Novell PLATESPIN ORCHESTRATE 2.0.2 - ADMINISTRATOR REFERENCE... User manual

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PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Getting Started Reference

PlateSpin

Orchestrate

2.0.2

June 17, 2009

Getting Started Reference

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Contents 5

Contents

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About This Guide 7

1Overview 9

1.1 Product Rebranding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.2 Introduction to PlateSpin Orchestrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1.2.1 What Is PlateSpin Orchestrate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1.2.2 How Do I Obtain and License PlateSpin Orchestrate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1.3 PlateSpin Orchestrate Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1.3.1 PlateSpin Orchestrate Installation and Configuration Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.3.2 PlateSpin Orchestrate Upgrade Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.3.3 PlateSpin Orchestrate VM Client Guide and Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.3.4 PlateSpin Orchestrate Virtual Machine Management Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.3.5 PlateSpin Orchestrate Development Client Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.3.6 PlateSpin Orchestrate Administration Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.3.7 PlateSpin Orchestrate High Availability Configuration Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.3.8 PlateSpin Orchestrate Command Line Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.3.9 PlateSpin Orchestrate Server Portal Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.3.10 PlateSpin Orchestrate Job Developer Guide and Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2 Understanding Basic Functionality 15

2.1 Basic PlateSpin Orchestrate Server, VM Client, and Development Client Terms and

Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.1.1 The Grid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.1.2 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.1.3 Resources Running the PlateSpin Orchestrate Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2.1.4 Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2.1.5 Typical Use of the Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2.2 System Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2.3 How Do I Interact with PlateSpin Orchestrate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.4 How PlateSpin Orchestrate Components Communicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

A Documentation Updates 23

A.1 June 17, 2009 (2.0.2 Release). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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About This Guide 7

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About This Guide

This Getting Started Reference provides a basic introduction to PlateSpin®Orchestrate 2.0 from

Novell®components and what’s new in the product since its last release.

Chapter 1, “Overview,” on page 9

Chapter 2, “Understanding Basic Functionality,” on page 15

Audience

The contents of this guide are of interest to the following individuals:

VM Administrator: A PlateSpin Orchestrate virtual machine (VM) Administrator manages the life

cycle of the VMs in the enterprise, including creating, starting, stopping, migrating, and deleting

VMs. For more information about the Orchestrate VM Client tasks and tools used by the VM

Administrator, see the PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 VM Client Guide and Reference. For more

information about the Orchestrate Development Client tasks and tools used by the VM

Administrator, see the PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Virtual Machine Management Guide.

Orchestrate Administrator: A PlateSpin Orchestrate Administrator deploys jobs, manages users,

and monitors distributed computing resources. Administrators can also create and set policies for

automating the usage of these computing resources. For more information about the Development

Client tasks and tools used by the Orchestrate Administrator, see the PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0

Administrator Reference.

User: The end user of PlateSpin Orchestrate, also called a “Job Manager,” runs and manages jobs

that have been created by a Job Developer and deployed by the administrator. It is also possible that

the end user could be a developer who has created applications to run on distributed computing

resources. For more information about the tasks and tools used by the Job Manager, see the

PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Server Portal Reference.

Job Developer: The developer has control of a self-contained development system where he or she

creates jobs and policies and tests them in a laboratory environment. When the jobs are tested and

proven to function as intended, the developer delivers them to the PlateSpin Orchestrate

administrator. For more information about the tasks and tools used by the Job Developer, see the

PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Developer Guide and Reference.

Prerequisite Skills

As data center managers or IT or operations administrators, it is assumed that users of the product

have the following background:

General understanding of network operating environments and systems architecture.

Knowledge of basic UNIX* shell commands and text editors.

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Additional Product Documentation

In addition to this Getting Started Reference, PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 includes the following

additional guides that contain valuable information about the product:

PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Installation and Configuration Guide

PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Upgrade Guide

PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 VM Client Guide and Reference

PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Development Client Reference

PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Virtual Machine Management Guide

PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Administrator Reference

PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 High Availability Configuration Guide

PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Command Line Reference

PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Developer Guide and Reference

PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Server Portal Reference

Documentation Updates

This Getting Started Reference is updated periodically. To view the most recent version, visit the

PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Web site (http://www.novell.com/documentation/pso_orchestrate20/) and

look for the documentation updates section included at the end of the book.

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items in a cross-reference path.

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other platforms, the pathname is presented with a backslash. Users of platforms that require a

forward slash, such as Linux* or UNIX, should use forward slashes as required by your software.

Overview

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Overview

Welcome to PlateSpin®Orchestrate 2.0 from Novell®. This section of the Getting Started Guide

includes the general information you need to become acquainted with the product.

Section 1.1, “Product Rebranding,” on page 9

Section 1.2, “Introduction to PlateSpin Orchestrate,” on page 10

Section 1.3, “PlateSpin Orchestrate Documentation,” on page 12

1.1 Product Rebranding

ZENworks®Orchestrator has been repositioned under the Novell PlateSpin brand of Data Center

Management products. PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 is an upgrade for ZENworks Orchestrator 1.3.

The table below maps the older ZENworks brand component naming to the newer PlateSpin brand

component naming.

Table 1-1 Comparing 1.3 Brand Naming to 2.0 Brand Naming

NOTE: The VM Warehouse component of ZENworks Orchestrator 1.3 is not included in PlateSpin

Orchestrate 2.0.

Some aspects of ZENworks branding have not been fully transitioned to the PlateSpin name. For

example, there is some residual naming apparent in file names, file paths, command line tools, and

other parts of the product without high visibility. This naming residue should not interfere with your

use of the product.

Version 1.3 Names and Terms Version 2.0 Names and Terms

Novell ZENworks Orchestrator 1.3 PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 from Novell

Orchestrator Server Orchestrate Server

Orchestrator Agent Orchestrate Agent

Orchestrator Console Orchestrate Development Client

Virtual Machine Management Interface or VM GUI Orchestrate VM Client

Orchestrator User Portal Orchestrate Server Portal

Orchestrator VM Builder Orchestrate VM Builder

Orchestrator Monitoring Server Orchestrate Monitoring Service

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1.2 Introduction to PlateSpin Orchestrate

The following sections contain information to help introduce you to PlateSpin Orchestrate:

Section 1.2.1, “What Is PlateSpin Orchestrate?,” on page 10

Section 1.2.2, “How Do I Obtain and License PlateSpin Orchestrate?,” on page 12

1.2.1 What Is PlateSpin Orchestrate?

PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 uses its functional components to:

Perform high-performance task breakdown across multiple machines (resources) in a data

center

Provide distributed, CRON-style job scheduling

Provide a messaging system between the PlateSpin Orchestrate Server and the managed

machines

The PlateSpin Orchestrate system consists of a central server (the Orchestrate Server), agents

capable of executing work on each managed resource, and an optional client application (the

PlateSpin Orchestrate Development Client) that can be used to drive and monitor the PlateSpin

Orchestrate system. Work is described to the system in the form of a “job.” A job is written in an

embedded Python* script and deployed to and managed by the server. When a job is run, constraint-

based placement (a kind of rules engine) directs the work to suitable and available resources. The

job might partially execute on the managed systems and can further execute any process as the

desired user on the managed system.

The Orchestrate VM Client adds increased functionality to PlateSpin Orchestrate.This client helps

administrators, IT operators, and job developers improve and expand the performance of the data

center by automating provisioning and by using Virtual Machines (VMs) as resources in the data

center computing environment. Better managed VMs can help control associated data center costs

by addressing several data center issues, including cooling, space, power usage, and efficient

hardware usage. For more information about the VM Client, see the PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 VM

Client Guide and Reference.

Key Product Features

PlateSpin Orchestrate includes these core features:

Creation and management of virtual environments

Powerful automation and scheduling engine

Support for most commonly used hypervisors

Open API promotes extensibility

New in The 2.0.2 Release

Some of the new features in PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0.xinclude:

Provisioning Adapters

VMware* Virtual Center

Usability improvements for connecting to Virtual Center

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