3.3.1 Evaluating the operation procedure to be automated and the service template to be used

Evaluate the operation procedure to be automated by using JP1/AO. JP1/AO provides service templates in which information necessary for automating operation procedures is defined.

Figure 3‒3: Evaluating the operation procedure to be automated and the service template to be used

When you automate the operation procedure by using JP1/AO, you can use various types of service templates in the JP1/AO standard package or JP1/AO Content Pack version. These service templates provided by JP1/AO support setup, operation, and error handling of various JP1 products, and virtual server and cloud operations.

Evaluate the following items, and decide the service template to use, to automate the operation procedure:

Whether to use JP1/AO for automation

Based on the procedure manual for the job you want to automate, consider the range of the operation procedure to be automated by the JP1/AO service template. Automation by JP1/AO is especially effective for complicated operation procedures and procedures that are randomly and frequently executed. All operations, except physical jobs and GUI operations, can be automated by JP1/AO.
Whether the service templates provided by JP1/AO can support automation

Check the detailed information about the service template, and evaluate whether to use the template. For details about service templates, see the descriptions of individual service templates in the manual JP1/Automatic Operation Service Template Reference. If you want to automate your system operations without using these JP1/AO-provided service templates, consider creating service templates and plug-ins. You can create a new service template or plug-in, or copy and edit a service template or plug-in that is provided by JP1/AO.

After you have decided the service template to be used, check whether its prerequisites are satisfied by the operating environments of the target devices that will perform the IT operations automatically, such as the servers and storage system. For details about the prerequisites for service templates, see the descriptions about the prerequisites for individual service templates in the details windows of individual service templates, or in the manual JP1/Automatic Operation Service Template Reference.

The devices whose operation environment is verified here will be used during the process of evaluating operations for access control by device during operation design.

If you decide to change the service template to be used after you have evaluated the services, re-evaluate the operation design and system design as necessary.