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Microsoft System Center Orchestrator 2012 R2 Essentials

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Microsoft System Center Orchestrator 2012 R2 Essentials

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Deployment Manager


We've already addressed this component of Orchestrator in Chapter 3, Orchestrator Integration Packs, but at that point, we were targeting only the Integration Packs deployment.

So far, we've addressed the Integration Packs registration and deployment against our Runbook Servers and Runbook Designers to get the activities that will allow us to integrate with other systems in our datacenter.

Now, the Deployment Manager can also help you deploy more from Orchestrator, more specifically:

  • Deploy Runbook Servers remotely from the Management Server, as long as you have the permissions to do so

  • Deploy the Runbook Designer remotely as well, allowing you to closely control the access and permissions given to the people that develop Runbooks

A few things to keep in mind before starting the deployment of new Runbook Servers through the Deployment Manager or even Runbook Designers are as follows:

  • Don't forget to get the requirements installed properly beforehand, otherwise you will find...