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Infrastructure Planning and Design

Microsoft ® System Center Service Manager 2010. Infrastructure Planning and Design. Published: December 2010. What Is IPD? Guidance that clarifies and streamlines the planning and design process for Microsoft infrastructure technologies. IPD: Defines decision flow

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Infrastructure Planning and Design

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  1. Microsoft® System Center Service Manager 2010 Infrastructure Planning and Design Published: December 2010

  2. What Is IPD?Guidance that clarifies and streamlines the planning and design process for Microsoftinfrastructure technologies IPD: • Defines decision flow • Describes decisions to be made • Relates decisions and options for the business • Frames additional questions for business understanding IPD guides are available at www.microsoft.com/ipd

  3. Getting Started Microsoft System Center Service Manager 2010

  4. Purpose and Overview • Purpose • To provide design guidance for a Microsoft System Center Service Manager 2010 infrastructure • Overview • System Center Service Manager architecture • System Center Service Manager infrastructure design process

  5. What Is System Center Service Manager 2010? • Service Manager provides: • An integrated platform for automating and adapting an organization’s IT service management best practices • Built-in processes for incident and problem resolution, change control, and asset lifecycle management

  6. Service Manager Architecture Example ITA

  7. Service Manager Decision Flow MAP w/ CAL Tracker

  8. Step 1: Define the Project Scope and Requirements • Task 1: Determine the Business Requirements • What parts of organization included? • Applicable business or governance policies? • IT GRC Process Management Pack needed? • Relationship with other systems? • Any add-in management packs? • Historical retention? • Provide key info in graphical format without using console? • Portal needed? • Should end users be able to request software? • What are the availability requirements?

  9. Step 1: Define the Project Scope and Requirements (Continued) • Task 2: Determine the Technical Requirements • Number of computers? • Expected usage? • Number of end users accessing portal? • Number of analysts in each location? • Integration with Active Directory® Domain Services? • Integration with System Center Operations Manager? • Integration with System Center Configuration Manager? • Any other custom connectors? • Any special management pack requirements?

  10. Step 2: Design the Management Groups • Task 1: Determine the Number of Service Manager Management Groups • Service Manager management groups are used to define an administrative boundary for managed devices • Task 2: Determine the Number of Data Warehouse Management Groups • The data warehouse components are optional and may be implemented to provide reporting, storage of data, and/or to assist with performance issues • Task 3: Align Service Manager Management Groups to Data Warehouse Management Groups • Complete this task if it was decided in Task 2 that data warehouse management groups were required

  11. Step 3: Design the Service Manager Management Server Infrastructure • Task 1: Determine the Placement of Each Component • The Service Manager management servers and databases should be well connected via LAN or very high-speed WAN (50 milliseconds or less latency) • Task 2: Determine the Number of Servers Required for Scaling • The constraints of the software will be applied to determine the number of Service Manager management servers and Service Manager Self-Service Portals required for scaling • Add additional management servers for every 40-60 consoles

  12. Step 3: Design the Service Manager Management Server Infrastructure (Continued) • Task 3: Apply Fault-Tolerance Requirements • Use fault tolerance for all services that have an impact on user-facing or business-essential scenarios • Use load balancing for fault tolerance of management server console connections • Use clustering, log shipping, or mirroring for SQL Server® database • Use load balancing for Service Manager Self-Service Portal

  13. Step 3: Design the Service Manager Management Server Infrastructure (Continued) • Task 4: Determine the Hardware Configuration • Virtualization supported • See table on next slide for details on which roles can be co-located • Product group minimums: • Service Manager management server: • Dual quad-core 2.66-GHz CPU • 8 gigabytes (GB) of RAM • 10 GB of available disk space • Service Manager database server: • Dual quad-core 2.66-GHz CPU • 8 GB of RAM • 80 GB of available disk space • Service Manager Self-Service Portal servers: • Dual quad-core 2.66-GHz CPU • 8 GB of RAM • 10 GB of available disk space

  14. Step 3: Design the Service Manager Management Server Infrastructure (Continued)

  15. Additional Considerations (Step 3) • SMTP server access required for notification feature and incident creation through email • After deployment, back up encryption keys and develop disaster recovery plan for management servers and database

  16. Step 4: Design the Data Warehouse Management Server Infrastructure • Task 1: Determine the Placement of Each Component • The data warehouse management server and database should be well-connected via LAN or very high-speed WAN (50 milliseconds or less latency) • Can co-locate data warehouse database with Service Manager database • Reporting for Service Manager is installed on any valid configuration of SQL Server Reporting Services • Be aware of incompatible fault-tolerance options if co-locating roles

  17. Step 4: Design the Data Warehouse Management Server Infrastructure (Continued) • Task 2: Apply Fault-Tolerance Requirements for SQL Server Databases • Clustering, log shipping, and mirroring are the only supported SQL Server fault-tolerance options • No fault tolerance for data warehouse management server itself • Task 3: Determine the Hardware Configuration • Product group minimums: • Dual quad-core 2.66-GHz CPU • 8 GB of RAM • 10 GB of available disk space for data warehouse management server • 400 GB of available disk space for data warehouse database

  18. Step 4: Design the Data Warehouse Management Server Infrastructure (Continued)

  19. Additional Considerations (Step 4) • System Center Service Manager 2010 Dashboard can be installed on a new or existing implementation of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2 and can be co-located with other roles

  20. Summary and Conclusion • This guide has focused on summarizing the critical design decisions, activities, and tasks required to enable a successful design of System Center Service Manager 2010 • See the IPD guide appendix for job aids to assist in recording decisions • Provide feedback to ipdfdbk@microsoft.com

  21. Find More Information • Download the full document and other IPD guides: www.microsoft.com/ipd • Contact the IPD team: ipdfdbk@microsoft.com • Access the Microsoft Solution Accelerators website: www.microsoft.com/technet/SolutionAccelerators

  22. Questions?

  23. Addenda • Benefits for consultants or partners • IPD in Microsoft Operations Framework 4.0 • System Center Service Manager 2010 in Microsoft Infrastructure Optimization

  24. Benefits of Using the System Center Service Manager 2010 Guide • Benefits for Business Stakeholders/Decision Makers • Most cost-effective design solution for implementation • Alignment between the business and IT from the beginning of the design process to the end • Benefits for Infrastructure Stakeholders/Decision Makers • Authoritative guidance • Business validation questions ensuring solution meets requirements of business and infrastructure stakeholders • High-integrity design criteria that includes product limitations • Fault-tolerant infrastructure • Infrastructure that is sized appropriately for business requirements

  25. Benefits of Using System Center Service Manager 2010 Guide (Continued) • Benefits for consultants or partners • Rapid readiness for consulting engagements • Planning and design template to standardize design and peer reviews • A “leave-behind” for pre- and post-sales visits to customer sites • General classroom instruction/preparation • Benefits for the entire organization • Using the guide should result in a design that will be sized, configured, and appropriately placed to deliver a solution for achieving stated business requirements

  26. IPD in Microsoft Operations Framework 4.0 Use MOF with IPD guides to ensure that people and process considerations are addressed when changes to an organization’s IT services are being planned

  27. System Center Service Manager 2010 in Microsoft Infrastructure Optimization

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