Implementing System Center Orchestrator 2016 – Step by Step – Part 2 (Basic Configuration & Integration Packs)

In this article, we will focus on some typical initial post-deployment tasks and how to deploy the Integration Packs.

Orchestrator automation is driven by process automation components.  Think of a normal toolbox, hammer, screwdriver.  They are all tools but they do different kinds of jobs.  Each of these jobs is called “Activities” in Orchestrator.

Activities fall into two main categories, these are:

Built-in Standard Activities:

These are the default activity categories available to you in the Runbook Designer. These are standard activities and provide you with a set of components to create Runbooks out of the box.  Imagine these as standard tools in a toolbox.

Integration Pack Activities:

Integration Pack Activities, however, are additional tools we can get or purchase from Microsoft, the community, SI’s, other Vendors such as VMware or are custom created by using the Orchestrator Integration Pack Toolkit. These activities provide you with the Runbook components to interface with the target environment of the IP. For example, the Active Directory Integration Pack has the “Activities” you can perform in Active Directory via Orchestrator.

Make a directory on the local SCORCH server such as C:\Integration Packs

Download the System Center 2016 – Orchestrator Integration Packs from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54098&WT.mc_id=rss_alldownloads_all

Extract the files to the folder you just created

Open the Deployment Manager console

Expand “Orchestrator Management Server”

Right click “Integration Packs” and choose “Register IP with the Orchestrator Management Server”

Click Next

Click “Add”.  Browse to “C:\Integration Packs” and select all of the OIP files you copied here.  You have to select one at a time and go back and click “Add” again to get them all, annoying I know .

Click Next, then Finish. 

You have to accept the License Agreement for each IP. 

Now when you select “Integration Packs” you can see these IP’s in the list.

Right Click “Integration Packs” again, this time choose “Deploy IP to Runbook server or Runbook Designer”.

Click Next, select all the available IP’s and click Next.

Type in the name of your Runbook server role name or use the Elipsis (…) button, and click Add and then click Next.

On the scheduling screen – accept the default (which will deploy immediately) and click Next.

Click Finish.  Note the logging of each step in the Log entries section of the console.

Verify deployment by expanding “Runbook Servers” in the console.  Verify that each IP was deployed.

Open the Runbook Designer console.

Note that you now have these new IP’s available in the designer for your workflows.

Additional Integration Packs

Additionally – you can download more IP’s:

System Center 2016 Integration Pack for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus

• The Integration Pack for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNibus is an add-on for System Center 2016 Orchestrator that enables you to create activities within runbooks that make requests to the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNibus products to get data or perform functions.

The Integration Pack for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNibus is an add-on for System Center 2016 Orchestrator that enables you to create activities within runbooks that make requests to the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNibus products to get data or perform functions.
Feature Summary
The Integration Pack includes the following activities:
• Create Alert
• Delete Alert
• Get Alerts
• Monitor Alert
• Update Alert

Download HERE

System Center 2016 Integration Pack for HP iLO and OA

• The Integration Pack for HP Lights-Out (iLO) and Onboard Administrator (OA) is an add-on for System Center 2016 – Orchestrator that enables you to automate HP iLO and OA commands.
  The Integration Pack for HP iLO and OA is an add-on for System Center 2016 Orchestrator that enables you to create activities within runbooks that make requests to the HP iLO and OA products to get data or perform functions.
  Feature Summary
  This integration pack adds the HP iLO and OA category to the Activities pane in the Runbook Designer. This category contains the following activities:
  • Run iLO Command
  • Run OA Command

Download HERE

System Center 2016 Integration Pack for HP Operations Manager

• The Integration Pack for HP Operations Manager is an add-on for System Center 2016 Orchestrator that enables you to create activities within runbooks that make requests to the HP Operations Manager product to get data or perform functions.
  The Integration Pack for HP Operations Manager is an add-on for System Center 2016 Orchestrator that enables you to create activities within runbooks that make requests to the HP Operations Manager product to get data or perform functions.
  Feature Summary 
  This integration pack adds the HP Operations Manager category to the Activity pane in the Runbook Designer. This category contains the following activities:
  • Acknowledge Message
  • Add Annotation
  • Create Message
  • Delete Annotation
  • Delete Custom Attribute
  • Get Annotation
  • Get Message
  • Launch Tool
  • Monitor Message
  • Own/Disown Message
  • Set Custom Attribute
  • Update Annotation
  • Update Message

Download HERE

System Center 2016 Integration Pack for VMware vSphere

• The Integration Pack for VMware vSphere is an add-on for System Center 2016 – Orchestrator that enables you to connect System Center Orchestrator to your VMware vSphere server to automate actions in VMware vSphere to enable full management of the virtualized computing infrastructure.
  The Integration Pack for VMware vSphere is an add-on for System Center 2016 – Orchestrator that enables you to connect System Center 2016 – Orchestrator to your VMware vSphere server to automate actions in VMware vSphere to enable full management of the virtualized computing infrastructure.
  Feature Summary
  The Integration Pack includes the following activities:
  • Add Network Adapter
  • Add VM Disk
  • Clone Linux VM
  • Clone Windows VM
  • Create VM
  • Customize VM
  • Delete VM
  • Get Cluster Properties
  • Get Datastore Capacity
  • Get Hosts
  • Get Resource Pool Runtime Info
  • Get Resource Pools
  • Get VM List
  • Get VM Properties
  • Get VM Status
  • Migrate VM
  • Move VM
  • Reconfigure VM
  • Reset VM
  • Revert VM Snapshot
  • Set Guest Info Variables
  • Set VM CD/DVD to ISO Image
  • Set VM Networks
  • Start VM
  • Stop VM
  • Suspend VM
  • Take VM Snapshot
  • Maintenance Mode
  • Get Host Properties
  • Get Host Datastores

Download HERE

System Center 2016 Integration Pack for HP Service Manager

• The Integration Pack for HP Service Manager is an add-on for System Center 2016 Orchestrator that enables you to create activities within runbooks that make requests to the HP Service Manager product to get data or perform functions.
  The Integration Pack for HP Service Manager is an add-on for System Center 2016 Orchestrator that enables you to create activities within runbooks that make requests to the HP Service Manager product to get data or perform functions.
  Feature Summary
  This integration pack adds the HP Service Manager category to the Activity pane in the Runbook Designer. This category contains the following activities:
  • Close Entry
  • Create Entry
  • Get Entry
  • Monitor Entry
  • Update Entry

Download HERE

Implementing System Center Orchestrator 2016 – Step by Step – Part 1 (Architecture & Installation)