Orchestratorincludes over 70 activities that perform a variety of functions. These activities are known as standard activities. To expand and customize the functionality of Orchestrator, you can download additional activities, known as integration packs. Integration packs interact with many different products to help you manage your entire IT infrastructure.

The following procedure contains general instructions that apply to most integration packs. See the specific integration pack guide for system requirements and any special installation instructions for the integration pack that you are installing.

For additional help, please refer to the on-line documentation Deploying System Center 2012 - Orchestrator.

To register and deploy the integration pack

  1. Copy the integration pack file to a location of your choice on the Orchestrator management server.

  2. Start the Deployment Manager. (Click Start -> All Programs -> Microsoft System Center -> Orchestrator 2012 -> Deployment Manager.)

  3. In the left pane, right-click Integration Packs, and then click Register IP with the Management Server.

  4. Click Next on the Welcome page.

  5. On the Integration Pack or Hotfix Selection page, click Add. Locate and select the integration pack file that you copied, and then click Next.

  6. Click Finish. The Log Entries pane will display a confirmation message when the integration pack is successfully registered.

  7. In the left pane, right-click Integration Packs, and then click Deploy IP to Runbook Server or Runbook Designer.

  8. On the Welcome page, click Next.

  9. Select the integration pack that you just registered, and then click Next.

  10. Select the Runbook server or Runbook Designer Computer to which you want to deploy the integration pack, click Add, and then click Next.

  11. Select the Installation Configuration options that apply to this deployment, and then click Next.

  12. Click Finish. The Log Entries pane will display a confirmation message when the integration pack is successfully deployed.

  13. Close all affected Runbook Designers, and then start them again.

To view the log files created by the deployment operation, right-click the new integration pack, and then click View Deployment Logs.