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System Center 2012 Orchestrator Unleashed Kerrie Meyler

System Center 2012 Orchestrator Unleashed By Kerrie Meyler

System Center 2012 Orchestrator Unleashed by Kerrie Meyler

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System Center 2012 Orchestrator Unleashed by Kerrie Meyler

Using System Center 2012 Orchestrator, you can capture and document processes across your entire IT organization, establishing the automation you need to deliver advanced cloud services and self-adjusting computing resources. Authored by five leading System Center experts, this comprehensive reference and technical guide brings together all the knowledge you'll need to architect, install, implement, integrate, and maximize the value of your own Orchestrator solutions. The authors introduce current best practices based on large-scale enterprise implementations they've personally led or participated in. This up-to-date guide shows how to apply Orchestrator's major improvements to implement IT process automation in any environment, including private clouds. You'll start with context: what Orchestrator does, how it has evolved, how it works, and essential architecture and design techniques. Next, the authors help you make crucial up-front decisions about activities, runbooks, security, and administration. Finally, you'll find expert guidance for integrating Orchestrator with the rest of System Center and with Windows Azure cloud services-including advanced automated workflows that encompass both data center and cloud. Detailed information on how to... * Understand System Center 2012 Orchestrator's capabilities, evolution, architecture, and design, including SP1 improvements and R2 * Successfully install System Center 2012 Orchestrator and migrate smoothly from Opalis Integration Server 6.3 * Take full advantage of Orchestrator's advanced new runbook automation capabilities * Configure activities associated with runbook control, systems, scheduling, monitoring, files, email, notification, and data handling * Design runbooks for fault tolerance and optimal performance * Enforce strong security using roles, permissions, and auditing * Deliver integration capabilities for Operations Manager, Service Manager, Configuration Manager, Virtual Machine Manager, and Data Protection Manager * Automate end-to-end data center/ cloud workflows with integration packs and PowerShell * Create your own integration packs with Orchestrator Integration Toolkit (OIT.SDK) * Support Orchestrator 2012, troubleshoot problems, and discover the best web and third-party resources

About Kerrie Meyler

Kerrie Meyler, System Center MVP for Cloud and Datacenter Management, is the lead author of numerous System Center books in the Unleashed series. This includes System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed (2008), System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Unleashed (2009), System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Unleashed (2010), System Center Opalis Integration Server 6.3 Unleashed (2011), System Center Service Manager 2010 Unleashed (2011), System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Unleashed (2012), and System Center 2012 Operations Manager Unleashed (2013). She is an independent consultant and trainer with more than 15 years of Information Technology experience. Kerrie has presented on System Center technologies at TechEd NA and MMS. Pete Zerger is a consultant, author, speaker, and System Center Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP focusing on System Center management, private cloud, and data center automation solutions. He is a frequent speaker at Microsoft conferences, and writes articles for a variety of technical magazines including Microsoft TechNet. Pete is a contributing author for several books, including System Center Opalis Integration Server 6.3 Unleashed (2011), PowerShell 2.0 Bible (Wiley, 2011), and System Center 2012 Operations Manager Unleashed (2013). He is also the co-founder of SystemCenterCentral.com, a popular web community providing information, news, and support for System Center technologies. In 2008, Pete founded the System Center Virtual User Group, a group dedicated to sharing System Center knowledge with users worldwide. Marcus Oh, System Center Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, is a senior technical manager for a large telecommunications provider, running directory services and management infrastructure for ~30,000 systems. He has been an MVP since 2004 in System Center, specializing in Configuration Manager, Operations Manager, and Orchestrator. Marcus has written numerous articles for technology websites and blogs on Orchestrator and other System Center components at http://marcusoh.blogspot.com. He coauthored Professional SMS 2003, MOM 2005, and WSUS (Wrox, 2006), was a contributing author to System Center Opalis Integration Server 6.3 Unleashed (2011), and coauthored System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Unleashed (2012). Marcus is also the president of the Atlanta Systems Management User Group ( http://www.atlsmug.com ) and a board member of the Deskside Management Forum. Anders Bengtsson is a Microsoft senior premier field engineer focusing on System Center. He has written a number of System Center training courses, including the Service Manager 2010 and Operations Manager 2007 advanced courses for Microsoft Learning. He was a coauthor for System Center Service Manager 2010 Unleashed (2011). Before joining Microsoft, Anders was a Microsoft MVP from 2007-2010 for his work in the System Center community, including more than 10,000 posts in news groups and forums. Anders has presented and worked at numerous Microsoft conferences and events, including MMS and Microsoft TechEd NA and EMEA. Kurt Van Hoecke, System Center Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, is a managing consultant at Inovativ Belgium. He focuses on the System Center product suite, including Orchestrator, Service Manager, and Configuration Manager. Kurt was a contributing author to System Center Service Manager 2010 Unleashed (2011) and blogs for System Center User Group Belgium and AuthoringFriday, where he shares his field experiences and discusses how to extend the built-in functionality of the System Center components.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Disclaimers and Fine Print 3 PART I: ORCHESTRATOR OVERVIEW AND CONCEPTS Chapter 1 Orchestration, Integration, and Automation 7 Orchestration, ITIL, and MOF 8 Integration, Automation, Orchestration The Differences 9 About Integration 10 Using Automation 11 About Orchestration 12 Benefits of Orchestration 13 How Orchestration Can Help 15 What Not to Expect with Orchestration 16 Positioning of Orchestrator in System Center 2012 16 Typical Use Cases 19 Regular Maintenance and Daily Operations 19 On-Demand Requests 20 Incident Management 20 IT Process Automation 21 Business-Oriented Processes Automation 21 Elastic Data Center 21 Managing a Project 22 Define Your Processes 22 Consistency Checking 23 Report on Operations 23 Technical Implementation 23 Example: Orchestrating a VM Deployment 23 Summary 27 Chapter 2 What's New in System Center 2012 Orchestrator 29 The History of Orchestrator 30 The Beginnings of Orchestrator: OpalisRobot 30 OpalisRendezVous 30 Opalis Innovates 31 Goodbye Robot, Hello OIS 32 Microsoft's Acquisition of Opalis Software 33 OIS to Orchestrator 34 OIS Migration to Orchestrator 35 Where Orchestrator Fits into System Center 35 OIS 6.3 Versus Orchestrator 2012 37 Terminology Changes 37 Services 40 Other Terminology Changes 41 Concept Changes 44 Architecture and Feature Changes 45 Prerequisite/Sizing Changes 45 Licensing Changes 47 Summary 47 Chapter 3 Looking Inside System Center 2012 Orchestrator 49 Architectural Overview 50 Server Components 52 Management Server 53 Runbook Server 54 Orchestrator Database 54 Web Service 54 Orchestration Console 54 Runbook Designer 55 Deployment Models 58 Minimum Installation Model 58 Additional Runbooks and Scaling Out 59 Multiple System Center 2012 Orchestrator Installations 59 Windows Services 63 Orchestrator Management Service (omanagement) 63 Orchestrator Remoting Service (oremoting) 63 Orchestrator Runbook Server Monitor (omonitor) 64 Orchestrator Runbook Service (orunbook) 65 Global Settings 65 Integration Packs 67 Runbooks 68 Data Bus 69 Connectors 71 Consoles 71 Using the Orchestration Console 72 Using Deployment Manager 72 Using Runbook Designer 72 Using Runbook Tester 73 Data Store Configuration 75 Community Tools 76 Communication 76 Summary 78 Chapter 4 Architectural Design 79 Planning and Implementing Orchestrator 79 Planning for Physical Design 83 Hardware Requirements 84 SQL Hardware Best Practices 88 Server Placement 90 Network Traffic and Protocols 90 Physical High Availability of Orchestrator Components 90 Scaling Out 92 Planning for Logical Design 92 Orchestrator Software Requirements 92 Runbook Design Standards and Best Practices 93 Service Accounts 96 Determining the Development Process and Security Model 97 Designing Logical Fault Tolerance 101 Summary 104 PART II: INSTALLATION AND IMPLEMENTATION Chapter 5 Installing System Center 2012 Orchestrator 107 Orchestrator Installation Roadmap 107 Planning for Installation 108 Installing Orchestrator Features 110 Performing Post-Installation Tasks 111 Installing Orchestrator 112 Installing the Management Server 113 Installing the Runbook Server Using Installation Media 123 Installing the Runbook Server Using Deployment Manager 126 Installing the Web Service 128 Installing the Runbook Designer Using the Installer 131 Installing Runbook Designer Using Deployment Manager 134 Using the Command-Line Installation Tool 136 Performing Post-Installation Tasks 139 Registering and Deploying Integration Packs 139 Migrating Opalis Policies to Orchestrator 145 Summary 150 Chapter 6 Using System Center 2012 Orchestrator 151 Framework for Creating Runbooks 151 Analyzing the Desired Automation 152 Orchestrator Usage Scenarios 153 Analyzing Actions in the Automation 155 Translating Actions to Runbook Activities 159 Creating the Runbook in Orchestrator Runbook Designer 161 Configuring the Runbook Designer 161 Checking In and Checking Out 163 Configuring Runbook Properties 163 Using Activities and Links in Your Runbook 164 Data Manipulation When Configuring Activities 166 Using Published Data 168 Using Computer Groups with Runbooks 169 Using Regular Expressions 171 Using Counters 173 Using Schedules 174 Creating and Using Variables 176 Validating the Runbook 179 Managing Runbooks Using the Orchestration Console 181 Managing Runbooks with the Orchestrator Web Service 185 Web Service Resource Discovery 187 Using Visual Studio to Interact with the Web Service 188 Using PowerShell or VBScript to Interact with the Web Service 193 View Orchestrator Data by Using Excel PowerPivot 196 Summary 200 Chapter 7 Runbook Basics 201 Anatomy of a Runbook 202 General Information 202 Runbook Servers 203 Logging Properties 203 Event Notifications 203 Job Concurrency 204 Returned Data 205 Runbook Security 205 Using Activities 209 Activity Properties 210 Published Data 213 Orchestrator Standard Activities 214 System Activities 214 Scheduling Activities 214 Monitoring Activities 214 File-Management Activities 214 Email Activities 215 Notification Activities 215 Utilities Activities 215 Text File Management 215 Runbook Control 215 Monitoring Activities 215 Orchestrator Custom Activities 216 Orchestrator Workflow Control 216 Starting Point 216 Smart Links 218 Embedded Loops 220 Drag and Drop 220 Managing Runbooks 221 Starting and Stopping Runbooks 221 Importing and Exporting Runbooks 222 Versioning Runbooks 226 Auditing Changes 226 Runbook Logging 228 Real-Time and Historic Runbook Logs 228 Trace Logs 229 Audit Logs 231 Building Your First Runbook 232 Copying a File 232 Preserving Copied Files 233 Monitoring File Changes 234 Using Logic in Links 235 Summary 238 Chapter 8 Advanced Runbook Concepts 239 Advanced Schedules 239 Using the Monitor/Date Time Activity 240 Using the Check Schedule Activity 242 Invoking Child Runbooks 245 Looping Considerations 246 Behavior with Multiple Data Items 246 Configuring Looping Properties for an Activity 246 Preventing Infinite Loops 248 Monitoring for Conditions in Activities 249 Runbook Looping 251 Using Junctions 253 Synchronizing Branches 253 Republishing Data 253 Junction Examples 256 Working with Data 258 Data Manipulation Functions 258 Regular Expressions 260 Testing Functions and Regular Expressions 263 Error Handling 265 Overview of a Simple Runbook 265 Adding Error Handling 266 Computer Groups and Alternative Options 268 Entry Types 269 Using Computer Groups 269 Using Variables 270 Using NOW() As a Variable 271 Using Environment Variables 272 Using Encrypted Variables 272 Using Counters 272 Summary 273 Chapter 9 Standard Activities 275 Configuring Standard Activities 276 General Tab 276 Run Behavior Tab 276 Runbook Control Activities 277 Initialize Data Activity 277 Invoke Runbook 278 Return Data 280 Junction Activity 281 System Activities Category 282 Run .Net Script 283 Using Run Program 286 About Query WMI 289 Start/Stop Service 290 End Process 291 Restart System 292 Save Event Log 293 Run SSH Command 294 SNMP Activities 296 Scheduling Category 297 Monitor Date/Time Activity 297 Check Schedule 298 Monitoring Activities 298 File Management 300 Email Activities 302 Notification Activities 304 Send Event Log Message 305 Send Platform Event 306 Send Syslog Message 306 Utilities Category 307 Using Counters in Orchestrator 308 Data-Handling Activities 310 Other Utility Activities 315 Text File Management 316 Summary 317 Chapter 10 Runbook and Configuration Best Practices 319 Runbook Best Practices 319 Designing Runbooks for Fault Tolerance 326 Designing Parent and Child Runbooks 327 Using the Run Program Activity 331 Looping Within a Runbook 332 Configuration Best Practices 334 Specifying a Runbook Server and Runbook Throttling 334 Configuring SQL Server 335 Purging the Orchestrator Database 336 Useful SQL Queries 337 Verifying Runbook Design 339 Summary 348 Chapter 11 Security and Administration 349 Orchestrator Security Model 349 Running a Runbook Using a Specific Account 353 Auditing in Orchestrator 357 Changing Service Accounts 360 Database Roles 363 Exporting and Importing Runbooks 363 User Roles and Security 366 Connecting Remotely 369 Creating Runbook Folders 373 Assigning Permissions to Runbooks for Help Desk Operators 374 Summary 377 PART III: INTEGRATION PACKS AND THE OIT Chapter 12 Orchestrator Integration Packs 381 An Integration Overview 382 Active Directory Integration Pack 382 Active Directory IP Typical Use Case 382 Active Directory IP Activity List 383 Active Directory IP Supported Versions 384 Active Directory IP Configuration Settings 385 Exchange Admin Integration Pack 386 Exchange Admin IP Typical Use Case 386 Exchange Admin IP Activity List 386 Exchange Admin IP Installation Notes 388 Exchange Admin IP Supported Versions 390 Exchange Admin IP Configuration Settings 390 Exchange User Integration Pack 391 Exchange User IP Typical Use Case 391 Exchange User IP Activity List 391 Exchange User IP Installation Notes 392 Exchange User IP Supported Versions 392 Exchange User IP Configuration Settings 392 FTP Integration Pack 394 FTP IP Typical Use Case 394 FTP IP Activity List 394 FTP IP Installation Notes 395 FTP IP Supported Versions 395 FTP IP Configuration Settings 395 HP Integration Packs 397 HP iLO and OA 397 HP Operations Manager 399 IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Integration Pack 402 IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus IP Typical Use Case 402 IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus IP Activity List 402 IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus IP Installation Notes 403 IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus IP Supported Versions 403 IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus IP Configuration Settings 403 Representational State Transfer (REST) Integration Pack 404 REST IP Typical Use Cases 404 REST IP Activity List 405 REST IP Installation Notes 405 REST IP Supported Versions 405 REST IP Configuration Settings 405 HP Service Manager Integration Pack 406 HP Service Manager IP Typical Use Case 407 HP Service Manager IP Activity List 407 HP Service Manager IP Installation Notes 407 HP Service Manager IP Supported Versions 408 HP Service Manager IP Configuration Settings 408 VMware vSphere Integration Pack 409 VMware vSphere IP Typical Use Case 409 VMware vSphere IP Activity List 409 VMware vSphere IP Installation Notes 412 VMware vSphere IP Supported Versions 412 VMware vSphere IP Configuration Settings 412 Community-Developed Integration Packs 413 Orchestrator.codeplex.com 413 Scorch.codeplex.com 413 Summary 414 Chapter 13 Integration with System Center Operations Manager 415 Integration Pack Requirements 415 System Center 2012 Orchestrator 415 System Center 2012 Operations Manager 416 Installing the Integration Pack 416 Configuring the Integration Pack 416 Connectivity Requirements 416 Granting Access to the Connection Account 417 Configuring the Connection Account 417 Activities at a Glance 419 Activities in Depth 419 Use Case Scenarios 422 Incident Remediation 423 Server Maintenance Mode (Windows or *NIX) 424 Group Maintenance Mode 429 Creating a Runbook for Group Maintenance Mode in Operations Manager 2012 430 Branch Office Maintenance Mode 435 Processing Alerts in Bulk 438 Summary 443 Chapter 14 Integration with System Center Service Manager 445 Communication Requirements 445 Integration Pack Requirements 446 System Center 2012 Orchestrator 446 Locale Settings 446 Installing the Integration Pack 446 Configuring the Integration Pack 447 Activities at a Glance 448 Activities in Depth 449 Use Case Scenarios 450 Closing Resolved Incidents 451 Creating a Change Calendar 454 Automating Service Requests 457 Troubleshooting the SCSM IP 471 Summary 472 Chapter 15 Integration with System Center Configuration Manager 473 Integration Pack Requirements 473 System Center 2012 Orchestrator 473 System Center 2012 Configuration Manager 474 Installing the Integration Pack 474 Configuring the Integration Pack 474 Creating the Connection Account 474 Granting Access to the Connection Account 475 Connectivity Requirements 478 Activities at a Glance 479 Activities in Depth 480 Use Case Scenarios 482 Creating and Populating a Collection 482 Applying Endpoint Protection Policy 488 Applying Software Updates 492 Summary 505 Chapter 16 Integration with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 507 Integration Pack Requirements 507 System Center 2012 Orchestrator 508 System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager 508 Installing the Integration Pack 508 Configuring the Integration Pack 508 Connectivity Requirements 509 Security Credentials 509 Granting Access to the Connection Account 509 Configuring the Connection Account 509 Activities at a Glance 511 Activities in Depth 513 Advanced Deployment Capabilities in VMM 2012 518 Configuring Service Templates 520 The VMM Service Designer 521 Service Template Components 521 Additional Service Template Properties 522 Updating Running Service Instances 524 Use Case Scenarios 525 Enabling Self-Service 525 Virtual Machine Provisioning 535 VM Checkpoint and Recovery 540 VM Lifecycle Management 543 Working with Service Templates 551 Deploying a Service Instance (Service Template) 551 Scaling Out a Machine (Computer) Tier 553 Scaling In a Machine Tier 554 Performing In-Place Servicing 555 Summary 557 Chapter 17 Integration with System Center Data Protection Manager 559 Integration Pack Requirements 559 System Center 2012 Orchestrator 559 System Requirements 560 Installing the Integration Pack 560 Configuring the Integration Pack 560 Activities at a Glance 564 Activities in Depth 564 Use Case Scenarios 565 Creating a Recovery Point Before Installing Software 566 Preparing a Server for Patch Management 568 Restoring a SQL Server Database to a Network Folder 570 Troubleshooting the DPM IP 573 Summary 576 Chapter 18 Integration with Windows Azure 577 Integration Pack Requirements 578 Installing the Integration Pack 578 Quick Introduction to PFX Files 578 Configuring the Integration Pack 579 Activities at a Glance 582 Activity Categories in Depth 582 Use Case Scenarios 583 Deploying a New Virtual Machine in Windows Azure 584 Getting Information About a Virtual Machine in Windows Azure 588 Copying Files from a Local Folder to an Azure Storage Container 589 Deploying a New Web Service in Windows Azure 592 Summary 597 Chapter 19 Runbook Automation in the Data Center and the Cloud 599 Factors in Process Automation Planning and Design 599 The Role of Orchestrator in Cloud Computing 601 The Rise of the Hybrid Cloud 602 Use Case Scenarios 602 CMDB Automation (Dynamic Asset Management for Data Center and Cloud) 603 Cross-Platform Integration (Linux Service Restart) 609 Cloud Bursting (Capacity Management for Hybrid Cloud) 615 Summary 617 Chapter 20 The Orchestrator Integration Toolkit 619 Overview of the Orchestrator Integration Toolkit 620 Development Planning 620 Developing the Workflow Activities 622 Deploying Workflow Activities 622 Preparing the Project 623 Installing the Orchestrator Integration Toolkit 623 Installation Prerequisites 624 Toolkit Installation 624 Validating Toolkit Installation 626 Using the Command-Line Activity Wizard 627 Starting Assembly Creation 627 Creating a New Activity Assembly 628 Adding Activities to the Command-Line Activity Assembly 630 Testing and Validating the Assembly 635 Converting Opalis QIK CLI Assemblies 636 Using the Integration Pack Wizard 637 Creating a New Integration Pack 638 Updating and Converting Integration Packs 643 Using the Orchestrator SDK 644 Choosing a Development Approach 645 Start Building an SDK Activity Project 653 Creating a Custom Resource File 654 Declarative Approach 659 Using the Imperative Approach 663 Cascading Dependencies Approach 666 Summary 671 PART IV: APPENDIXES Appendix A Community Solutions and Tools 675 Utilities and Scripts 675 Category Switcher 675 End User Portal for System Center Orchestrator 676 Orchestrator Health Checker 676 Orchestrator Remote Tools 676 Orchestrator Visio and Word Generator 676 Parse Orchestrator Export 677 Sanitize Export 677 SCO Job Runner 677 SCOrch Launcher 677 System Center Orchestrator Web Service PowerShell 678 Integration Packs 678 Working with Utilities 678 Working with System Center 680 Working with Other Microsoft Products 681 Appendix B Reference URLs 683 General Resources 683 Microsoft's Orchestrator Resources 684 Additional Resources 686 Blogs 688 System Center 2012 Resources 689 Appendix C Available Online 691 PowerShell Scripts for the Operations Manager IP 691 PowerShell Scripts for the Virtual Machine Manager IP 691 Scripts for the Data Center Automation 692 Live Links 692 Index 693

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CIN0672336103G
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System Center 2012 Orchestrator Unleashed by Kerrie Meyler
Kerrie Meyler
Unleashed
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Pearson Education (US)
20130913
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