FUJITSU Software Systemwalker Software Configuration

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FUJITSU Software Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager V15 Introduction

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Table of Contents

Product Overview Tasks Approach to complete Features

Functions Function Overview Benefits

Product Information System Configuration Requirements Related Software

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Product Overview Background and Tasks Approach to complete tasks Features


Background and Tasks Tasks for system operation and maintenance

in data centers

Visualization of relations among ICT resources such as servers or software in data centers

- What version level of software is installed on which server? - What version level of patches are applied on which server?

System administrator-led management of OS security patches Task 2

Task 1

Task 3 Setting software parameters on multiple servers collectively according to business system requirements (reliability/performance)


Approach to Complete Tasks Centralized management and control

of software information for each server

Visualization of resource information

in real time

Patch management under governance

Application management of OS patches

Centralized management and automatic collection of system configuration

information

Reduced system construction time and human error

Automatic setting of software according to

pre-designed information


Features

Discovery/Software Configuration Management Automatic collection of software information on the system

(discovery) gives administrators the latest information

Patch Management Centralized management of mixed OS patches applied on each

server makes compliance checking easier

Software Parameter Setting Setting middleware parameters collectively eliminates human errors,

responding flexibly to changes in environments

Configuration management of software in data centers relevant to system operation

management, reducing the burden on system administrators


Functions


Features of FUJITSU Software Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager V15.1 are as follows. Discovery and Software Configuration Management Automatic collection of patch information applied to business servers Centralized management of software configuration information such as OS and

OS patch information on servers User interfaces for managing configuration information that cannot be collected

automatically, such as physical server information or rack information Patch Management OS patch management in cooperation with Microsoft Windows Server Update

Services (WSUS) or Yellowdog Updater Modified (yum) repository Display a list of OS patches applied or not applied to servers Alert administrators about servers that OS patches are not applied Apply OS patches remotely using the Management console

Software Parameter Settings Set software parameters automatically at the same time as virtual server

deployment using FUJITSU Software ServerView Resource Orchestrator Cloud Edition

Functions (1)


Functions (2)

FUJITSU Software Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager

CMDB Patch information

KB1111111 Security: Critical

KB2222222 Security: Important


Configuration information Server A Windows 2008

Windows 2008

ftp_5.5_i368

telnet_1.2

Red Hat 6 Server B

Red Hat 6

telnet_1.2

Internet

FUJITSU Software ServerView Resource Orchestrator Cloud Edition

Patch and configuration information management

Repository server yum repository

Repository server Microsoft Windows

Server Update Services (WSUS)

Tenant user Infrastructure administrator

Business server

Admin server Parameter setup

Discovery

Applying patches


Agent

Tenant administrator

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Patch download

Linkage server

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Function Overview Discovery and Software Configuration Management

Patch Management Software Parameter Setting


Discovery and Software Configuration Management


Discovery

Infrastructure administrator

Admin server Scheduler

CMDB

Manual discovery

Automatic collection of information about dynamic cloud resources

Collecting software configuration information on business servers and storing it in CMDB (Configuration Management DataBase)

Regular discovery according to a schedule or manual discovery using a command

Business server

Business server

Business server Regular discovery


Software Configuration Management

Admin server

CMDB

Referring to configuration information

Compare configuration

baseline


Tenant user

Tenant administrator

Making configuration

baseline

Centralized management of software configuration information collected by discovery

Display a list of configuration information collected from each server by discovery such as server names, tenant names, host names, and IP addresses

When problems occur on a server, current configuration information is compared with configuration baseline(*1) to check patches applied before problems occurred *1 Configuration baseline is configuration information in operating normally and a basis for future changes

Business server

Update configuration information

Business server

Business server


Patch Management



Patch information CMDB

Windows 2008 KB1111111 Security: Critical KB2222222 Security: Critical KB3333333 Security: Critical

Windows 2008


Configuration information Server C


Windows OS Patch Management

Windows OS Patch Management Management of Windows OS patch information and patches applied or not applied in

cooperation with Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Ensuring that patch application is not accidentally overlooked by using alerts

generated by Systemwalker Configuration Manager when OS patches are not applied, and automatic notification of a request to apply new patches

: Operations for Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager : Operations for Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)


WSUS


Agent

Tenant user

Business server Microsoft Update

Internet

Notification of a request for applying new patches

Approval for new patches

Automatic notification FUJITSU Software Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager

Agent

Confirm the current patch application status Apply patches

Confirm the current patch application status

Alert



Patch Information CMDB

Red Hat 6

ftp_1.2_i386

KB2222222 Security: Critical KB3333333 Security: Critical

Red Hat 6

KB111111

Configuration information Server B

KB2222222

Linux OS Patch Management

Linux OS Patch Management Management of Linux OS patch information and patches applied or not applied in

cooperation with yum repository Prevention of forgetting to apply patches using alert indicating servers on which OS

patches are not applied and automatic notification of a request for applying new patches

: Operations of Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager : Operations of yum repository


yum repository

Tenant user

Business server

Red Hat Network internet Automatic notification


Agent Store patches Download the latest patches

Alert

Notification of a request to apply new patches



Apply patches


Software Parameter Setting


Software Parameter Setting

Setting Software Parameters Collectively Software parameter setting in cooperation with FUJITSU Software ServerView

Resource Orchestrator Cloud Edition Automatically set software parameters when deploying L-Platform using FUJITSU

Software ServerView Resource Orchestrator Cloud Edition

Business server A Business server B Business server C

Windows Middleware

Windows Middleware

Linux Middleware

Portal site

Tenant user

Virtual Image

Windows Middleware

L-Platform template

Linux Middleware

L-Platform template

Windows Middleware

4. Parameter setting

1. L-Platform deployment

2. Obtain L-Platform template

Parameter information

3. Automatic deployment


FUJITSU Software ServerView Resource Orchestrator Cloud Edition


Benefits


Benefit 1: Visualization of Resource Information in Real Time

Manually confirming dynamic cloud resources (servers, IP addresses, etc.) requires a lot of time and tasks for users Impossible to view changes accurately and in

real time such as a cancelation of resources deployed or patch application

Automatic collection of system information in a data center (=discovery) View software configuration information

accurately and in real time, including cloud resources, reducing the burden on users and eliminating human error

OS

Manage configuration on all the servers in a data center manually

Linux

patch RH-XXX

OS

Soft configuration info

Windows

patch MS-XXX

Checking configuration info on all the servers in a data center requires many tasks and a lot of time. Especially for cloud resources, dynamic changes of info make management of configuration info difficult.


2.0 LH5 Server C

P97 W2003 Server B

P01 W2008 Server A

patch OS server

OS


Linux

patch RH-XXX

OS Soft configuration info Windows

patch MS-XXX

Discovery (Auto detection and collection)

Refer

Automatically detect changes of dynamic cloud resources and physical server configuration, and collect information accurately.

Centralized management of ICT resource and OS detailed information

After Before


Benefit 2: Patch Management under Governance

Visualization and application of OS patches After Before

A system administrator must manage OS patch application status individually using Excel, etc.

The burden of investigating OS patch application may cause it to sometimes be omitted.

Easily confirm OS types on servers, version and level, and patch information.

Visualization of servers on which patches must be applied ensures that patch application is not forgotten.

An alert for servers on which patches are not yet applied prevents patch application being forgotten.

Server C

XX

7.1

9.0

V/L

MySQL

APS

ASP

Middle

XX 2.0 LH5 Server C

002 P97 W2003 Server B

021 P01 W2008 Server A

Patch Patch OS Server

Collect information about the patch application status on each server

Apply patches Business server A Business server B Business server C

OS

Middleware

OS

Middleware

OS

Middleware

Management of OS basic information and patch info on each server

Display a list of servers on which patches are not yet applied

Administrator

Because server consolidation is leading to more managed servers, keeping track of applied patches and applying patches manually can be overwhelming for administrators.

Administrator

Sever A Server B

Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager

2.0 LH5 Server C

P97 W2003 Server B

P01 W2008 Server A

Patch OS Server

Check servers on which patches are not applied yet and apply them on the servers

Confirm current application status

Patch Apply patches


Benefit 3: Reduction of system construction time and human errors

Administrators perform installation and setup for OS/middleware on each server, according to the needs of the user departments.

The procedures for server construction are becoming more complex because of different approaches to installation and parameter setting, according to OS or middleware.

Setting software parameters automatically and confirming the results

* Fujitsu results

Infrastructure administrator Templates

Ex. System deployment: 10-30 minutes(*) Ex. Building development/test environments including applying OS patches: 6 hours(*)

User dep. A User dep. B User dep.

Virtualization system

Auto deployment and setting with a simple operation


User dep. A User dep. B User dep. C

Manual construction

Personnel/salary system

Attendance Management system

Accounting system

In cooperation with automatic system deployment by ROR, automatic software parameter setting reduces the number of procedures for server construction.

This eliminates mistakes in setting software parameters.

After Before

ROR: ServerView Resource Orchestrator Cloud Edition

Personnel/salary system Attendance

Management system Accounting

system


Product Information System Configuration Requirements Related Software


Agent

Agent

Manager Agent

Infrastructure management department Tenant management department

Tenant user department

Infrastructure administrator Tenant administrator

Tenant user Tenant user

Web client Web client

Web client Web client

Admin server

Linkage server

Agent

Business server/ Managed server

Agent Agent

Agent

Virtual environment

Business server Business server

Business server

Managed server

Repository server WSUS

System Configuration (1)

Repository server yum




System Configuration (2) Admin server

A server that collects and manages server information, the current patch application status, and configuration information Manager for FUJITSU Software Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager is installed.

Managed server A physical server on which a business server operates

Linkage server A server that manages patches provided by vendors

In case of managing Windows OS patches, Agent for FUJITSU Software Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager is installed.

Windows OS patch management collects OS patch information and the current patch application status on business servers from Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).

Linux OS patch management collects OS patch information and the current patch application status on business servers using OS standard yum repository.

Business server A server on which patches are applied and from which configuration information is collected. In this product, business servers are for L-servers deployed by FUJITSU Software ServerView Resource Orchestrator Cloud Edition. Agent for FUJITSU Software Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager is installed.

Web client A client for operating admin server of this product, using the Management console on the Web browser


Requirements

Type/purpose Requirements

Admin server

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Linkage server Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008

Business server

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Web client Windows Internet Explorer 10*2 Windows Internet Explorer 9 Windows Internet Explorer 8

Virtualization software*1

VMware vSphere ESX 4.0 VMware vSphere ESX 4.1/ESXi 4.1 VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0 VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1 Hyper-V 2.0

*1 For both admin server and managed server *2 Only Internet Explorer 10 (Desktop version) is supported

Requirements for FUJITSU Software Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager V15 are as follow.


Related Software

Related software Description Required

FUJITSU Software ServerView Resource Orchestrator Cloud Edition V3.1.1

Private-Cloud platform product (IaaS)

Mandatory


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