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Cloud cost tracking, Automation based scalability, and Cloud migration for HPC.

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New and updated features in Altair NavOps 2025.1.0.
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Cloud cost tracking, Automation based scalability, and Cloud migration for HPC.
- Log into NavOps
  Login to NavOps using the URL https://<hostname>:<port>/.
- NavOps Welcome Screen
  When you login to NavOps for the first time, a quick setup screen helps you get started.
- NavOps Workspace
  Overview of the NavOps workspace.
Cloud Scaling Overview
An introduction to cloud scaling, a typical scaling setup and an overview of steps to set up cloud scaling.
Configure Amazon Web Service Cloud Scaling
Create the necessary components in AWS that are required for cloud scaling and then add your credential to NavOps before creating a cloud environment.
Configure Microsoft Azure Cloud Scaling
Create the necessary components in Microsoft Azure that are required for cloud scaling and then add your Credential to NavOps before creating a cloud environment.
Windows Deployment on AWS and Azure
Requirements for deploying Windows cloud nodes.
Configure Google Cloud Platform Cloud Scaling
Create the necessary components in GCP that are required for cloud scaling and then add your Credential to NavOps before creating a cloud environment.
Configure Oracle Cloud Scaling
Create the necessary components in Oracle Cloud that are required for cloud scaling and then add your Credential to NavOps before creating a cloud environment.
Configure Openstack for Cloud Scaling
Create the necessary components in OpenStack that are required for cloud scaling and then add your credential to NavOps before creating a cloud environment..
Add, Register, and Deploy a Cluster
After creating a cluster, it has to be registered by installing the NavOps CLI and agent. You can add node configurations containing custom resources and scripts and deploy the cluster.
Node Configurations
Node configurations enable you to customize a node associated with a cluster. Compared to operations performed via the cloud-init script these configurations are managed on the WLM server increasing flexibility and security. Node configurations are supported for PBS, Grid Engine and Slurm clusters.
Deploy Cloud Nodes Manually
Deploy nodes manually (without the intervention of the workload manager) for testing purposes or when your site wants to keep nodes deployed for an indeterminate amount of time.
Undeploy Cloud Nodes Manually
Undeploy cloud nodes when they are no longer needed.
Automate Cloud Scaling for Accelerator
Create rules to automatically scale-up and scale-down deployment of nodes on the cloud.
Automate Cloud Scaling for PBS Professional
Create rules to automatically scale-up and scale-down deployment of nodes on the cloud. Use node configuration to customize a node associated with a PBS cluster.
Automate Cloud Scaling for Grid Engine
Create rules to automatically scale-up and scale-down deployment of nodes on the cloud. Use node configuration to customize a node associated with a Grid Engine cluster.
Automate Cloud Scaling for Slurm
Create rules to automatically scale-up and scale-down deployment of nodes on the cloud. Use node configuration to customize a node associated with a Slurm cluster.
Generate API Keys
NavOps uses API keys to connect the NavOps server, WLM agent, head node and cloud nodes. Each cluster has a dedicated API KEY, if you would like to generate additional key please use the following instructions. The key is generated and displayed once. Make sure you save it as you won't be able to access it again. The key is generated for a specific cluster. The key is set on the deployed nodes. It is also present in the NavOps agent on the head node and the MoMs. The default expiry date of the key is one year. When the key expires, you can generate another one and replace the key manually on the head node.
Cost Center
Cost centers provide visibility of expenditure to dynamically manage cloud operations and plan ahead. Cost centers are associated with node delpoyments. The limits defined in the cost center are checked before deploying nodes. The estimated costs accrued by cost centers are displayed visually as well as in a table.
Accounting
The accounting dashboard provides a set of reports containing charts and tables tracking Burn Rate, Core Count, Node Count and Total Cost for the Cloud connector, Cloud credentials, Cloud environment, Node class and Cluster datasets. These reports can be produced for a custom date and time range or a set of preset date and time ranges.
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Cloud cost tracking, Automation based scalability, and Cloud migration for HPC.

Altair’s NavOps helps enterprises extend compute-intensive HPC workloads to the cloud. It is application, resource, and budget-aware, providing real-time insights into workloads and spending with complete visibility into HPC cloud resources to access the capabilities and capacity your business needs.

By combining sophisticated automation with cloud spend management, organizations can boost efficiency, reduce cloud costs, and improve time-to-results, ultimately improving revenue and profitability.

Features include:

Flexible Resource Provisioning: Easily scale HPC clusters in your choice of cloud.
Cloud Automation: Manage cloud scaling in a no-ops fashion with powerful automation.
Cloud Cost Tracking: Monitor and control costs with budget-aware spend management.
Multi-cloud Deployments: Seamless operation across your choice of cloud platform.
Cloud Resource Right-sizing: Auto-select the optimal instance types based on workload.
Extreme Cloud Scale: Production proven in large scale enterprise cloud deployments.
Align Costs with Revenue: Balance capital expenditure and operational expenditure and minimise total cost of ownership for your HPC capability.

To obtain the latest release package, contact your Altair sales representative by writing to pbssales@altair.com or pbssupport@altair.com. For more information, visit us at https://altair.com/altair-navops.