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Orchestrator 2012 Overview

Orchestrator 2012 Overview. Markus Erlacher Technical Specialist Microsoft Switzerland. Orchestrator Investments Areas. Operator Trigger, Monitor & Troubleshoot. Developer Application integration. IT Business Manager Report & Analyze. IT Pro Authoring, Debugging & Scripting.

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Orchestrator 2012 Overview

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  1. Orchestrator 2012 Overview Markus Erlacher Technical Specialist Microsoft Switzerland

  2. Orchestrator Investments Areas • Operator • Trigger, Monitor &Troubleshoot • Developer • Application integration • IT Business Manager • Report & Analyze • IT Pro • Authoring, Debugging & Scripting

  3. Orchestrator Concepts • Activities • Intelligent tasks that perform defined actions • Integration Packs • The way Opalis integrates to and executes activities against other systems and solutions • Databus • The mechanism Opalis uses to publish and consume information between activities as the Runbookexecutes • Runbooks • System level workflows that execute a series of linked activities to complete a defined set of actions

  4. DEMO

  5. Orchestrator System Requirements Supporting the latest platforms • Compute Resources • Min 1GB, recommended 2GB RAM • Minimum 200MB disk space • Dual Core CPU recommended • Datastore • Local or Remote Instance • Windows or SQL authentication

  6. Opalis to Orchestrator Migration Considerations • Rules • Export/Import from Opalis 6.3 to Orchestrator 2012 Beta • Some Opalis 6.3 activities are no longer available • Results • Most Opalis 6.3 Pipeline Mode Runbooks will work without authoring • Non-Pipeline Mode runbooksmay require authoring • Opalis 6.3 non-Pipeline Mode runbooks will import as “checked out” and may required authoring to work in SCO 2012 Beta • Deprecated activities will import as unknown and require authoring • (Required only for Beta) Opalis 6.3 encrypted strings such as passwords will need to be reset after import • Resource: System Center Orchestrator 2012 Runbook Migration Guide (Beta) available on TechNet.

  7. Integration Pack compatibility for RC • What works with Orchestrator 2012 RC/RTM? • All System Center IPs (updated for RC) • All 3rd-party IPs updated and released with beta • When are IPs Coming for System Center 2012? • Shortly after Orchestrator RTM • Virtual Machine Manager 2012 • Service Manager 2012 • Data Protection Manager 2012 • Configuration Manager 2012 • Operations Manager 2012

  8. Migrating from Opalis 6.3 – Deprecated Activities Items in Purple replaced in Foundation Activities New Foundation Activities for Text File Management and email in Orchestrator

  9. The Orchestration Console • Java/JBOSS console is deprecated • New Silverlight web application • Operate Runbooks • Monitor • Initiate • Troubleshoot

  10. The New Web Service • Exposes Orchestrator runtime functionality and data • Runbook definitions • Runtime data (instances, status) • Environment data (runbook servers) • Reporting and Analytics • External interface to System Center • Standards Based • RESTfulweb interface • Uses OData(Open Data Protocol)

  11. Frequently Asked Questions • Localization / Globalization • We are globalizing for Orchestrator (run on non EN_US OS) • Localization (languages other than EN_US) will follow in a future release • Operations Manager Management Pack • YES! • Released with Orchestrator

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