About Platform Manager

Platform Manager is an optional add-on feature that automates the initial commissioning, licensing, and configuration of Mitel applications that are managed by Oria.

A Service Provider builds system blueprints that define the service offerings to customers and uses them to generate base platforms during customer provisioning. Blueprints contain application configuration, licensing, and hardware information. See About Platform Manager Blueprints for more information on blueprints.

Platform Manager supports setting up MiVoice Business Multi Instance and MiVoice Business Express instances.

 

The general Platform Manager setup steps are:

Step 1 Install a File Server and Platform Manager

Platform Manager is deployed on two servers; File Server and Platform Manager Server.

Step 2 Configure Platform Manager

The Service Provider performs a one-time configuration of Platform Manager. This includes registering MiVoice Business Multi-Instance servers or VMware vCenter, registering an AMC account, and uploading files used by the blueprints.

a.  Manually install and license your MiVoice Business Multi-Instance server. Do this before registering it with Platform Manager. Platform Manager does not create the MiVoice Business Multi-Instance ARID. If you are using the MiVoice Business Express appliance, license it and obtain the ARID. VMware vCenter must also be licensed and available..

b.  Create a server pool for MiVoice Business Multi Instance or the vCenter servers.

c.  Register the Mivoice Business Multi-Instance or vCenter servers (Configure > Infrastuctures > Register Infrastructure).

d.  Register the AMC credentials.

e.  Upload the files used by the blueprints.

Step 3 Build the blueprint

Build a custom blueprint that describes a group of applications, license parts, and base configurations that, together, define a service that will be offered to customers.

Step 4 Create Platform Group instances

Platform Manager uses the Blueprints to generate one or more instances of configured and licensed software. A single instance may contain multiple Mitel applications. Platform Manager creates the license ARIDs and the MiVoice Business instances. See Create Platform Group Instances for details.

Step 5 Test the new instance

The first time you build from a blueprint, test the new instance.

Hardware used in the creation of resources is obtained from pools described in the blueprint. Using Platform Manager, you can Create, View, Start, Stop, and Delete an instance.

Files, such as the MiVoice Business software image and any golden databases, are downloaded by Platform Manager to the servers as needed.