Intelligent OS Deployment Automation

Intelligent OS Deployment Automation

RACHEL LANDUA & JESSE
RODRI GUEZ

ALTRI NSI C SOLUTI ONS & WI NDOWS MANAGEMENT EXPERTS


DMVMUG User Conference 2013
–

Reston, VA

Agenda

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OSD and Software Component Deployment…a better
approach as applied to:

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OSD =
Actual Zero Touch

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Component Distribution =
Improved Security, Stability &
Manageabilit
y

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Demo

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Deploy Expert (DX)

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Enterprise Driver Manager (EDM)

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Q&A


Advanced Normalization

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Normalization in IT Systems Management:

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Is fundamental
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to manage Complex Data Environments

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Is the “glass ceiling”
on your IT Management Process

Efficacy, Efficiency &
Determines
Process Management
Overhead

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Is… “
Normal
”
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Collections, Filters, Groups, Containers..
etc

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Can be tuned
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Increasing the granularity of normalization means that your
process management results become less “one size fits all” and more up to the
challenge of the real
-
world complexities of your enterprise. Under
-
normalization
means that your process leaves an expensive mess that
has

to be

cleaned up
-

no
opt out.

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Can change your IT world
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Systems management technologies (e.g. System
Center/Altrinsic etc.) allow increased granularity thus enabling better policy fit
and therefore process output quality
-

all while
decreasing management overhead
.


OSD: Before Advanced Normalization



H.I.D.

A computer is not a make or model, but a collection of unique parts…

The consequences of resource gaps

Incomplete image
deployments are an
expensive hassle for
organizations and
force the

I.T. Administrator to
be the “human glue”
holding it all
together.

OSD: After Advanced Normalization

Overview

demo

Why DX

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We are state of the art
–

no competitor can match our feature set

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DX offers native SCCM integration

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Eliminates deployment pain

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Resources drivers without external downloading

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Comprehensive device/driver harmony

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Eliminates tedious folder set up

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Automatically associates apps

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Provides one console to see the entire environment

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Automatically integrates in task sequences

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Expedites new employee training

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Enables advanced resources to be directed to more complex tasks



A few HIIS/DX customers:


Scott Air Force Base

Direct TV

Kaiser

Network Rail

New York Courts

Dreamworks Animation

State of New Mexico EMNRD

City of Honolulu

City of Portland

Humboldt University

US Airlines

Jacobs Engineering

Wynn Las Vegas

Coleman

Barclays Bank

Lockheed Martin


Overview

demo

Why DE

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DE
is the only
enterprise
-
ready
driver update/management product
in todays technology marketplace

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DE
offers native SCCM integration

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Huge ROI implications

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Automatically maintain standardized drivers

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Update drivers

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Remediate driver errors

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Eliminate driver security gaps

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Identify and resolve missing drivers

Humboldt Case Study

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Humboldt pre
-
dx Driver Process

Driver Packaging Process after DX

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DX Regularly analyzes the
environment and normalizes
the computers into easily
manageable class groupings

Analyze

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Harvest the drivers from
every device in the
environment. Drivers are
stored in a single instanced
driver repository.

Harvest

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The task sequence has been
DX integrated, so any new
platform drivers are
automatically targeted and
delivered… done.

Integrate

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DX analyzes
ConfigMgr’s

hardware inventory so that
new systems and device
adds/moves/changes are
programmatically added or
modified.

Maintain

The Advantage

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System
Center 2012 enables enterprises to incorporate private,
hosted, and public cloud computing resources while still satisfying
their unique business needs. It organizes existing IT assets (network,
storage, compute) into a private cloud that is seamlessly integrated
with hosted and public cloud
services.

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Make
your private cloud more efficient
by building
automated
workflows for
standard processes
such as incident
management,
problem
management, change
management, and
release
management
.

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Standardize compute, network,
and storage
resources into a private
cloud fabric
that is then allocated to
business units
using Active
Directory.

Noteworthy 2012 SP1 Changes

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SP1
adds
full support for Hyper
-
V
3.0

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SP1 adds
s
upport
for Windows
8

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SP1 adds
support for a number of Windows Server 2012
features

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SP1 adds
support for
CentOS
,
Debian
, and Ubuntu
Linux

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SP1
adds support for
Mac OS X
machines


The Deployment Process

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PXE initiated
deployments

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Multicast
deployments

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Bootable Media
Deployments

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Stand
-
alone Media
Deployments

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Pre
-
staged Media deployments

QUESTIONS?

Rachel Landua,
rachel.landua@altrinsicsolutions.com

Jesse Rodriguez

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