname. There are three parts to the physical server's host name. The first part isdefined in this service template. The second part

NOTE: For Integrity deployment, always select Automatic or Static. IO does not supportDHCP for HP-UX OS deployment.You can specify a network connectio

8. Configure the Physical Storage component. The Storage Type is FC-SAN.Select Select a storage template or Specify desired attributes. See “Physical

• The designer enables an architect to plan and design multi-server, multi-tier infrastructuresusing a drag-and-drop interface.• The console enables a

10. Select the appropriate network and (optional) specify a cost. Click Show All Network Detailsfor more information about the selected network.11. Cl

13. Select the Published box, name the template, and then click Save. This template will now beavailable for deployment by authorized users.Creating a

Creating a template with a ProLiant or Integrity virtual machineCreating a service template for deploying a VM is similar to the steps for a physical

NOTE: Matrix infrastructure orchestration supports online memory addition and deletion forIntegrity vPars. When you create a vPars virtual server, you

NOTE: Non-High Availability (HA) VMs with non-cluster Disk Pass-Through are supportedwithout limitations. High Availability VMs are only supported wit

Automatic Indicates that IO automatically selects the static IP addresses to be allocatedfrom the static IP address range set for the network.NOTE: Fo

NOTE: Matrix infrastructure orchestration now supports HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) asa dedicated guest for virtual logical servers of Integrity V

10. Set the attributes for the Network. You should only need to select an appropriate network;there are no other attributes to specify. You can option

11. Click Customizable to allow certain attributes of the template to be changed, and clickRecoverable to mark the template for disaster recovery. See

HP-UX vPars supportMatrix infrastructure orchestration now supports HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) as a dedicatedguest for virtual logical servers o

NOTE: It is possible to view and assign only explicitly named users and groups that are includedin the HPIO_* Windows groups (described in “Matrix inf

2. On the Software tab, select GUEST or DEDICATED from the Guest Type menu.The Guest Type menu appears in the following configurations:• When Automati

The server group icon then displays the corresponding value in the template.Setting user-defined propertiesClick Properties to define your own propert

The OO workflow is invoked whenever a host name needs to be assigned or updated, and istriggered by the following events:• Create service/add server:

Creating a service requestThe infrastructure orchestration self service portal enables you to create infrastructure services frompublished templates.1

8. Enter email address(es) to be notified of progress. Separate multiple e-mail addresses withcommas or semicolons. Do not use a final semicolon after

12. Select the My Requests tab (or the Requests tab in the infrastructure orchestration console) toview status of the request. After initial validatio

NOTE: Trunk networks (mapped or tunnel) cannot be customized. A trunk network configured ina service template cannot be replaced with another network,

NOTE: Customizing the network assignment type of Integrity VMs to DHCP is not supported.Changes are highlighted in the “approve or reject” e-mail and

For more information, see the HP CloudSystem Matrix/Matrix Operating Environment IntegrationInterfaces API and CLI Operations Reference Guide availabl

Approving and automating deployment1. To approve the service request, connect to Systems Insight Manager and log in using anaccount that is a member o

resources that reflects the original template design. Running infrastructure services can be modifiedin many ways, including by adding servers and dat

The virtual machine current status and resources can also be seen in the HP Matrix OE visualizationview. (From Systems Insight Manager, select Tools→H

3. Use the HP Insight managed system setup wizard (MSSW) to configure the system to bemanaged. From Systems Insight Manager, select Configure→Managed

A Virtual Connect Domain Group defines the boundaries for a set of resources, specifically servers,networks, and SAN volumes. Any resource within a VC

Deploying an operating system to multi-path storageMatrix infrastructure orchestration can deploy an operating system to a multi-path storage volume.F

• Cost for network customization – Consists of the following customization types:IP Assignment Type – displays the change in cost per IP address for a

To specify cost deltas for making template customizations, click the Customizations tab.Values entered are the cost deltas applied for customization.

For example, the template might specify a Windows 2008 OS image, but the user can customizeto Windows 2012 (with a cost increase of 1.00) or customize

In infrastructure orchestration designer, right click on a network or trunk to display the Config tab,where you can enter the cost per IP address.NOTE

NOTE: Matrix infrastructure orchestration allows an administrator to change the cost of deployedservices using the modifyService CLI. This allows and

Specifying a billing code for servicesWhen creating a service, you can add a billing code, which allows IO chargeback or other datamining solutions us

allows the use of Operations Orchestration Central to launch and schedule the launch ofOperations Orchestration workflows from outside of Matrix OE/In

On the Convert Template to use Global Cost Units dialog, enter a Conversion Factor, which is apositive decimal or integer value. For example, if the c

cost frequency value must be specified for the existing services. This can be done by running themodify service command from the Matrix OE CLI. For mo

4. To view the results, do one of the following:a. Drag output.xml to your browser's URL bar to view the file in your browser.b. Run Microsoft Ex

5 Matrix infrastructure orchestration storage managementMatrix infrastructure orchestration supports a range of storage provisioning capabilities toap

NOTE: Storage pool entries can be created manually, or infrastructure orchestration can createstorage pool entries automatically. In both cases, the s

Pre-provisioned storage provisioning cannot be used if:◦ SPM is not configured◦ the environment contains a combination of private and shared disks wit

In the pre-provisioned use case, SAN volumes are pre-created within SPM but are not yet maskedto one or more initiator WWNs. Zoning must be pre-config

Manually creating SAN-backed storage in Matrix OE visualizationTo manually create SAN-backed storage pool entries in Matrix OE visualization, perform

5. Select the target Virtual Connect portability group from the Portability Group list.For detailed instructions about how to add or modify storage po

Specify the port and volume information on the screen, and save the storage pool entry. It canthen be used for future service provisioning requests.If

2 Installation and configurationInstalling infrastructure orchestrationMatrix infrastructure orchestration is installed through the HP Insight Managem

4. Add storage tags and an optional description.Storage tags are displayed in the Tag List for all Storage Pool Entries. Click Modify next tothe stora

Populating the Storage Provisioning Manager catalogTo use dynamic SAN volume automation, configure SPM for access to one or more arrays. To startSPM,

Select one or more arrays for import. Once the array has been imported, view and select the SANvolumes that are visible on the array and select the vo

After the SPM catalog has been populated, you can do the following:• Continue to use pre-provisioned storage (no additional steps are needed)• Allow i

2. Select Templates under Storage Services.3. Search for and select HP Matrix Default Storage Template in the list of templates, or clickCreate Templa

8. Change the level from Required to Recommended. Verify that Use existing volume is selected.9. Click OK to exit the Edit Requirement – Resource Exis

IMPORTANT: If you configured secondary CMSs for use in a federated CMS environment, ensurethat each SAN storage volume is managed by only one HP Stora

The storage requirements that you can manually define are as follows:• Name of the disk.• Individual Disk Size is the size for the disk in gigabytes (

• Disk is shared across servers specifies that the disk is a data disk (non-boot disk) and it isshared between all of the servers in the group.• Provi

4. If the boot disk reservation still cannot be satisfied, Matrix OE attempts to automatically createan SPE that will be automatically fulfilled thoug

If you purchase Matrix OE as a standalone system, you must obtain a Matrix OE Public CloudManaged Instance license to provision a public cloud instanc

6 Multi-tenancy in Matrix infrastructure orchestrationMulti-tenancy allows data center resources to be dynamically and securely shared among separatet

– Is responsible for creating organizations in the infrastructure orchestration consoleand assigning resources to them– Can create pools and assign se

A service provider administrator assigns service provider users to templates. However, anorganization administrator cannot assign organization users t

Only the service provider administrator can log in to the infrastructure orchestration CMS to accessother technologies such as logical server manageme

1. From the infrastructure orchestration console Organization tab, click Create. The Create newOrganization page appears.2. In Organization Name, ente

4. Delete the organization from the infrastructure orchestration console Organization tab.Assigning users to an organizationUsing the infrastructure o

See “Assigning networks to organizations for VLAN separation” (page 187) for more information.• A set of infrastructure orchestration templates.An IO

Assigning networks to organizations for VLAN separationAssigning different Matrix infrastructure orchestration networks to each organization providesV

7 TroubleshootingVerifying the CMS configurationMatrix infrastructure orchestration uses the vseassist tool and the Systems Insight Manager Diagnoseme

Assign a valid user or user group to the HPIO_Users group.(...)Amount of checks executed: xxChecks provided with infrastructure orchestrationDescripti

Can log in to infrastructure orchestration designer and the infrastructure orchestration selfservice portal.Can log in to the infrastructure orchestra

DescriptionNameVerifies that there are cloud capacity pools configured,and displays the number of pools.Cloud Capacity Pool ConfigurationVerifies that

Manually enabling federated CMSA federated CMS environment contains one primary CMS running infrastructure orchestration, andone or more secondary CMS

Service creationPhysical service creationUnable to allocate servers and networks in the same Virtual Connect Domain GroupUnable to allocate servers an

1. Use Remote desktop and log into the server deployment server.2. Verify that the server deployment console for the enclosure bay for the logical ser

not have the specified system UUID recorded. Deployment Service Connectorcannot confirm the system UUID provided by the caller.The deployment server c

Logical servers are inoperable if they are associated with guests that use SLVM file-based storageAfter starting an HP Integrity VM Host, logical serv

Provisioning a service from a template can only be done once if the template defines a server groupwith statically defined IP addresses and an auto al

Following are recommended minimums. Depending on the size of memory and number of HBAcards on each server blade, the values may need to be greater tha

Service creation fails in the in the target reconfiguration phaseService creation fails in the target reconfiguration phase.Service creation intermitt

Request with a future start date stays at 10% with status of ReservedA request with a future start date stays at 10% (Progress field), with status of

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Group membership requirement1Matrix infrastructure orchestration accessHPIO_AdministratorsConsoleHPIO_ArchitectsHPIO_AdministratorsDesignerHPIO_Archit

available targets to provision the service. Check if the targets inthe selected pools are in maintenance.• Unable to allocate servers and networks in

In the message above, “/.../” represents the datastore allocated for the VM;[inactive-datastore-name]” represents the datastore on which the template

3. From the HP Server Automation (SA) “Devices” view, select the VMs.4. Perform a “deactivate” and a “delete.”New servers do not appear in the Unassig

for component [Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup].The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error. Windows installation cannot proc

Service creation fails with a virtual machine customization errorCreate Request fails with a virtual machine customization error.IssuePossible cause•

Service creation fails with “Unable to locate boot disk path”A Create Service request fails on ESX or Hyper-V with an error similar to the following:

235=Tokyo Standard TimeError getting DHCP address during add server requestA user cannot allocate DHCP addresses from a particular subnet during an ad

Provisioning virtual machine failed with a VM must be powered off for customization error messageProvisioning a virtual machine failed with a VM must

Task for logical server has failed: Service console load average on the source server is greaterthan the threshold valueTask for logical server <ls

ID: 802, Detailed Error: ) Wait for the object to become available, andthen try the operation again.VM already existing in SCVMM database with the sam

NOTE: When infrastructure orchestration is upgraded to a new version, administrator modificationsto individual properties in hpio.properties are migra

Failure to add a service to a Matrix recovery management Recovery GroupAn attempt to add a service to a Recovery Group fails and the following error m

Service creation fails using RDM disk with high availability Hyper-V templateWhen creating a service request using RDM disks with high availability, p

Service deletionPhysical service deletionMatrix infrastructure orchestration Delete Service request leaves “clean-me” logical serversMatrix infrastruc

For virtual logical servers, verify that all the virtual machines and the infrastructure folder name areremoved from the vCenter Server. Locate the in

Adding servers to servicesAdd data disk request failsAdd data disk request fails.IssueServer deactivatedPossible causeThis error might occur if attemp

Deactivate, activate, power off, or power on operationsMessages displayed when a paused boot disk deployment is cancelled by anadministratorWhat messa

The HP Matrix infrastructure orchestration tool cannot be displayed and User notauthenticated messagesMatrix OE infrastructure orchestration console i

Operating system information does not display on the Service Details pageOperating system information does not display on the Service Details page.Iss

Extending the lease period fails without stating a specific reason or error messageWhen extending the lease period, the operation fails without statin

The value of timeout.get.vmhost should always be less than the value oftimeout.get.serverpools.Hyper-V VM hosts sometimes disappear from the IO server

7.3 and later releases, but can be re-enabled. For more information, see “Re-enabling the telnetlink” (page 22).You can define these custom console li

Memory resources allocated to a virtual machine host are not available after usingthe Deactivate servers operationThe memory resources allocated to a

The infrastructure orchestration Server pools tree was not removed from SystemsInsight Manager during infrastructure orchestration uninstallationThe i

Resources do not appear in the infrastructure orchestration Unassigned poolMy resources do not show up in infrastructure orchestration Unassigned Pool

Designer operationsAfter period of inactivity, the template appears available to edit, until saving thetemplate is attemptedAfter period of inactivity

Template access restrictions for users and architectsTemplate access restrictions for users and architects.IssueTemplate viewing and use for non-admin

Importing a template XML file that was created in a later release of IO into a previousrelease and backward compatibilityImporting a template XML file

Miscellaneous issuesEmail and notificationInfrastructure orchestration email messages such as approval and notification are not sentThe infrastructure

6. Update the property value to the host name of the CMS.7. Click Save and Check in.Operations OrchestrationOperations Orchestration Studio installati

Matrix infrastructure orchestration Windows serviceMatrix infrastructure orchestration may time out while waiting for the server to be recognizedMatri

Deactivate physical server does not complete successfully after CMS crash recoveryDeactivate physical server does not complete successfully when resum

location at C:\Program Files\HP\Matrix infrastructure orchestration\conf\hpio.properties:• software.access.restricted = trueIf this property is set to

Log filesHow can I find out more details about an error?How can I find out more details about an error?Issue—Possible causeSee the hpio-controller.log

Migrating from one CMS to another using Operations OrchestrationIf you are using Matrix with Operations Orchestration (OO) workflows, you may experien

c. Click Permanently store this exception.d. Click Confirm Security Exception.4. Return to the Systems Insight Manager tab and refresh the screen, or

Troubleshooting communication failuresTroubleshooting communication failures.Issue—Possible causeAction• Verify that the vCenter credentials are corre

For large numbers of Software Automation (SA) or deployment images, the property istimeout.get.images.Other timeout properties available to configure

For Ignite-UX1. Power on the server blade and allow it to boot the operating system.2. From the CMS, run the mxtool Ignite Erase Disks by typing this

1. In Matrix OE visualization, select Tools→ Logical Servers→Refresh.2. In the Logical Server perspective, verify that the logical server no longer ex

1. Create a storage pool entry within the Matrix Operating Environment using the storage poolmanagement screen from Matrix OE. In this example, the st

3. Go to the disk array management interface (in this case CommandView managing an EVA)and create a host entry and present the LUN. In the first figur

4. Create the vdisk on the EVA and present it to the host above:In this example, only a single vdisk is required by the storage pool entry. The names

• oo.custom.server.action.display.name.2= Enable VPN• oo.custom.server.action.display.name.3= Sync databaseNOTE: The workflows you specify must be val

1. To correct this issue, press the CTRL+Q keys to launch the HBA Fast!UTIL utility. The followingscreen appears:2. On this screen, press the Enter ke

3. Press the ESC key to exit the utility. The following screen appears:4. Press the Enter key to reboot the system. When the system reboots, all the H

1. Increase the amount of RAM assigned to the ESX 3.X or ESX 4.X Service console:a. Log in to vCenter from the Virtual Infrastructure Client with a us

2. Increase the number of CPU shares assigned to the ESX 3.X or ESX 4.X Service console:a. Log in to vCenter from the Virtual Infrastructure Client wi

8 Support and other resourcesInformation to collect before contacting HPBe sure to have the following information available before you contact HP:• So

With this service, Insight Management software customers benefit from expedited problem resolutionas well as proactive notification and delivery of so

• Ignite-UX Documentation at http://www.hp.com/go/ignite-ux-docs• HP Server Automation (SA) Documentation at http://support.openview.hp.com/selfsolve/

Glossaryadministrator A user who manages users, resource pools, and self service requests through Matrix OEinfrastructure orchestration console.alloca

http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docsAs of Matrix infrastructure orchestration 7.3, HP Insight Control server deployment has beenremoved from the D

service and infrastructure orchestration searches its inventory allocating the computing resourcesto all logical resource definitions in the template.

If you performed a new installation of Insight Management, and if federated CMS was notsuccessfully enabled during the installation, configure a feder

VCEM See Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager.vCenter VMware's enterprise-level virtualization management product.Virtual Connect HP's hardwar

A HP Operations Orchestration communication securityThis appendix describes the security of the interaction between Matrix infrastructure orchestratio

Service action workflows must receive the following parameters:• Request XML – The XML that represents the infrastructure; for example:• User Token –

• Global Service End Action• User Notification• User Pool Notification• Service Lease Notification• Service Recovery• Service Fail ActionService actio

B Creating custom host name workflowsThe OO workflow implemented to work with the custom host names feature must define the followinginput parameters:

HostnameOperationTypeEnum RESERVE optionThe HostnameOperationTypeEnum RESERVE is used during create service and add server requests.Configure the work

HostnameOperationTypeEnum RELEASE optionThe HostnameOperationTypeEnum RELEASE is used during the delete service and remove serverrequests. Configure t

Example 4 Received XML (PropertyXML)<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><PropertyList xmlns=

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IndexAaccessinginfrastructure orchestration console, 97infrastructure orchestration designer, 94infrastructure orchestration organization administrato

1. Configure secondary CMSs.When complete, this step configures Systems Insight Manager's federated CMS list on theprimary CMS, exchanges certifi

defining, 23Customizable templatesmodifying settings, 22customization, 51cost of, 160customizinginfrastructure orchestration organization administrato

features, 11infrastructure orchestration applications, 94infrastructure orchestration consoleaccess, 97Calendar tab, 98Home page, 97Networks tab, 98Or

memory, 241memory oversubscription, 50Microsoft SCVMM templates, 49Modifying settingscustomizable templates, 22multi-path storage, 153multi-tenancy, 1

SCVMM templates, 49troubleshooting, 220security groupconfiguring, 56Security groupsHP Storage Provisioning Manager, 181self service user, 14serverfloa

ESX, 46Hyper-V, 47Integrity, 46virtual private disksnumber of supported, 44virtual provisioning, 44Virtual serversattaching physical disks, 118virtual

Support for a rolling upgrade of a CMS federationMatrix OE infrastructure orchestration supports a rolling upgrade of a federated CMS environment.A ro

IMPORTANT: If you configured secondary CMSs for use in a federated CMS environment, ensurethat each SAN storage volume is managed by only one HP Stora

2. Log in to the Operations Orchestration administrator account using the following credentials:• User name: admin• Password: the Insight Management s

Contents1 Introduction...11Automated infrastructure design p

Orchestration system properties screen displays all the classes of email sent by infrastructureorchestration (Hpio*Sender and Hpio*Recipients). You ca

Approval emails sent to the infrastructure orchestration administrator includes a URL to be followedfor approval. The URL can be followed only once. H

Configuring a remote instance of Operations Orchestration StudioYou can download Operations Orchestration Studio from a CMS where infrastructure orche

5. Specify Operations Orchestration information as described below, then click Next to completethe installation.• In the Host Name or IP Address field

Pruning history data for Operations Orchestration Central systemsThe Operations Orchestration Central database stores information about every flow exe

NOTE: If you copy and paste these commands, be sure to enter the dash (minus) key. In somecases, copying and pasting results in characters that appear

IMPORTANT: User-defined properties will be included in the Request XML and passed toOperations Orchestration workflows. Security should be considered

Configuring Insight Control server deploymentCreating server deployment job foldersCreate Insight Control server deployment job folders for each opera

1. Save a copy of the default Erase job:a. Right-click the Erase ProLiant Hardware job under the HP Deployment Toolbox→ HardwareConfiguration folder,

2. Delete tasks 1, 3, 4, and 6 from the default Erase job:a. Double-click the Erase ProLiant Hardware job. The Job Properties window appears.b. In the

Configuring an environment for virtual provisioning...44Provisioning a Linux VM on H

3. Modify the Power Control task to shut down instead of reboot in the default Erase job:a. Select the Power Control task, and then click Modify.b. Se

Configuring Ignite-UXMatrix infrastructure orchestration supports Ignite-UX version C.7.11.439 (HP-UX 11.31 1009) orlater for HP-UX 11i v3 deployment.

3. In Ping inclusion ranges, system (hosts) names, and/or hosts files, enter the IP address orFQDN.4. In Credentials..., specify the user name and pas

Infrastructure orchestration requires the SA OS Build Plan Management permissions to be enabled.If these permissions are not set, IO will not retrieve

5. In infrastructure orchestration designer, create or edit a template, and edit the networkconfiguration to select the network from step 2.Default me

Skipping automated OS customizationBy default, after infrastructure orchestration deploys an OS to a server, it automatically customizes(personalizes)

An administrator can configure a network with IPv4, IPv6, or dual stack (IPv4 and IPv6) and alsodefine static ranges for IPv6 addresses. During the pr

Setting up a Hyper-V virtual machine networkTo add a network for use by the virtual machines provisioned through infrastructure orchestration,perform

8. Click Run Now. The task results appear.Insight Control virtual machine management template creation might take from 5 minutes upto 30 minutes to co

Hyper-V virtual machine management templatesA Hyper-V VM template is not automatically discovered. Hyper-V templates must be imported intoHP Insight C

Matrix OE infrastructure orchestration console...96Accessing the console...

◦ Multi-server (SCVMM service) templates are excluded.◦ No explicit indication is given when a template is filtered from view.• When using SCVMM 2012

The following table shows some examples of how changing this configuration will affect the minimumavailable memory required in ESX VM hosts.Figure 1 E

encrypted passwords for VMware VM guests must be the same one used by the infrastructureorchestration CMS for the VM guest deployment.• To cause IO to

Requirements for High Availability Hyper-V virtual machines withRDM/pass-through disksMatrix supports High Availability (HA) Hyper-V VMs with RDM/pass

A template containing these server group types can be marked recoverable:• ESX and Hyper-V (with manual and automatic OS deployment, private and share

Operations Orchestration workflows provide system administrators with automatic email notificationwhen operations are performed on recoverable IO serv

Configuring an environment for cloud provisioningIn addition to provisioning with on-premise resources, Matrix OE infrastructure orchestration support

NOTE: This tab is enabled only when a software image with a Cloud source type is selected onthe Software tab. Images for any external cloud provider,

Configuring a firewall1. Select either Required or Optional according to the requirements of your provider.2. Complete the following steps to set up a

Configuring a load balancerA load balancer distributes network traffic and enables optimal resource utilization across serversin a virtual or physical

Deploying an operating system to multi-path storage...153Matrix Operating Environment su

Optionally, a load balancer expert can customize the packaged Operations Orchestration workflowsor develop new OO workflows for additional types of lo

and/or a certificate ID. These IDs are the keys to an actual password or certificate that is storedin IO. This allows more than one load balancer to u

For more information about Matrix infrastructure orchestration IPv6 support, see the IPv6 Supportin Insight Management white paper available at http:/

Requesting a load balancer for an organizationLoad balancers can be “reserved” for use by a particular organization or user by:• Specifying a tag in t

Following are examples of commands that create and delete a logical load balancer group.When creating a logical load balancer group, a service IP addr

command, except for the IP address (–a option). Note that each addgroupmember commandspecifies a different IP address.A logical load balancer group sh

The following table describes the information shown in the Load Balance tab in the Details pane.In addition, the model of the load balancer, its versi

• Available VC domain groups in HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM)• Configuring server deployment platforms including Insight Control server

The infrastructure orchestration console initially displays the Home tab with summary information.NOTE: When the Requests tab is first displayed, no r

To view and configure physical and virtual networks, the infrastructure orchestration administratormust perform the following steps.NOTE: Matrix infra

Auto-provisioning storage fails with “No matching storage found” error...194Logical servers are inoperable if they are asso

NOTE: Networks can be configured with IPv4, IPv6, or dual stack (IPv4 and IPv6). Gatewayand DNS can be configured using IPv6. During the process of IP

5. When finished setting up a network, click Save.The network is now ready to use with infrastructure orchestration.Trunk and VLAN networksCloud deplo

Matrix infrastructure orchestration contains VLAN tagged network support to meet the followingobjectives:• Enable IO to be used to deploy a VM Host wi

Following is an example of a Virtual Connect tunnel trunk configuration.Physical networks discovered from Virtual Connect are represented as a subnet

• Cannot be mapped to a multi-network VC profile NIC port• Cannot be part of a shared uplink setVirtual Connect mapped trunk configurationA Virtual Co

While a request is paused, the administrator can make the necessary modifications to theenvironment to make the network available for allocation. When

76 Installation and configuration

3. Define the VLANs that can be carried by one physical network.a. In the infrastructure orchestration console Networks tab, click Create Network.b. S

Configuring trunk and VLAN networks to enable support for Hyper-V VLAN taggingVLAN tagging is the practice of inserting a VLAN ID into network data to

NOTE: NCU (HP Network Configuration Utility) is only supported through Hyper-V 2008 R2.For Hyper-V 2012 and later, use the Network Teaming functionali

IO provisioning and linked clone provisioning fails when using a Windows 2012 OStemplate...

1. Determine whether your DIO card is DLA or FLA using the hpvmhwmgmt -l -p diocommand.2. An Administrator must add the DIO cards to the hpvm pool and

4. Refresh the Networks tab in the infrastructure orchestration console. A new network appearsnamed the same as the DIO network ports label you used o

on a standalone VM Host or in a cluster. They enable a cluster to be divided into logical poolsof memory and CPU resources above the level of individu

The following server pools are automatically generated and cannot be used for infrastructure servicecreation.• Unassigned pool contains all resources

Creating a pool1. To create a new pool, click Create Pool on the Servers tab.2. In New pool name, enter a descriptive name.Select servers from any poo

3. To add a server to a pool, select a server in the list on the left, and then click the >> button.The server moves to the list on the right.NO

5. Assign users to the pool so that infrastructure orchestration can use the new pool. To assignusers, select the pool in the list, and then click Mod

6. Select the user in the Unassigned Users/Groups list and then click >>. Repeat this process foreach user. Click Save. The Servers page reappea

NOTE: The Operations Orchestration workflow authoring tool (OO Studio) may be used to extendthe functionality of the reference workflow to support add

The “inventoryList.xml” file is read from the file system and its contents are then sent directlyto the ESA web service. The ESA web service processes

VMs fail to reconfigure after editing memory or processor settings on a running VM...221Self Service Portal operations...

<hostname xsi:nil=”true”/> <localStorageList> <localStorageVolumes> <id>1</id> <sizeGB>68</size

For each server in the inventoryList.xml file, the “Get Server Info” workflow is invoked. Theworkflow extracts the detailed server definition from ser

makes use of the serverInfo.xml record to determine the server’s model so that the correctpower operation is performed. The same call back pattern is

a. Edit ..\Program Files\HP\Matrix infrastructure orchestration\conf\blade_models.properties file.b. Add the new server model. The server model string

3 Using Matrix infrastructure orchestration applicationsOverviewMatrix infrastructure orchestration applications support the roles of architect, servi

Matrix infrastructure orchestration designer maintains a secure cache in the browser of changesmade during a design session. If a session times out or

Designer interface overviewThe template editor window contains three major frames:• The Components frame displays the icons for the logical objects us

To accomplish these tasks the service provider administrator must:• Create resource pools for hosting services based on standardized templates and the

Displays all the available templates and enables you to view the details of a template, edit atemplate, create a new template, delete a template, subm

RDP and telnet access depend on network connectivity from the client to deployed servers. Serversdeployed to non-routable networks cannot be accessed