Mobile to Mainframe - the Challenges of Enterprise DevOps Adoption

© 2013 IBM Corporation
Mobile to Mainframe
The Challenges and Best Practices of
Enterprise DevOps
Sanjeev Sharma
IBM Worldwide Lead – DevOps Technical Sales
Executive IT Specialist, IBM Software Group
sanjeev.sharma@us.ibm.com
@sd_architect

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Agenda
• A Level set on DevOps
• IBM‟s view of DevOps
• DevOps and the Enterprise
• DevOps for Mobile Apps
• DevOps for the Mainframe
• Adopting DevOps in The Enterprise
o People
o Process
o Technology

© 2013 IBM Corporation5
Social, Local, Mobile
Smart Infrastructure Analytics
ERP
Legacy
DB
CRM HR
Manage workloads
and maintain security
Rapid innovation
in the cloud
User experience and
mobile management
New era systems integrate existing operational systems with
rapid delivery of new client-facing apps

Evolving customer and market expectations
Capabilities and User Experience Today Emerging
Primary Workload Types
Systems of Record
Transactional
Systems of Engagement (+ Record)
Big Data, Analytics, Mobile/Social Channels
Time to Value Planned Opportunistic
Delivery Model Planned Incremental (DevOps)
Development and Operations Team Sizes 100s and Costly 10s with built-in DevOps automation
Release Frequency Months to Years Hours to Days, based on business opportunity
Integration Frequency Weeks Continuous
Service Sourcing Develop Consume and Assemble (Public and Private)
Operational Model Systems Management Built in to application, Recovery Oriented Computing, Continuous Availability
Infrastructure Deployment Days Minutes
Risk Profile Big-Bang (High Risk) Incremental

Software Delivery is critical to success
7
54%
of companies believe software delivery is critical
25%
leverage software delivery effectively today
But only…
69%
outperform
those who don’t
leverage
software delivery
effectively
Source: “The Software Edge: How effective software development drives competitive advantage,” IBM Institute of Business Value, March 2013

And a lack of continuous delivery impacts the entire business
8
Costly, error prone
manual processes and
efforts to deliver software
across an enterprise
CHALLENGES
Upgrade risk due to
managing multiple application
configurations and versions
across servers
Slow deployment
to development and test
environments leave teams
waiting and unproductive
CHALLENGES
Operations/
Production
Development/
TestCustomers
Business
Owners
Software glitch costs
trading firm Knight
Capital $440 million
in 45 minutes
A bad software upgrade
at RBS Bank left
millions unable to access
money for four days
New Zealand’s biggest phone company,
Telecom paid out $2.7 million to some
47,000 customers who were
overcharged after a software glitch

Patterns of challenges
Differences in dev
and ops
environments
cause failures
Backlog of agile
releases that Ops
cannot handle
Manual (tribal)
processes for
release lack
repeatability/speed
Lack of feedback and
quality metric leads
to missed service
level targets
Daily
Build
Monthly
Delivery
Who did
this last
time?
Dave…
Dave‟s not
here
man…
Dev
Prod

Why DevOps?
Time to value
– Deploy faster. Deploy Often
– Reduce cost/time to deliver
Developer „Self-service‟
– Allow Developers to Build and Test against „Production-like‟ systems
Increase Quality
– Reduce cost/time to test
– Increase test coverage
Increase environment utilization
– Virtualize Dev and Test Environments

Why DevOps?
Deployment
– Minimize deployment related downtime
– Minimize roll-backs of deployed Apps
Defect Resolution
– Increase the ability to reproduce and fix defects
– Minimize „mean-time-to-resolution‟ (MTTR)
– Reduce defect cycle time
Collaboration
– Reduce challenges related to Dev and Ops collaboration

Cultural challenges adopting DevOps
DeveloperOperator
Why does it take so long to get a test
environment?
I like using new open source libraries.
I‟ve checked in my code now it just
needs to be deployed (easy).
Application deployment failed again
because of new libraries.
Our processes ensure environment
stability.
Development is always making bad
operational decisions.

Agenda
• A Level set on DevOps
• IBM’s view of DevOps
o People
o Process
o Technology

Accelerate Software Delivery
Balance speed, cost, quality and risk
Reduce time to customer feedback
DevOps
Enterprise capability for continuous software delivery that enables clients
to seize market opportunities and reduce time to customer feedback
1414
Continuous Innovation, Feedback and Improvements
DevOps Lifecycle
Operations/
Production
Development/
TestCustomers
Business
Owners

DevOps Principles and Values
 Develop and test against a production-like
system
 Iterative and frequent deployments using
repeatable and reliable processes
 Continuously monitor and validate operational
quality characteristics
 Amplify feedback loops
People
Process
Tools

Adoption paths to a DevOps approach
DevOps Foundation
Open Lifecycle and Service Management Integration Platform
DevOps Lifecycle
Operations/ProductionDevelopment/TestCustomers Business Owners
Ecosystem
BestPractices
Monitor and Optimize
Plan and Measure Develop and Test Release and Deploy
OSLC

Heterogeneous Environments
Public Cloud
Private Cloud
Data Warehouse Mainframe
Enterprise Service
Bus
Directory
Identity
File
systems
Collaboration
Mobile App
Routing
Service
Third-party
Services
Portals
Content
Providers EJB
Shared
ServicesArchives
Business Partners
Messaging
Services
DevOps in the Enterprise
 Heterogeneous Environments
 Multi-technology, multi-vendor
 Silo-ed development and deployment
 Dev – Ops segregation
 Distributed Teams
 Supply Chain model
 Partners and Suppliers
 Water-SCRUM-fall model

DevOps for Mobile - Challenges
 Mobile Apps are the front-end to a
complex(enterprise) back-end
system
– Mobile Apps are rapidly becoming a
critical user interface to enterprise
systems
– But they are just one part of a multi-tier,
multi-component application “eco-system”
– Developing and delivering mobile apps
requires coordination across that whole
eco-system
Public Cloud
Private Cloud
Enterprise
Service Bus
Directory
Identity
File
systems
Collaboration
Mobile App
Routing
Service
Third-party
Services
Portals
Content
Providers EJB
Shared
ServicesArchives
Business
Partners
Messaging
Services

DevOps for Mobile - Challenges
 Fragmented Platforms
– Multiple mobile operating
systems
– Multiple devices & form factors
– Multiple implementation
technology choices
 Frequently a mix of technology is
involved for mobile app
implementation
 API and Provisioning Keys need to
be governed
 App stores add additional
asynchronous deployment step

Mobile Application Architecture: LinkedIn
http://engineering.linkedin.com/testing/continuous-integration-mobile

Multi-tier mobile apps present specific challenges to DevOps
Middle Tier ServerClient Tier Devices Back-end Data & Services
Mobile-specific
challenges:
 Lots of device targets
 Provisioning rules
and artifacts
 Curated App Stores
 Dependent upon
backend service
versions
The Mobile-specific challenge in DevOps is mainly:
1. Dealing with the specific issues in the Mobile Client tier
2. And subsequently coordinating separate pipelines for
each tier:
 Mobile Client
 Middleware
 Back-end data and services

IBM DevOps for Mobile Applications
Build it
• Distributed
build for each
target platform
Install it
• Automated
install to
emulators,
simulators or
devices
Test it
• Automated
functional
testing
Feedback
Application Deploy for Mobile
• Automates deployments of multi-tier applications
and configuration across multiple environments
• Graphical DnD editor replaces scripts
• Models environments and keeps track of what is
deployed where
• ~100 Integrations with key MW targets
Application Testing for Mobile
• Author automated tests for iOS, Android, Hybrid,
and Worklight
• Drive automated mobile app tests as part of your
continuous integration process
For mobile teams who wish to
reduce cycle times by automating
the deployment and testing of their
multi-tier mobile apps
Bring your own SCM and CI servers,
Application Deploy will:
 Instrument your app for test
 Deploy your app to device targets
 Execute automated tests
 Give you the results
Rational Test Workbench for
mobile
Continuous Delivery for Mobile

Mainframe Delivery Pains…
 Multiple teams working across
restricted dev and test capacity lead
to conflict, delays, or bad test
results in shared environments
 Complex and manual management
and configuration tasks result in
errors and delays
 Too much bad code going into test
and production causes crit sits and
emergency fixes
 Bottlenecks due to inefficient
communications between disparate
platforms and teams (Dev/Test -
System Programmers; mobile –
distributed-mainframe)

Go on Offense
Play Defense
…solutions from IBM
 Provide cheap, isolated,
development and test environments
for project teams
– Rational Development and Test
Environment
– Rational Test Virtualization Server
– SmartCloud Provisioning
– Cloud Ready for Linux on System z
 Automate consistent build,
configure, and deploy processes
across all stages
– Rational Team Concert
– uDeploy
– SmartCloud Orchestrator
 Enforce base quality standards
automatically prior to promotion
– Rational Test Workbench
– Rational Quality Manager
– SmartCloud Application Monitoring
– Omegamon
 Improve communication and
collaboration with cross-platform
release planning
– IBM Collaborative Lifecycle
Management
– Smart Cloud Control Desk

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Test LPAR
z/OS
…
Typical z/OS Testing Architecture
Organized by project team, vertically scaled, sharing resources, limited automation
Project
Team
[April Maintain]
Project
Team
[Prototype SOA]
Project
Team
[June New Func]
Project
Team
[Dec Sys Upgrade]
Test
Data
App
App
App
Problems Encountered
1.Shared resources combined
with overlapping schedules can
elicit conflicts, impede
innovation and slow code
delivery
2.Coordination of environmental
changes and releases cause
bottlenecks, delays and
additional overhead
3.Shared test data is difficult to
manage and can lead to over
testing or incorrect test results

COBOL, PL/I, C++, Java, EGL, Batch,
Assembler, Debug Tool
x86 PC running Linux
IMS
z/OS
WAS
DB2
MQ
CICS
Note: This Program is licensed only for development and test of applications that run on IBM z/OS. The Program may not be used to run production workloads of any kind, nor more
robust development workloads including without limitation production module builds, pre-production testing, stress testing, or performance testing.
DevOps Lifecycle
Continuous Feedback and Improvements
IBM Continuous Integration
Solutions
for System Z
IBM Rational Test
Workbench
Rational Development and Test Environment for System z
Continuous build and test of distributed systems
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IBM Application Deploy

Agenda
• An Level set on DevOps
• IBM‟s view of DevOps
o People
o Process
o Technology

Adopting DevOps in the Enterprise
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DevOps Foundation
Open Lifecycle and Service Management Integration Platform
DevOps Lifecycle
Ecosystem
BestPractices
Plan and Measure Develop and Test Release and Deploy
OSLC

• Common Business Objectives
• Vision Statement
• Common measures of Success
Product
Owner
Team
Member
Team Lead
Team
Member
Team
Member
Senior
Executives
Users
Domain
Experts
Auditors
Gold Owner
Support Staff
External
System Team
Operations
Staff
Adopting DevOps in the Enterprise: People/Culture

• The case for and against „DevOps Team‟
• NoOps
• The DevOps Liaison Team
• No overlay layer of bureaucracy

• Building a DevOps Culture
• There is no Silver Bullet
• Right People are needed
Product
Owner
Team
Member
Team Lead
Team
Member
Team
Member
Senior
Executives
Users
Domain
Experts
Auditors
Gold Owner
Support Staff
External
System Team
Operations
Staff

• Organizational Change
„Shift Left‟ – Operational Concerns
Build „Application aware‟ Environments
Environment Sprints

• DevOps as a Business Process
• A Process to get Capabilities from Ideation to Value
• Apply Lean Thinking to Processes
Adopting DevOps in the Enterprise: Process

Key Capabilities
1. Collaborative Development & Continuous
Integration
2. Continuous Business Planning
3. Continuous Release and Deploy
4. Continuous Testing
5. Continuous Feedback

1. Collaborative Development and Continuous Integration
http://bit.ly/PRQ4a7
Mobile App
Developent
Teams
Enterprise
Services
Developent
Teams

2. Continuous Business Planning
3. Continuous Release and Deploy
4. Continuous Testing
5. Continuous Feedback
http://bit.ly/PRQ4a7

• Infrastructure as Code/Software
Defined Environments
package "apache2" do
package_name node['apache']['package']
end
service "apache2" do
case node['platform_family']
when "rhel", "fedora", "suse"
service_name "httpd"
# If restarted/reloaded too quickly httpd has a
habit of failing.
# This may happen with multiple recipes
notifying apache to restart - like
# during the initial bootstrap.
restart_command "/sbin/service httpd restart &&
sleep 1"
reload_command "/sbin/service httpd reload &&
sleep 1"
/* REXX */
/* REXX BIND processor sample */
trace o
Arg PACKAGE DBRM
rcode = 0
/* Set BIND options */
SYSTEM = 'DSN9'
i = Pos('(', DBRM)
len = Length(DBRM)
LIBRARY = Substr(DBRM, 1, i - 1)
MEMBER = Substr(DBRM, i + 1, len - i - 1)
OWNER = 'DEVDBA'
ACTION = 'REPLACE'
VALIDATE = 'RUN'
ISOLATION = 'CS'
EXPLAIN = 'NO'
QUALIFIER = 'DEVDBA'
Call Bind_it
Exit rcode
Bind_it:
/* Create a bind control statement as a single long line. Then */
/* queue that into a FIFO stack */
DB2_Line = "BIND PACKAGE("PACKAGE")" ||,
" LIBRARY('"LIBRARY"')" ||,
" MEMBER("MEMBER")" ||,
" OWNER("OWNER")" ||,
" ACTION("ACTION")" ||,
" VALIDATE("VALIDATE")" ||,
" ISOLATION("ISOLATION")" ||,
" EXPLAIN("EXPLAIN")" ||,
" QUALIFIER("QUALIFIER")"
/* Write the bind control statement to the data queue and execute */
/* DB2I to perform the bind. */
queue DB2_Line
queue "End"
Address TSO "DSN SYSTEM("SYSTEM")"
rcode = RC
Return
Rational Automation
Framework
(WAS, Commerce, MQ…)
Adopting DevOps in the Enterprise: Technology

Adopting DevOps in the Enterprise: Technology
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• Common Collaboration Tools
• Common Work Item Management Tool
• Dashboards to show status/progress

IBM acquires UrbanCode
Expand DevOps capabilities and accelerate plans
Release and Deploy

IBM announces the acquisition of UrbanCode Inc.
Enhancing Continuous Release and Deployment:
 Drive down cost by automating manual tasks,
eliminating wait-time and rework
 Speed time to market by increasing the frequency of
software delivery
 Reduce risk through increased compliance of
application deployments.
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Deployment
Complements our DevOps solution:
 Deliver a differentiated and engaging customer
experience by reducing time to customer feedback
 Quicker time-to-value of software-based innovation
with improved predictability and success
 Increased capacity to innovate by reducing waste
and rework in order to shift resources to high-value
activities
Complementing our DevOps solution, combining IBM and UrbanCode, will enable clients to
more rapidly deliver mobile, cloud, big data analytics and traditional applications.

Line of
Business
SmartCloud Orchestrator
IBM Pure Application System
Openstack
Jenkins
Rational Build Forge
uBuild
DevOps Tool Chain
Plan and Measure
Develop and Test
Release and Deploy
Rational Focal Point
Rational Requirements Composer
Rational Team Concert
Rational Quality Manager
Rational Test Workbench
Rational Test Virtualization Server
SmartCloud Control Desk
SmartCloud Application Performance Management

DevOps Adoption Maturity
 Common Source Control
 Automated Builds (Build Definitions)
 Continuous Integration (CI)
 Automated Delivery
 Continuous Delivery to Test (CD)
 Continuous Delivery to Production-like
Systems (Infrastructure as Code)
 Continuous Delivery thru Prod

Continuous testing with virtualized services
Avoid testing bottlenecks due to dependencies on external services
• Automate setup and management of test
virtualization server in the cloud
• Automates configuration of virtualized
services for an application under test
• Automate setup of production-like test
environments with low cost
Databases Mainframe
applications
Third-party
Services
Rational Test Virtualization Server
App deploy
Application
changes
being tested
virtualized services
IBM SmartCloud Orchestrator
IBM PureApplication System
SIT FVT
IBM Rational Test
Workbench

What is Service Simulation and Test Virtualization?
Test Virtualization enables to create “virtual
services”:
–Virtual Services simulate the behavior of an
entire application or system during testing
–Virtual Services can run on commodity hardware,
private cloud, public cloud
–Each developer, tester can easily have their
own test environment
–Developer and testers continue to use their
testing tools (Manual, Web performance, UI test
automation)
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Capture
&Model
System dependencies are a key challenge in
setting up test environments:
Unavailable/inaccessible: Testing is constrained
due to production schedules, security restrictions,
contention between teams, or because they are still
under development
Costly 3rd party access fees: Developing or testing
against Cloud-based or other shared services can
result in costly usage fees
Impractical hardware-based virtualization:
Systems are either too difficult (mainframes) or remote
(third-party services) to replicate via traditional
hardware-based virtualization approaches
Public Cloud
Private Cloud
Enterprise
Service Bus
Directory
Identity
File
systems
Collaboration
App Under TestRouting
Service
Third-party
Services Portals
Content
Providers EJB
Shared
ServicesArchives
Business
Partners
Messaging
Services
Databases Mainframe
applications
App Under Test
Third-party
Services
Packaged apps, messaging services, etc.
Virtual Services

Testing with dependency virtualization
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
App
Test Case
Virtual
Services
3rd Party
Call
IMS
Data
Access
CICS
Commarea
Call
App
Test Case
Virtual
Services
3rd Party
Call
IMS Data
Access
CICS
Commarea
Call
App
Test Case
Virtual
Services
3rd Party
Call
IMS Data
Access
CICS
Commarea
Call
Controlled large system testing by isolating components under test
• Easier problem determination
• Lower test environment capacity requirements
• Improved component quality

Where to get more information?
 UrbanCode – an IBM Company
– http://www.urbancode.com
 IBM Enterprise DevOps blog
– http://ibm.co/JrPVGR
 6 Ways for Enterprises to Adopt DevOps blog
– http://ibm.co/xq71xY
 My DevOps Blog
– https://bit.ly/sdarchitect

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