End-to-end automation for VMware vSphere

The Opalis Integration Pack for VMware vSphere 4 provides end-to-end IT process automation that leverages VMware vSphere, together enabling organizations to define and automate best practices in heterogeneous physical and virtual environments, including:

Incident and Problem Management

• Automate diagnostic tests to filter out false-positives
• Automate root-cause analysis to isolate whether the problem is physical or virtual
• Automate escalation and notification procedures

Change and Configuration Management

• Automate the provisioning and decommissioning of virtual machines
• Automate configuration of virtual machines by integrating with asset/capacity systems
• Apply patches and system updates to online and offline machines

Maintenance Procedures and Disaster Recovery

• Automate image archiving, snapshot, backup process, and restoration processes
• Pause monitoring of systems during maintenance hours to prevent alert storms
• Generate service desk tickets and update status during each step in the process

An Automation Policy

End-to-end provisioning process of a virtual machine

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This Opalis policy orchestrates and integrates a service desk, CMDB, and network tool with VMware to automate the provisioning a new virtual server.