BladeLogic Demo
03/10/09 BladeLogic Demo BladeLogic Who? Automation taking my job? What? No, it’s making it easier. Started by entrepreneurs who understood the cost, complexity, and risk of managing infrastructure in datacenters. BladeLogic refers to Blades, but has paralleled with current market trends of virtualization. Makes life easier.
03/10/09 BladeLogic Demo Provisioning with Datastores Let’s discuss current provisioning – NOT!!! Let’s discuss BladeLogic Provisioning -Windows (32/64 bit) Intel -Linux (32/64 bit) Intel -Solaris (32/64 bit) Intel/Sparc -AIX-HPUX-ESX
03/10/09 Provisioning Manager Console Configure Jumpstart, NIM, IGNITE, and Linux Kickstart Build and Boot multiple Operating Systems Automation of Configuration Files Compliance of Infrastructure Maintained Automatically adds newly built systems to Configuration Manager
03/10/09 BladeLogic Demo Configuration Management – What do we have now? Show me. -Audit devices in infrastructure (Smart Groups) (Compare devices to other devices) -Management of devices (NSH, Terminal Services) -Inventory of equipment (View of actual Infrastructure installed at a glance) (View of actual Infrastructure installed at a glance)
03/10/09 Configuration Manager Console Audit Server Infrastructure Show Live Data Statistics Browse Software Packages Deploy Software Compare Servers against each other Create Component Templates
03/10/09 BladeLogic Demo Reporting – I need a full report of all our current software levels, show me what resources I have now. I need a report of all Servers built during the January Build to verify their security compliance for an upcoming audit. -Inventory (Software, Hardware, Equipment) -Configuration and Installation Components -Server Usage (Disk, Memory, CPU) -Compliance (Security Templates) -Patch Analysis -Remediate (Immediately/Wait to install packages failed during Compliance Check)
03/10/09 BladeLogic Reporting Interface
03/10/09 BladeLogic Demo Cool BL Management Tools -BLCLI -NSH (Network Shell) -NSH Scripts -Silent Agent Installer -Bulk Installer
03/10/09 BladeLogic Demo Windows SMS, Microsoft can deliver Microsoft, that’s about it. -Windows FOCUS!!! -No multi-Platform Focus -No Simulation of deployment, no Rollback of packages. -No remediation -Required DOMAIN membership -Very Limited Change and Compliance Mgmt -No Interactive Shell -No realtime browse (LiveView) -No Secure ADMIN (Role based Authentication) -More focused on Inventory -Windows WSUS Support
03/10/09 BladeLogic Demo Any Questions?