Glossary

A user who manages users, resource pools, and self-service requests through HP Insight Orchestration console.

A permission given to a user-generated request by an administrator. Approvals occur during the allocation and provisioning phases of creating or updating a service.

A user who creates a multiserver infrastructure template using HP Insight Orchestration Designer (a graphical designer) and then publishes the template for other users to create infrastructure services

A system in the management domain that executes the HP Systems Insight Manager software. All central operations within HP Systems Insight Manager are initiated from this system.

A web application that enables you to plan and design multi-server, multi-tier infrastructures using a drag-and-drop interface.

A feature within a management application that finds and identifies network objects. In HP management applications, discovery finds and identifies all the HP systems within a specified network range.

Enables an administrator to predefine pools of SAN storage and then flexibly assign the storage to different servers over time. Each storage pool entry defines one or more LUNs, their location on the SAN, and one or more server side initiators which are permitted to access the LUNs. Using HBA port virtualization, a server is flexibly granted access to one or more storage pool entries. This approach to storage management ensures that the SAN administrator retains full management control over all of the SAN resources and provides the Server Administrator the flexibility to automate the Logical Server storage management tasks.

A multiserver deployment tool that enables IT administrators to easily deploy large numbers of servers in an unattended, automated fashion.

A running configuration of infrastructure resources that is designed to run a business application such as a multi-tier web application. It is also referred to as a service or service instance.

A web application (HP SIM plug-in) that enables you to deploy, manage, and monitor the overall behavior of Insight Orchestration and its users, templates, services, and resources.

The duration, or lifetime, of an infrastructure service. It is set or changed by the user.

A subnet that is not routed outside the data center and typically contains addresses only in the 192.x.x.x or 10.x.x.x address ranges.

The process of creating a service from a template. Through the Insight Orchestration Self-Service Portal or the Insight Orchestration console, a user submits a request to create the service and Insight Orchestration controller searches its inventory allocating the computing resources to all logical resource definitions in the template.

A subnet that is accessible to the Internet and cannot contain IP addresses in the 192.x.x.x or 10.x.x.x address ranges.

The duplication of components to prevent failure of the SAN solution.

A self-service user action requiring administrative approval. Requests are generated while performing other tasks such as a service instantiation or deletion. Requests are generated when a user wants to:

A group of physical and virtual resources managed by HP Virtual Server Environment. An administrator controls resource utilization by allowing users access to resource pools.

A network (or subnetwork) that connects data storage devices with associated data servers. A storage area network is typically part of an overall network of computing resources.

A web application that enables you to create infrastructure services from published templates. You can view the available templates, select a template that meets your provisioning requirements, and submit a service request.

A set of one or more servers that can be treated as a tier enabling the construction of a multi-tier infrastructure service. The servers in a tier must be homogeneous, and must satisfy all group attributes.

A design blueprint that specifies the requirements for an infrastructure service in terms of server groups, networks, storage, and contains customization points that use Operations Orchestration workflows during the execution of a request.

A user who creates infrastructure services by provisioning templates from a prioritized list of resource pools and specifies the service lease period for the start and end of the overall service through the Self-Service Portal.

An IP address that is used as the single network address to multiple clustered servers executing an application package. A virtual interface is also known as a service IP.

A set of linked actions that automate customer-specific IT tasks on an Insight Orchestration-provisioned service. Operations Orchestration workflows are created, modified, and saved using Operations Orchestration, Studio, the workflow designer embedded in Insight Orchestration.