HP Cloud Map for TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks: Importing the template

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1 HP Cloud Map for TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks: Importing the template An HP Reference Architecture for TIBCO Technical white paper Table of contents Executive summary... 2 Solution environment... 2 Overview... 3 Preparing the HP BladeSystem Matrix... 4 Resource pool requirements... 5 How to utilize this HP BladeSystem Matrix template... 5 Download the HP Cloud Map for TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks... 5 Import the template... 6 Edit network configuration Edit server configuration Save and publish the template Create a service Summary For more information... 19

2 Executive summary For IT teams, infrastructure provisioning can be both time-consuming and resource-draining. Each time a business unit, application owner or development team requests resources, a lengthy process begins. IT experts have to capture system requirements, design the solution from scratch, and then identify the resources that are currently available and those that need to be procured. HP Matrix Operating Environment (Matrix OE) infrastructure orchestration enables your IT organization to provision infrastructure consistently and automatically from pools of shared resources using a self-service portal. You can rapidly provision resources ranging from a single virtual machine to complex multi-tier environments with physical and virtual servers and storage systems. HP Cloud Maps were developed to accelerate the creation of a service catalog by providing a guide to automate infrastructure and application provisioning and deployment. This HP Cloud Map includes a template to automate the infrastructure provisioning and deployment for TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks. This document describes the process used to import the template into a target system and customize it for use. The document describes some specific areas of the template that you will need to modify in order to successfully import the template into the HP Matrix Operating Environment infrastructure orchestration designer interface. The HP Cloud Map for TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks includes a template specific to the provisioning of an ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks server. The template only provisions hardware and operating system resources. Installation of application software is not performed by this template. Target audience: This document is for IT managers, database and system administrators and experienced users who wish to learn more about the capabilities of HP Matrix Operating Environment (Matrix OE) and how it can be used to manage TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks. Knowledge of the HP BladeSystem Matrix and the underlying components will be helpful when reading this white paper. Please see the For more information section at the end of this paper for links to additional information on these topic areas. Note HP Matrix Operating Environment was previously referred to as HP Insight Dynamics. HP Matrix OE infrastructure orchestration (IO) was previously referred to as HP Insight Orchestration. The HP Matrix Operating Environment uses a subset of Operations Orchestration capability. HP Cloud Maps leverage workflows that are authored using this subset of Operations Orchestration. HP Insight Control server deployment was previously referred to HP Rapid Deployment Pack (RDP). Solution environment This template was created and validated using HP Insight Dynamics 6.1 Update 1 and HP ProLiant BL460c server blades including QLogic QMH2562 8Gb FC HBAs in an HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure with two HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 Ethernet modules and two Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-Port Fibre Channel (FC) modules. The server where Insight Dynamics is installed is known as the Central Management Server (CMS). To download HP BladeSystem firmware, go to 2

3 Table 1 lists the firmware and software versions used during testing. Table 1. Firmware and software levels Component Version (tested in March 2011) Servers Tested Testing Environment HP BL460c G6 Physical (1 server) Application Tested TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks HF05 HP Onboard Administrator 3.11 HP Virtual Connect Manager 3.01 HP Integrated Lights-Out 1.82 (ilo 2) QLogic Fibre Channel Adapter QMH2562 ROM BIOS 2.15; Firmware: Operating System Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 Hypervisor None HP Insight Dynamics 6.1 Update 1 Additional Software TIBCO Runtime Agent Software HF02 Overview Before you can utilize Matrix OE infrastructure orchestration to deploy an application service, such as ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks, an infrastructure orchestration template must be built to describe the specific details of the service that will be deployed. This includes details around the server, storage and network requirements for the service. For example, the number of servers required, type of servers, and various processor and memory requirements for each of the servers. Once the application requirements have been gathered, this information can be used to build and publish the representative infrastructure orchestration template. Once the template is completed and published, a user can login to the self-service portal and request to provision the service, which a system administrator would then approve or deny based on the site criteria and policies. One of the benefits of a template driven approach to service creation is the opportunity to employ significant standardization across the various applications in the data center. Instead of a customized request for each application service, templates can be defined that represent various configurations of an application. This type of standardization will not only lead to consistent and repeatable provisioning processes but can help reduce the human error factor when approaching each application deployment as an isolated, customized event. This template is meant as a sample implementation. Many variations of this template are possible. In fact, production environments would probably have more complex template configurations with separate LUNs provisioned for operating system, application and database. This template may be used as a starting point for more complex templates. This template only implements the deployment of the physical hardware and installation of the required operating system software. The installation of the TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks and TIBCO Runtime Agent software is not discussed and would be done manually. 3

4 Once the template was created and deployed, it was tested using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5, ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks HF05 and TIBCO Runtime Agent HF02. In this sample template, only one BusinessWorks server is shown as an example though the template provides for deployment of up to three BusinessWorks servers. Users deploying new BusinessWorks instances through Matrix OE infrastructure orchestration are able to choose how many servers to provision at the time a service is created based on the minimum (typically, one) and maximum number defined in the template. The reference template was created with a maximum of 3 BusinessWorks servers in a deployment. If more than 3 servers were desired, a user with template designer privileges would simply edit the template to increase the maximum. Preparing the HP BladeSystem Matrix This document assumes you will be importing the template into a fully configured HP BladeSystem Matrix environment. The environment should consist of 3 network segments for deployment, management and production and should have a configured deployment server with required operating system software necessary for deploying the resources described in the template. The BladeSystem Matrix environment used to create the reference architecture included HP Insight Dynamics Version 6.1 Update 1. Figure 1 shows the infrastructure orchestration template for TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks. Figure 1. Template for TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 4

5 Resource pool requirements The following hardware and software resources are required for the template provided in the HP Cloud Map for TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks. Server pool requirements One to three ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks servers, each with at least two processor cores, 4 GB of memory and a 64-bit capable processor. Storage pool requirements 40 GB of LUN storage space for each server. Networking requirements Each server should have three NICs for deployment, management and production subnets. Note This template assumes three networks for production, management and deployment. This may or may not meet your environment s requirements, however using this reference template and then using the management components, it is possible to customize it to meet your site s specific configuration. How to utilize this HP BladeSystem Matrix template Once the environment prerequisites are in place, the template can be imported into the BladeSystem Matrix environment. Download the HP Cloud Map for TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Go to Download the HP Cloud Map for TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks to your desktop. This will be formatted as a zip file, so you should find an appropriate directory and unzip the file. The file will contain: The infrastructure orchestration template the file name is TIBCO-ActiveMatrix-BusinessWorks.xml A README.txt file 5

6 Import the template To begin importing the template from the Insight Orchestration Designer portal, select the Import button as shown in figure 2. Figure 2. Insight Orchestration Designer 6

7 The following dialog will be presented. You should find the file you downloaded and select it here; then press Open. This will import the template into infrastructure orchestration. Figure 3. Upload a template 7

8 Because the template defines networking, storage and boot image requirements, you will encounter the following error upon import. This is normal. You will need to reconfigure the boot properties to select a deployment job on your system. This will be described later. You may click on Finish here. Figure 4. Reconcile imported template data 8

9 After import, you should see a template that looks similar to figure 5. Notice that the validation status is showing errors. If you select the Show Issues button, Insight Orchestration Designer will highlight the areas requiring attention. Figure 5. Template for ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 9

10 Figure 6 shows errors that need attention highlighted in red. The network that was defined in the template does not exist on the target system, so you will need to assign the network in the template to a network that exists on your site. We will now go through the steps required to address this issue. Other highlighted issues with other networks would be addressed similarly. Figure 6. Example template showing errors 10

11 Edit network configuration To correct the network configuration for the template, start by right clicking on the network icon highlighted in red and select Edit Network Configuration. Figure 7. Edit the network configuration 11

12 This will bring up the network configuration dialog shown in figure 8. In this dialog you will specify which network should be used for deployments of this template on your site. Click the Select a specific network radio button. This will display all of the networks configured on your site. Select the network that you want to use for this template. The networks that appear as available for use are those that have been defined in Virtual Connect and configured in infrastructure orchestration with a range of network addresses. For further information on configuring the networks in infrastructure orchestration, refer to the Insight Orchestration User Guide. Figure 8. Configuring the network As you can see, when you select the network, the details of the site s network are shown on the dialog. After you configure the production network, you need to configure the management and deployment networks. Follow the same process by right clicking on the respective network icons and selecting the network you have configured for management and deployment. 12

13 Edit server configuration Next we need to edit the server configuration. Right click on the BusinessWorks server group icon and select Edit Server Group Configuration. Figure 9. Edit the server configuration 13

14 The server configuration dialog will be displayed. On this dialog, you will see a red X on the Software tab. Select that tab and you will see the following. Figure 10. Configure the software deployment job This dialog will show all of the deployment jobs that are configured on the deployment server. From here you will need to select the job that will install the correct image for the selected server. Note Figure 10 lists deployment jobs from RDP (Insight Control server deployment).if available, you may also choose SA (Server Automation) to deploy the operating system from this screen. 14

15 After import and addressing site specific configuration issues, you should see a template that looks like figure 11. You will notice that the Validation Status is not showing any errors, which is indicated by the green check mark. Figure 11. Example template for ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 15

16 Save and publish the template Now the template Validation Status should be green, so the template can be saved and published. Insert comments in the Notes section that will help your users know when to choose this template, click on the checkbox next to Published, and click on the Save icon to save the template. Figure 12. Publish the updated template Your users will now be able to select and deploy this template from the Insight Orchestration Self Service User Portal. 16

17 Create a service Once the template edit is complete and configured for your environment, a service can be created. In the Create Service window, enter a service name. The example in figure 13 shows a Hostname Completion string of server. Using this completion string, the hostname that will be created is bwserver01. Figure 13. Create the service Deployment of a TIBCO_BW service begins after you click Submit. If all the required resources are available, and an administrator approves the creation of the new service (if required), one server will be deployed. 17

18 Summary For IT teams, infrastructure provisioning can be both time-consuming and resource-draining. Every time a business unit, application owner, or development team requests resources, a lengthy process begins: IT experts must capture system requirements, design the solution from scratch, and then identify resources that are currently available and those that need to be procured. HP Matrix OE infrastructure orchestration allows you to provision your infrastructure consistently and automatically from pools of shared resources via a self-service portal. You can rapidly provision resources ranging from a single virtual machine (VM) to complex, multi-tier environments that include physical servers, VMs, and storage systems. With Matrix, powered by Matrix OE, application services can be quickly provisioned using infrastructure orchestration templates. This enables IT organizations to develop service-driven, standardized application deployment processes. HP Cloud Maps were developed to accelerate the creation of a service catalog by providing a guide to automate infrastructure and application provisioning and deployment. The HP Cloud Map for TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks includes a template to automate the infrastructure provisioning and deployment for TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks. This document describes the process used to import the TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks template into a target system and customize it for use. The document details the specific area of the template that you will need to modify in order to successfully import the template into the HP Matrix Operating Environment infrastructure orchestration designer interface. 18

19 For more information HP BladeSystem Matrix HP Cloud Maps download site HP Matrix Operating Environment (delivered through HP Insight Dynamics) HP Insight Dynamics (Matrix OE) infrastructure orchestration User Guide HP BladeSystem HP Insight Control server deployment HP BladeSystem technical resources HP StorageWorks SAN design reference guide best practices for SAN design HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 technology: Convergence with FlexFabric components HP Command View EVA overview and features TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks ment ns/insightdynamics/info-library.html /management/deployment-migration.html / html /SupportManual/c /c pdf /SupportManual/c /c pdf /software/cmdvieweva/index.html To help us improve our documents, please provide feedback at Copyright 2011 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. 4AA3-4368ENW, Created April 2011, Updated April 2011, Rev. 1