Edison: A Review of the Operational Application

Elements and a Look at It's Expected Evolution

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LAN Printer for local printing

and mainframe host print

Local End users

128 – 1544 K T1

Circuits

Internet Access Firewall

Server Load Balancing and SSL offloading

Services

Data Center Firewall

Data Center Core Switch

Tennessee Tower Core

Switch

Building Distribution

Switches provide a link from Closet to Network Core

Closet Switchs Stacks provide

host connectivity

Local User LAN

TNII NetworkState owned or controlled hosts Remote Access

Dial in

Other State Internet

Users and VPN Access

Education Systems – DS3

to Education Networks of

America

Private Connection to State Vendors

State Network Overview

Multiple Server Systems.

Electronic Mail, Groupwise etc

Stand Alone Servers

WebServer VLANs

AppServer VLANs

Redundant Load Balancers / SSL

Translation

Database ServerVLANs

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Development

Production

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Web Users -Self-Service,

Recruiting/Jobs, Web Payments

SSL

Vendor Web

Server(eProcurement

Punch-Out)

SS

L

Internet

cXM

L / S

SL

Edison Project

HTTPS/HTML

SQL, Jolt, XML, COM+, HTTPS/HTML(depends on system)

Edison Project

2 Tier Access& Windows Share

Allowed to Db VLAN

Test

Batch Servers in Db VLANs

iNovah Cashiering

`End Users

Pay Station (3rd Party)`Developers

Remittance Processor (optional)

Private RAC Interconnect VLANs

Load Balanced

SSL

Load Balanced

SSL

SSL

HighJumpHandhelds SyncWhen Docked

Web & App Combined into 1 VLAN in Development

No Load Balancing

02/13/07

HCM

Facility MAX

FSCM

Fleet Focus

ELM

High Jump

iNovah

Outbound Services to Legacy systems

EPMPOR

Outbound Services to Legacy systems

BanksCarriersVendors

And Others

RPS

Implementation

• Implementation Time Frame 2006 Through 2009• Size based on employee count of 45,000 and

budget size of 32 billion• System Elements are PeopleSoft HCM,

Financials, Projects, Spend/Procurement Enterprise Learning, Data Warehouse and Portal

• Supporting Business Applications: Facilities, Fleet, Cash Management, Asset/ Inventory Bar Coding and Data Warehouse

• Rapid Deployment/ Project Management• Consulting Support

Architecture

• Move From Multiple Platforms to Distributed Systems Format

• Staffing• Infrastructure Design• Virtual Servers and Storage Area Networks• Load Testing• Instances Supported : Production, Test, Training,

Development and Disaster Recovery• Security Provisions

User Impact

• Advisor Committee • Steering Committee• Key User/Data Owners• Subject Matter Experts • End User Employees • End User Non-Employees• Vendor/ Bidders

Operational Next Steps

• Identify/ Change Business Process as Needed• Establish System Interface Concept• Develop Audit Application Awareness• Load Historical Data as Needed• Configure Disaster Recovery• Application Performance to the Desktop• Infrastructure Performance Web, Application and

Database• Develop an Application Upgrade Strategy

Additional Applications to Improve Service and Control Support Cost

• Compuware Application Monitor• Quest Stat to Track Change Control• Oracle Enterprise Service Bus• AutoSys Application Scheduling• Remedy Problem Tracking for Helpdesk Issues• Finalist Address Correction• Entrust and PGP Token Based Encryption for

Files and SSL• FileNet for Document Storage

Applications and Enhancements In The Wings

• Database Partitioning• Advanced Compression• Audit Vault• Advanced Security• Identity Management• Real Application Testing• Project Portfolio Management• Service Oriented Architecture• Using Appliance Strategy in the Infrastructure

Lessons Learned

• Make Sure Everyone Knows and Understands the Deployment Strategy

• Over Communicate Everything• Create a Plan and Work the Plan• Make Sure Everyone understands and Agrees to

the Operational Plan• T he Work Plan Will Increase in Complexity and

Volume After Implementation• Forecast Three Year Rolling Information Systems

Plan to Communicate Future Needs to leadership

Value Proposition

• Eliminated Multiple Applications That Were Not Integrated

• Established Departmental and Interdepartmental Workflow

• Consolidated Financial Systems• Established Accounts Receivable• Improved Integration With Agency Program

Systems • Created Electronic Repositories for Numerous

Documents

More Value

• Moved Procurement to the Internet and a Electronic format

• Opened Up Numerous Improved Business Process Opportunities

• Improved Data Availability and Administration• Opened Application to Browser Based Internet

Access and Handicapped Accessibility• Presented Opportunities to Increase Security for

Application Operations and Data• Employee Growth

Value For The Future

• Improved Opportunities to Share Information• Consolidate Purchasing Power to Benefit All That

Participate• More Easily Adapt to Legal Requirements• Leverage Vendor Improvements to All

Applications

A Project Approach

Creating a Project Driven

Organization

What is a Project Driven Business Group?

• Has a well defined project office• Group leadership is supportive and references

project activities • The office is well funded and administrative tools

are used• All major group activities are defined as projects• Projects are detailed in design and a collaborative

group has contributed• Project ownership is well defined and participatory• Evaluations and quality reviews are conducted to

establish value

What is the Value of a Project Driven Group?

• Group efforts are documented and visibility created• Responsibilities are defined• Projects are prioritized and assigned• Efforts can be measured• Leadership can better understand commitments• Expectations can be shaped from a view of the big

picture• Concurrent and dependent activities are more easily

identified• Team work can be better coordinated • Activities are increased and value identified for the

organization

What are the Pitfalls?

• Understanding and feeling good about the work load• Identifying the correct project team members• Creating working relationships with the project leads• Establishing communication and keeping it alive• Partnering when you would like to blame• Knowing when and how to congratulate and celebrate• Establishing the requirements• Evaluating, documenting and selling a need to change

business process• Always improve business time and motion while

remaining accountable

Selling Project Management

• What is it and how would you explain it to leadership• Why is it needed past the change management steps• Can you do the return on investment for project

leadership and the associated tools• Can you identify a phased-in approach • Who would the champions for the project approach

be in your business group• What tools would be needed• How many projects can a PM support • What support is required for the PM to have a good

result

Project Evolution at Edison

• Creation of the group• Transition from implementation to operations• How the project approach changed• Improvements in administration and support• Group training and assignment change • Procuring and implementing tools• Improving the discipline increasing the

documentation• Enhancing the business value and celebrating it

Edison Leadership Project Map

Introduction

• Monitoring Approach• Tools

• Server Vantage • Client Vantage Agentless

• Current Monitoring Status• Areas of Improvement

Monitoring Approach

• Three primary monitoring areas:• Usage

• Who is using resources and when? • Performance

• How much resources are being consumed?• How well are resources performing?

• Availability• How often are resources unavailable?

Monitoring Approach (cont’d)

• Two methods of monitoring:• Agent Based Monitoring

• Software local to the monitored device which operates independently and reports back to a central unit

• Provides greater variety, intelligence, and customization over agentless methods

• Agentless Monitoring• The remote collection of data from a monitored device • Often this is done utilizing pre-existing software on the

device, such as the Operating System• May also capture data passively

Tools: ServerVantage

• ServerVantage• Provides server-specific performance monitoring

• CPU, Memory, Network Rates, etc. • Agent based solution utilized for Production

monitoring • Agentless methods to be used for Dev / Test

Database CPU Report

App Server CPU Report

Alerts Chart

Tools: ClientVantage Agentless

• ClientVantage Agentless• Provides End User Experience (usage and

availability) monitoring by measuring the network timings between “fault domains” of actual end user activity

Portal Level 1 Dashboard

Portal Level 1 Dashboard w/Benchmark

Portal Level 2 Dashboard

Slow Page Report

Slow Page Report Cont’d

Daily System Performance Report

Website Scorecard: All Fault Domains

ClientVantage Alarms

Current Monitoring Status

• Performed basic implementation of ServerVantage and Client Vantage with Compuware

• Developed additional custom monitoring views and reports as well as distribution methods

• Increased the Vantage server infrastructure to mitigate initial performance issues

• Upgraded Vantage software from v10.1 to 10.2 and are in the process of upgrading to v10.3

Areas of Improvement

• Implement automatic alerting • Implement Development and Test Segment

agentless monitoring• Implement VM Ware ESX Host agentless monitoring• Upgrade Vantage software to v11.1 • Develop additional custom counters for JOLT /

Tuxedo monitoring• Implement additional proactive monitoring practices• Implement Business Service Monitor / Integrate

Vantage with other toolsets (Remedy, AutoSys, OEM, etc.)

Recap

• Monitoring Approach• Tools

• Server Vantage • Client Vantage Agentless

• Current Monitoring Status• Areas of Improvement

Changing Landscape for Applications

How Applications are ImplementedAccessibility / Presentation of the Application

(Cloud Computing)Security of the DataApplication Support ToolsMobile ComputingSupport New Social NeedsA Constant Move Toward Self-Service Understanding and Using Analytic Data

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