Transcript -noun 1. The newest member of the Microsoft System Center Suite; providing automation, orchestration, and integration for IT management tools throughout the data center. 2. A pastry shop near.

-noun
1.
The newest member of the
Microsoft System Center Suite;
providing automation,
orchestration, and integration
for IT management tools
throughout the data center.
2.
A pastry shop near Lafayette
Square selling excellent
baguettes and crusty breads.
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Opalis provides IT Process Automation (ITPA), also known as Run Book Automation (RBA), which is the ability to
orchestrate and integrate IT management tools through workflows.
• Helps meet strategic IT goals through
improving service delivery
• Replaces manual, resource-intensive,
and error-prone activities
• Typically crosses multiple IT
components, disciplines, and silos
Data
Protection &
Recovery
Configuration
Management
Server
Compliance
End-To-End
Monitoring
(Physical &
Virtual)
Incident Management
Orchestrate incident
management and resolution
Integrate across monitoring
tools, service desks, and
configuration management
databases (CMDBs)
Virtual Machine Life-Cycle
Management
Automate provisioning,
resource allocation and
retirement
Extend virtual machine
management to the cloud
Change and Configuration
Management
Scale automated configuration
across platforms and tools
Ensure reliable change with
intelligent workflow branching
Integration for some System Center Products to be released in 2010
IT Silos
Silo Processes
Triage & diagnose
Event Mgmt
Integrate service desks with data center tools
Create
incident
Create CI
Test VM
Deploy
Applications
Verify
Application
Orchestrate lifecycle management
Clone new
VM
Update
properties
Patch , user on-boarding, password reset
Provision, verify, manage & retire
Detach Storage
Provision, verify, manage & retire
Provision, verify, manage & retire
Detach Network Adapter
Cloud Computing
Provisioning
Network
Update & close
request
Coordinate audit, compliance and change
Stop VM
Server
Update
request
Update CI and assets systems
Retire CI
Virtual
Storage
Update
request
Virtual Service Management
Monitor
Service
request
Configuration
Security
Add to
Ops Manager
Change &
Compliance
Asset/CMDB
Incident
Response
Service Desk
Remove from
Ops Manager
Opalis Integration Server
Workflow
Designer
11
Operator’s
Console
GUI
(Design, manage, report)
Process
Catalogs
Data Store
(Store process logic)
Automation Platform
Action Servers
(Run processes)
Integration
Packs
Microsoft Active Directory
HP Operations for UNIX
Microsoft Systems Management Server
HP Operations Windows
Microsoft Operations Manager
HP Operations Solaris
Microsoft Configuration Manager**
HP Network Node Manager
Microsoft Virtual Machine Manager**
HP Service Desk
Microsoft Data Protection Manager**
HP Service Manager
Microsoft Service Manager**
HP Asset Manager
BMC Atrium CMDB
HP iLO 2
BMC Remedy AR System
FTP
BMC Event Manager
Symantec VERITAS NetBackup
BMC Patrol
IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console
BMC BladeLogic Operations Manager
IBM Tivoli Netcool/Omnibus
CA AutoSys
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
CA eHealth
EMC Smarts InCharge
CA Service Desk
VMware VI / vSphere
CA SPECTRUM
UNIX Integration
CA Unicenter NSM
**Roadmap 2010
System Center Opalis Home
Microsoft Pathways – Opalis
Opalis Web site
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