Service Management Automation sample runbooks

 

Updated: May 13, 2016

Applies To: Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server, System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator

The following runbooks ship with Service Management Automation as sample runbooks to illustrate techniques and best practices. They are available to be used in the Automation extension in Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server.

Sample runbooks

Runbook name	Description
Sample-Deleting-VMCloud-Subscription	Demonstrates a useful scenario for triggering a runbook when a user deletes a VM Clouds subscription.
Sample-Managing-Azure	Shows how to connect to a Windows Azure subscription and perform basic operations using the Windows Azure PowerShell module.
Sample-Managing-ConfigurationManager	Demonstrates the capability of Service Management Automation to connect into System Center Configuration Manager.
Sample-Managing-DataProtectionManager	Demonstrates how to connect to a Data Protection Manager (DPM) server and view information about the disks found on the DPM server.
Sample-Managing-MySQLServers	Demonstrates how to retrieve a security token which will be used to then retrieve a list of host servers.
Sample-Managing-OperationsManager	Demonstrates the capability of Service Management Automationto connect to System Center Operations Manager.
Sample-Managing-Orchestrator	Shows how to connect to System Center Orchestrator and start an Orchestrator runbook to leverage your existing infrastructure.
Sample-Managing-Plans	Demonstrates how to create a new plan and add the SQL Server service with a defined quota to the new plan.
Sample-Managing-ServiceBusClouds	Demonstrates how to connect to a Service Bus Cloud server and view information about the created namespaces.
Sample-Managing-SQLServers	Demonstrates how create a new server group and add a SQL hosting server.
Sample-Managing-UserAccounts	Demonstrates how to create a User in Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server, which will be created in Windows Azure Pack, and appear in the management portal for administrators Users extension. However, this user should also be integrated into the authentication provider (for example, AuthSite) for accessing the management portal for tenants, which is not included in this sample.
Sample-Managing-VirtualMachineManager	Demonstrates how to connect to a Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) server and view information about the VMM server license.
Sample-Managing-VMClouds	Demonstrates how to access information about a Service Provider Foundation server's database connection and information about the VMM server objects managed by Service Provider Foundation.
Sample-Managing-WebSiteCloud	Demonstrates how to connect to a Web Site Clouds controller server and view information about the Web Site Clouds deployed servers.
Sample-Modify-VMCloud-Subscription	Demonstrates a useful scenario for triggering a runbook when tenant or administrator suspends or activates a VM Clouds subscription.
Sample-Using-Activities	Demonstrates the capability of Service Management Automation to use activities
Sample-Using-Checkpoints	Demonstrates the capability to use checkpoints in Service Management Automation.
Sample-Using-Connections	Demonstrates the capability of Service Management Automation to use connections to connect into remote systems.
Sample-Using-Credentials	Demonstrates the capability of Service Management Automation to use credentials, and outputs the user who the Service Management Automation runbook is running as. Then, it connects to the server 'ServerName' and outputs the user specified by 'SampleCredential' who is accessing the server.
Sample-Using-Modules	Demonstrates importing modules in runbooks, and outputs the number of already imported modules on the server 'ServerName'. Then, it imports the module specified by 'ModulePath' and outputs the new module count and information corresponding to the newly imported module.
Sample-Using-RunbookParameters	Demonstrates how to use input parameters for runbooks and also specify whether parameters are required, provide default parameter values, and use parameter values later in the workflow.
Sample-Using-Runbooks	Demonstrates how to call a runbook from within another runbook.
Sample-Using-SuspendWorkflow	Demonstrates how to force a runbook to suspend. This could be useful if a manual step is required before a runbook should continue, such as receiving sign-off approval from a specific person. Once the manual step is completed, the suspended runbook would be resumed manually to continue the runbook.
Sample-Using-Variables	Demonstrates the capability of Service Management Automation to use variables.
Sample-Using-VMCloud-Automation	Demonstrates a useful scenario for triggering a runbook at the start of a Service Provider Foundation event.