Server Automation 9.x Essentials (SA120)

The primary target audience for this course is systems administrators responsible for the day-to-day operations of a data center using SA. Security administrators, SA administrators, IT/Application architects, Data Center/Operations managers, and other technical audiences can also benefit from this entry-level course to learn the basic operations of SA.

At the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Describe the SA core architecture and key components
• Integrate unmanaged servers into the SA managed environment and discover server information
• Use the OS Provisioning feature of SA to automate the installation of operating systems onto servers
• Provision virtual servers and manage their server lifecycle through SA
• Create static and dynamic device groups to manage multiple servers as groups
• Manage packages as part of the software management feature in SA
• Use a policy-based management methodology to provision software and manage software updates
• Use the new Application Deployment Management
• Use the Application Configuration feature of SA to manage the values in configuration files on managed servers
• Manage patches on various OS platforms using a patch policy or software policy
• Use the Audit and Remediation feature of SA to ensure servers and applications are compliant with defined best practices or corporate policies
• Use the Compliance feature of SA to discover out of compliance servers in the managed environment and ensure they are in compliance with corporate policies
• Use the Global Shell and Global File System (OGFS) features to explore and manage servers in an SA environment
• Create, manage and execute scripts in SA to manage servers or server groups
• Run reports on servers and software using BSAE

• Course Introduction
• Module 1: Introducing HP Server Automation
• Module 2: Architecture & Interfaces
• Module 3: Integrating Servers into HP Server Automation
• Module 4: Provisioning Operating Systems with HP Server Automation
• Module 5: Managing Virtualization
• Module 6: Creating Device Groups
• Module 7: Managing Packages
• Module 8: Managing Software with Policies
• Module 9: Application Deployment Management
• Module 10: Managing Application Configuration
• Module 11: Managing Patches
• Module 12: Managing Server and Application Compliance through Audit and Remediation
• Module 13: Ensuring Compliance
• Module 14: Exploring Servers with the Global Shell and Global File System
• Module 15: Managing Servers with Distributed Script
• Module 16: Reporting with HP Server Automation BSAE