IT Modeler
Check Point
February 2, 2006
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What’s the Problem?
The information needed to make informed, strategic and
tactical decisions is limited due to the absence of a common
repository for information about IT resources for all HHS
agencies.
Resources meaning the tools, systems, services, people, etc.
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Where is the information today?
Software
such as
excel or
word
Frequency of
update or
validation
Local or
network
drive
Consistency of
information
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Knowledgeable
employee
Sources of
information
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effort
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Schedule of Activities
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 Week 1 – Installation, trial run, full run of data
discovery, Unisys on-site
Week 2 – Data alignment, training, knowledge transfer,
Unisys on-site
Week 3+,
EASM will continue to populate ITM with data to explore
capabilities of product
Determine reports that provide the greatest benefit.
Prepare assessment of issues, recommendations and
lessons learned
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POC focus
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Discovery
Initially 10 systems for validation (performance, ETC)
Scale to perhaps 100 systems
Alignment
Align portions of TechCat
Align portions of SysCat output with discovered
systems
Align other HHSC data collected
Reporting
Generate custom reports per HHSC
Training
Train HHSC on installation
Execution of all ITM components including process
on data alignment
4 week effort (2 weeks on site engineering assistance)
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Installation
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 Kickoff technical meeting on January 23
 Members from across infrastructure org. participated
 Concerns addressed through test run approach
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Environment
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Network Diagram – IT Modeler
Central Location – Winter (C)
Admin
PC (wdc\AUSIMO203)
Functionality:
- Administer IT modeler
- Perform Discovery analysis,
reporting, and data alignment
JDBC
INTRA/
INTERNET
Db Server
(Mantis)
Functionality:
- Database Services
OS: Solaris
S/W: Oracle
OS: Window 2003 – VMware ESX
S/W: Discovery and Exel IT Modeler
modeles, MSDE database, MS XML
Parser, MS SOAP, Internet Browser,
Adobe SVG Viewer,
Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
AppServer
( wdc\AUSIMO203 )
Functionality:
- Maintain IT Modeler
Services
- Produce data/reports
- Provide multi-user web
based accessed
PC
OS: Windows 2003
S/W: IT Modeler
Application, Tomcat
Functionality:
- View reports and data
Users
OS: Window
S/W: Internet Browser,
Adobe SVG Viewer,
Java Runtime Environment
(JRE)
Updated on 1/24/06
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Discovery
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 Started with a 10 named servers for dry run
 Then ran larger listing for full discovery
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255 servers list (159 successful IP address)
 Then ran smaller list for subnet discover
 Results
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146 discovery (91 DHS, 32 MHMR, 23 WDC) of 159 Wintel
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Monitoring metrics
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Specific Systems
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Monitoring metrics
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Domain selected
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Monitoring metrics
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Distribution of operating systems across domain
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Monitoring metrics
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Analysis of Average CPU and Memory Utilization across the domain
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Monitoring metrics
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Combined average where minimum up time increased
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Data Import
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 Two processes: manual & automated
 Automated process uses an Excel Template
 HHSC model mapped to ITM
 Data aligned with Model
 Data then imported
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Data Import
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 Systems Catalog data Enterprise-wide
 Selected data gathered from DCC effort
 Selected data gathered from DR
 Organizational diagrams
 Selected data found in PMRS
Technology Catalog data Enterprise-wide (pending)
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Training
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 Installation Configuration
 Discovery Process
 Model definition
 Data Import
 Data Alignment
 Navigation of the tool
 Change management
 Resource requirements
 Slide Deck of over 1000 slides
 Reports (pending)
Security Model Rules/ Permissions (pending)
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Extras
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 Development of custom reports
 Created unique HHSC Visio navigation view
 Created customized import workbooks SysCat workbooks
 Identified additional requirements for installation
 Network
 DB
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Unisys Take Aways
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 Error Logging
 Discovery-Long Fully Qualified Name
 Network-port Requirements
 DB install-compatibility mode issue
 UI improvements
 Report improvements
 Excel Transform Improvement
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Next Steps
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 Security model & report review items to be completed
 Unix sample to be discovered
 Database sample to be discovered
 HHSC will continue evaluation for 2 weeks
 Unisys will provide support off-site
 Evaluation to be submitted to project sponsors
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HHSC Model (ITM POC)
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Organization
Stakeholders
Sponsors
Projects
Project Tasks
Product
Project Management Data
Activity
Physical
Systems
ITM Discovery
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SYSCAT Data
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System Name
SYSCAT Data
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HHSC Schema
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Customized
Classifications
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ITM View
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Visual representation of
stakeholder ownership
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ITM View
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Project management
integration
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ITM View
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System alignment to
System Names (WORx),
Organizations and
Stakeholders
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ITM View
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Stakeholder view
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ITM View
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System detail view
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Customized ITM View
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Customized UI
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Questions / Demo
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