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IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager 7.1.1 Virtualization. Topics. Feature Objective (Problems Solved) Feature Overview Common Use Cases. TPM 7.1.1 Virtualization Objective. Allow customers to provision and manage virtual servers to meet the dynamic needs of their business
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Topics • Feature Objective (Problems Solved) • Feature Overview • Common Use Cases
TPM 7.1.1 Virtualization Objective • Allow customers to provision and manage virtual servers to meet the dynamic needs of their business • Virtualization is a key component of a truly dynamic infrastructure
Topics • Feature Objective (Problems Solved) • Feature Overview • Common Use Cases
TPM 7.1.1 Virtualization Overview • Improve how information about virtual machines and their host platforms are presented • Improve the reliability and performance of the automation used to discover and create LPARs • Support dual virtual I/O servers with MPIO when provisioning LPARs • Simplify the creation of VMware virtual machines by supporting the discovery and deployment of VMware templates
Topics • Feature Objective (Problems Solved) • Feature Overview • Common Use Cases
TPM 7.1.1 Virtualization Common Use Cases • Discover information from host platform systems • Creating a Virtual Server • Variations: • powerVM LPAR • powerVM WPAR • VMware virtual machine • Solaris whole zone • Solaris sparse zone • Manage Virtual Servers
Deploying a VMware Template • VMware templates are discovered using either the Virtual Center or ESX server discovery configurations • VMware templates appear in the same list as other virtual server templates • The red rectangle indicates a VMware template and the red oval indicates a TPM Template.