One of my Tech-Ed sessions this year is on Opalis, a new Run Book Automation (RBA) product Microsoft bought last year. Opalis represents a great opportunity to drive down the cost of your datacenter operations while ensuring your processes are codified, auditable and repeatable.

1. Opalis IT Process Automation
Introduction and Technical Overview
Amit Gatenyo
Infrastructure & Security Manager, Dario
Regional Specialist – Windows Server & Security, Microsoft
054-2492499
Amit.g@dario.co.il

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3. Topics to be covered today
What is Opalis?
How does it fit within System Center?
How to get started with IT Process
Automation
Extending Opalis Integration
Demos, Demos and more Demos

4. What is Opalis?
Acquired by Microsoft in December 2009
Opalis is a powerful tool to automate IT
Processes
Integration – Automation – Orchestration
Get ready for ‘The Cloud’

5. Topics to be covered today
What is Opalis?
How does it fit within System Center?
How to get started with IT Process
Automation
Extending Opalis Integration
Demos, Demos and more Demos

6. What is Opalis?
Acquired by Microsoft in December 2009
Opalis is a powerful tool to automate IT
Processes
Integration – Automation – Orchestration
Get ready for ‘The Cloud’

7. Where Does Opalis fit?
CMDB / Asset DB / CMS
Server Network Storage Client
Infrastructure
BMC
EMC
IBM
Custom
Apps
CA
NetIQ
Microsoft
Symantec
Peregrine
VERITAS
VMware
IT Enterprise
Management
Applications
HP
IT Process Automation Catalogs
Automation Platform
OPALIS
CLIENTS
Clustered
Database
OPALIS
CLIENTS
Integrated Data Bus
Integration Packs, CLI (SSH, C:), Web Services, SNMP, Java, .Net
OPALIS ACTION
SERVICE
OPALIS ACTION
SERVICE
OPALIS ACTION
SERVICE

8. Opalis Solution Architecture

9. System Center delivers the Dynamic
Datacenter

10. Automate provisioning,
resource allocation and
retirement
Extend virtual machine
management to the
cloud
Orchestrate incident
management and
resolution
Integrate across
monitoring tools, service
desks and CMDBs
Scale automated
configuration across
platforms and tools
Ensure reliable change
with intelligent workflow
branching
Virtual Machine
Lifecycle Management Incident Management
Automated
Configuration
Management
IT Process Automation Examples

11. Getting to know Opalis

12. Demo
Simple Incident Management

13. Processes and IT Silos
Event Mgmt
Service Desk
Asset/CMDB
Configuration
Virtual
Security
Storage
Server
Network
Triage & diagnose
Integrate service desks with data center tools
Update CI and assets systems
Coordinate audit, compliance and change
Orchestrate lifecycle management
Patch , user on-boarding, password reset
Provision, verify, manage & retire
Provision, verify, manage & retire
Provision, verify, manage & retire
IT Silos Silo Processes
Change
&
Compliance
Provisioning
Virtual
Service
Management
Cloud
Computing
Incident
Response
Monitor
Service
request
Stop VM
Update
request
Update
request
Update & close
request
Clone new
VM
Update
properties
Remove from
Ops Manager
Test VM
Deploy
Applications
Verify
Application
Add to
Ops Manager
Create
CI
Retire
CI
Create
incident
Detach Storage
Detach Network Adapter

14. Demo
Cluster Patch Management

15. The Opalis Components

16. No IP? No Problem!
Quickly Develop Integrations
– Simple APIs that are easy to
learn and use
– Easy wizard-driven approach
to build integration
QIK is a Software Development
Kit (SDK)
– Programming Interface for
.NET 2.0 (C#, VB) & Java
SE5+
– Wizard for packaging
Integration Packs

17. Foundation Extensibility
Run Program
The Run Program object can run any
program or command on any computer in
the domain in interactive or background
mode.

18. Demo
Simple SAN Integration

19. Foundation Extensibility
Query Database
The Query Database object will query a
database and return the resulting rows as
Published Data. This object can also
perform all CRUD operations.

20. Foundation Extensibility
Run .NET Script
The Run .NET Script object can run scripts
written in VB.NET, JScript, C#, and
PowerShell.

21. Foundation Extensibility
Invoke Web Services
The Invoke Web Service object will
execute a web service with XML
parameters specified.

22. Foundation Extensibility
Query WMI
The Query WMI object will send a WMI
query to a specified system and return the
results as Published Data.

23. Foundation Extensibility
Run SSH Command
The Run SSH Command object opens an
SSH connection to a remote server and
runs shell commands on that server.

24. Foundation Extensibility
Send SNMP Trap
The Send SNMP Trap object will raise an
SNMP event that can be detected by a
network systems manager application.

25. Demo
Complex Incident Remediation

26. Demo
Identity Management

27. Summary
Get ready for ‘The Cloud’
Complex Patch Management
SAN Integration
Incident Remediation
Just to name a few possible usages…

28. Private Cloud (Not @ Empire Bank)
Dynamic provisioning of multi-tier
applications
Orchestrating multi-vendor
incident management solutions
Updating a custom-made CMDB

29. Opalis Resources
Dario Blog - Opalis
8 Minutes Videos
System Center Opalis Home
Microsoft Pathways – Opalis
TechNet Webcasts

30. Take your Tech-Ed Higher
How to maximize your Knowledge and Experience
Opalis Hands-On Lab – Today @ 14:00
Ask The Expert – Today @ 17:15
Service Manager Session – Tuesday @ 8:15 (don’t sleep
and come right from the party )
“Best of Tech-Ed” sessions at “Infrastructure &
Management User Group” – first one is 14.12 @ 17:30,
for more session dates join the LinkedIn group

31. ‫ופייסבוק‬ ‫משובים‬
‫מירב‬
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‫השלמה‬

32. Amit Gatenyo
Infrastructure & Security Manager, Dario
Regional Specialist – Windows Server & Security, Microsoft
054-2492499
Amit.g@dario.co.il