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Building an Agile Datacenter with Deployment Standards Jonathan Richey | Director of Development | Altiris Sam Rosenbalm | Director of Microsoft Alliance | Altiris
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© Altiris Inc. Agenda Introduction Data Center Challenges Problem Breakdown Best Practices Deployment Solution Case Study
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© Altiris Inc. Introduction Agile - Responsive, quick and with ease Deployment Standards – Methodologies and tools that focus on solving the problem set Data Center – 2-3 servers, hundreds or thousands One-off or custom remedies are not cost effective
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© Altiris Inc. Data Center Challenges Security risks Viruses & Worms Internet access & filtering Patches & patch proliferation Regulation Government Internal corporate standards
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© Altiris Inc. Data Center Challenges Managing and reducing costs Where does your money go? ModelPlanningDeploymentMaintenance Typical5%30%65% Preferred30%20%50% Ultimate40% 20%
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© Altiris Inc. Data Center Challenges Cont. No benefit if cost is simply shifted between categories Comparison: 1,000,000 Euro budget Planning 5% = 50,000 40% = 300,000 Deployment 30% = 300,000 40% = 300,000 Maintenance 65% = 650,000 20% = 150,000 Total1,000,000750,000
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© Altiris Inc. Data Center Challenges Cont. Form-factor proliferation Multiple vendors Technology advancements ― Hardware ― Software hardware upgrades Others?
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© Altiris Inc. Characteristics of the Solutions Consistency in deployment Fast and reliable deployment History and reproducibility Hands off – Zero touch Proper tools Philosophy discussion – tools vs. processes Processes build around tools OR Tools inserted into processes
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© Altiris Inc. Methodologies and Best Practices Define Desired Outcome Engineer and Design Deployment Maintenance
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© Altiris Inc. Methodologies and Best Practices, Cont. Define Desired Outcome More Automation 100% environment compliance 100% patch application Environment compliance w/ use customizations Rapid resolution of problem Rapid recommissioning 100% access and uptime 100% Automated processes w/ technician control
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© Altiris Inc. Methodologies and Best Practices, Cont. Engineer and Design Management net vs. production net Security controls Network infrastructure impacts or consent Standardized images Standardized application packages Tool selection Tool scripting & job creation
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© Altiris Inc. Methodologies and Best Practices, Cont. Deployment and Maintenance Consistency in deployment & redeployment Fast and reliable History logging Reproducible Hands off – Zero touch
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© Altiris Inc. Deployment Solution 6.5 Consistency Job & task creation Platform filters and condition Role based security Remote control
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© Altiris Inc. Deployment Solution 6.5 Cont. Deployment Imaging ― New pre-boot environments (Linux & WinPE) ― 200-300% imaging performance improvement Scripted OS Install Software delivery ― Wise install packages ― SVS – Software Virtualization Services
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© Altiris Inc. Deployment Solution 6.5 Cont. History All job execution history stored in SQL database Job completion status Visual client state
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© Altiris Inc. Deployment Solution 6.5 Cont. Zero touch Remotely install agents PXE Automation partitions Remote web based console Scheduler Remote control
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© Altiris Inc. Deployment Solution 6.5 Cont. Partner add-on packs Hardware provisioning ― RAID disk controller setup ― Management processor access ― Blade servers identification Blade server features ― Rack, enclosure, & bay location ― Rip and replace
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© Altiris Inc. Vendor Support for Deployment Solution HP – RDP (Rapid Deployment Pack) http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/rdp.html Dell – Deployment Solution for Dell Servers http://www1.us.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/global/products/pedge/topic s/en/opmng_deployment?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz&~section=003 http://www1.us.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/global/products/pedge/topic s/en/opmng_deployment?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz&~section=003 IBM - Server Guide Scripting Toolkit http://www- 1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/systems_management/sgstk.htmlhttp://www- 1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/systems_management/sgstk.html FSC – PRIMERGY Scripting Toolkit for DS http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/products/intel_servers/system_management/altiris.html
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© Altiris Inc. Case Study Sam Rosenbalm Director of Microsoft Alliance 25,000 Node Global Server Environment
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© Altiris Inc. Why Deployment Solution? Not just for imaging – WINS example Flexible – scripts, tokens Conditions – custom PXE & patch Notification Server for reporting and alerting Automated Build Process Accelerated build time Reduced security vulnerability footprint Improved resource utilization
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© Altiris Inc. Server Provisioning Process
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© Altiris Inc. Customization Unattended build for base images HP (Dell/FS/IBM) Toolkits -- disk config Task password utility (user is case sensitive) Trigger for service shutdown Active Directory Security Groups WSLogEvent Image Explorer – drivers, folders, hotfixes
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© Altiris Inc. Datacenter Workarounds Drive letter post config script Local admin accounts script Static Routes (watch out for disabled NICs) Robocopy to move images to other DS
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© Altiris Inc. Question & Answer What unsolved deployment issues do you invest in, that you want Altiris to own and solve?
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© Altiris Inc. Thanks for Coming Jonathan Richey Director of Development jrichey@altiris.com Sam Rosenbalm Director of Microsoft Alliance srosenbalm@altiris.com
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