The Infrastructure Lifecycle Challenge

PowerOn ADMS environments consist of multiple integrated server types across Dev, Test, Pre-Prod, and Production environments. 

Traditional manual procedures create knowledge silos, inconsistent configurations, and extended deployment timelines that force utilities into a choice between deferring upgrades or dedicating valuable OT resources to upgrade projects at the expense of BAU operations.

Automated Infrastructure Lifecycle Management

Evergreen OT is a managed service that maintains and delivers executable infrastructure blueprints across the complete lifecycle- server builds, data migrations, integration testing, cutover orchestration, backups, patching, and maintenance.

Powered by AttuneOps automation, these blueprints are continually tested, incrementally improved and always supported.

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AttuneOps Automates Every Environment

AttuneOps automates your entire PowerOn ADMS environment:

  • Core ADMS

    Application, Report, Web Servers

  • Communications

    ICCP, eFEP and FEP Servers

  • Peek Integration

    Peek Field Switching, Peek Field Incidents, Peek ADMS Insight

  • Supporting Infrastructure

    RPM Mirrors, Map Tile Server, Proxies, GitLab, SOAP
Evergreen OT production environment lifecycle diagram showing stages including new server builds, user acceptance testing, cutover, application level backups, ad-hoc fixes, and security patching for PowerOn ADMS infrastructure

How Your OT ADMS Infrastructure Stays Evergreen

Every six months, Synerty upgrades the Evergreen environment to the latest PowerOn ADMS version, updating and testing the complete automation stack- server builds, data migrations, backups, patching, and maintenance procedures. This continuous process maintains and refines the automation itself, ensuring blueprints remain current with vendor releases and industry best practices.
Synerty validates the upgraded Evergreen environment and performs first-pass user acceptance testing of the ADMS software. You receive proven AttuneOps blueprints covering server builds, data migrations, backups, patching, and maintenance. These blueprints apply to your Dev, Test, Pre-Prod, and Production environments, ready to deploy on your timeline.
This continuous testing and refinement cycle transforms ADMS upgrades from disruptive multi-year projects into routine operations. Procedures that took weeks to execute manually now run in hours, and knowledge doesn’t walk out the door with personnel changes.

OT ADMS Architecture

Evergreen OT architecture diagram showing automation flow across Dev, Test, Pre-Prod, and Production ADMS environments

Synerty Evergreen OT develops and tests blueprints in the Evergreen environment every six months. Proven automation integrates with your Dev, Test, Pre-Prod, and Production environments for deployment on your timeline, with continuous support to ensure successful execution.

OT ADMS server architecture diagram showing environment layers including OT Environments, OT DMZ, and Corporate IT separated by firewalls

Each Environment Contains the Following

OT ADMS Architecture

Initial Server Build

Evergreen OT delivers infrastructure builds and data migrations across all PowerOn ADMS node types and environments.

  • Server builds completed in hours vs weeks manually
  • Maintained operational continuity independent of personnel changes
  • Transparent, documented blueprints reduce knowledge concentration risk

Integration Testing

Evergreen OT provides test environment builds, dataset restoration from Production (1-4 hours), and self-service scenario setup for operational readiness testing. Pre-Production environments receive periodic automated backups from Production, ensuring AppOps test with data that exactly matches Production table structures and formats.

  • Production-identical test environments provisioned within hours rather than weeks
  • More frequent dataset refreshes reduce testing delays- from rarely to weekly/daily
  • Self-service capability enables AppOps to trigger restores without SysOps intervention
  • Non-Prod periodic restores ensure accurate testing with current Production data formats

Cutover

Evergreen OT executes cutover blueprints with coordinated data migration, service transitions, and system validation using pre-tested, repeatable blueprints. Cutover blueprints are tested and proven in non-production environments- Dev, Test, and Pre-Prod, ensuring consistent, reliable production execution.

  • Pre-tested Blueprints execute across all servers, watch for problems instead of copying commands from Word Documents.
  • Cutover blueprints proven multiple times before Production execution eliminates last-minute surprises
  • Shorter outage/maintenance windows reduce risk through fast, automated execution
  • Replace scattered notes for go-live tasks with references to which AttuneOps Jobs to run.

Application Backups

Evergreen OT coordinates application-aware backups across your PowerOn ADMS infrastructure, managing service dependencies and maintaining tested restoration procedures. Unlike cron scripts that fail silently in the background, AttuneOps shows exactly which step failed with email alerts and detailed execution visibility.

  • Consistent, application-aware backups reduce data loss risk
  • Coordinated restoration processes enable rapid response to security incidents
  • Backup visibility- see exactly which step failed instead of hunting through cron logs with email alerts on failures
  • Push-button disaster recovery capability with tested restoration procedures

Patching

Evergreen OT coordinates quarterly security patching across services and scheduled maintenance tasks. AttuneOps’ application-aware automation creates rich patching blueprints that safely stop ADMS applications, apply patches, reboot nodes, then safely restart services, all automated and tested in dev environments. This works across Windows, Linux, and Oracle databases.

  • Automated service orchestration- stops applications, patches systems, reboots, restarts services
  • Faster, coordinated patching cycles reduce security vulnerability windows
  • Tested blueprints lower patching failure rates
  • Reusable blueprints- refine previous quarter's process rather than rebuilding from scratch

Ad-Hoc Fixes

System administrators can quickly capture their ad-hoc scripts and tasks into AttuneOps blueprints. AttuneOps permanently stores these fixes, allowing the original creator or any team member to easily execute them when needed, converting irregular chores into reusable, accessible procedures.

  • Ad-hoc fixes captured quickly and stored permanently
  • Self-service execution- anyone can run stored blueprints without escalation
  • Automated execution ensures procedures remain accurate and current
  • Team-wide access to all captured solutions

Why Evergreen OT Works for Utility-Scale Deployments

Evergreen OT is powered by AttuneOps, purpose-built for complex, multi-server OT ADMS infrastructure and the support teams managing them. AttuneOps’ ease of adoption makes comprehensive automation feasible even for overwhelmed system administrators, with rapid development and debugging capabilities that make infrastructure automation economically viable for utility-sized deployments.

Development Efficiency

  • Fix Scripts and Resume Jobs
    Resume from failure point instead of restarting- dramatically reduces development time when debugging automation.
  • Automate. Faster.
    Pause, modify, skip, or initiate jobs from any point for greater control and efficiency during execution.
  • Supports Popular Scripting Languages
    Uses familiar scripting languages sysadmins already know- automate exactly as you would manually.
  • Develop, Test, Apply Methodology
    Develop and test processes in non-prod environments, then apply proven blueprints through environment progression to production.

Knowledge Management

  • Centralised Knowledge Repository
    AttuneOps centralises software, configurations, processes, and logs across Windows, Linux, and macOS, auto-generating ITIL-compliant documentation.
  • Portable and Shareable Blueprints
    Export/import entire projects with scripts, comments, and files via file or GIT. Reusable parameters reduce effort and improve QA.
  • Transparent Knowledge
    Centralises blueprints and logs while adhering to ITIL standards, export automated blueprints as manual instructions when needed.

Operational Excellence

  • Self-Service Portal
    Anyone can run jobs on demand without repeatedly tasking sysadmins, eliminating operational bottlenecks.
  • Powerful Multi-Server Orchestration
    Run steps across multiple servers and users within a single job, with full-stack orchestration from bare metal to VMs.
  • Simplified Scheduled Tasks
    Built-in centralised scheduler manages scheduled tasks across entire Windows and Linux estate.

Ad-Hoc Fixes

System administrators can quickly capture their ad-hoc scripts and tasks into AttuneOps blueprints. AttuneOps permanently stores these fixes, allowing the original creator or any team member to easily execute them when needed, converting irregular chores into reusable, accessible procedures.

  • Ad-hoc fixes captured quickly and stored permanently
  • Self-service execution- anyone can run stored blueprints without escalation
  • Automated execution ensures procedures remain accurate and current
  • Team-wide access to all captured solutions