User's Manual

Understanding Orchestration
10-2 Active System Manager User Guide, Release 7.0
Figure 10-1 displays the organization of steps in Orchestration.
Figure 10-1 Organization of Steps in Orchestration
In Figure 10-1, the Available Operations View pane displays the template resources, along with a list of
custom operations related to each visible template resource. You can drag-and-drop these custom
operations in Orchestration View pane to create ordered steps collectively (also called Orchestration).
There can be multiple number of steps in an Orchestration and each step can contain one or more
operations.
Note If any step in an Orchestration contains more than one operation, then the operations are executed
in parallel. However, if multiple steps exist in an Orchestration multiple steps exist, each step is
executed in a sequential manner.
An Orchestration can either be created by an administrator or by the template owner. You can create three
different types of Orchestrations; see the “Orchestration Types” section on page 10-3 for more information.
The Orchestration feature facilitates ease of use and reduces operational complexity by automating the
repeated operations that are performed in the environment. It is a powerful feature that is capable of creating
some complex and highly interactive, automated step-based procedures.