IBM Workload Deployer Terminology 101
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The document provides an overview of terminology related to IBM Workload Deployer, focusing on various concepts such as cloud groups, hypervisors, virtual system patterns, and application patterns. It details components like image parts, script packages, and reusable components that aid in the deployment and management of virtual environments. Additionally, it introduces terms like emergency fixes and environment profiles which enhance the control and configuration of the deployment process.
IBM Workload Deployer Terminology 101
- 1. Dustin Amrhein (damrhei@us.ibm.com) @damrhein - WebSphere Technical Specialist IBM Workload Deployer Terminology 101 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 2. Cloud Terminology 2 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 3. Cloud groups • Cloud groups represent a pool of resource to which you can deploy patterns Can be custom cloud groups (collection of defined hypervisors) or managed cloud groups (reference to VMControl or vCenter) 3 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 4. Hypervisors • Hypervisors are hosts capable of hosting virtualized environments created from pattern deployment Can be PowerVM, zVM, or VMware ESX hosts 4 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 5. IP groups • IP groups contain subnet information and a range of IP addresses that are assigned to deployed environments 5 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 6. Virtual System Terminology 6 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 7. Virtual system patterns • Virtual system patterns are a collection of image parts and script packages that represent a middleware environment Treated as atomic units in IBM Workload Deployer 7 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 8. IBM Hypervisor Edition images • IBM Hypervisor Edition images are virtual images that contain an operating system and selected middleware components Various OS distributions and middleware products/versions 8 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 9. Image parts • Image parts are the different types of nodes you can create using an IBM Hypervisor Edition image 9 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 10. Script packages • Script packages provide a way to customize the configuration of IBM Hypervisor Edition image parts Definition includes description and invocation details 10 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 11. Add-ons • Add-ons are specialized scripts that provide system-level configuration and tuning Add-ons run before script packages in the deployment process 11 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 12. Virtual system instances • Virtual system instances are created by deploying virtual system patterns Virtual system instances contain one or more virtual machines 12 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 13. Virtual Application Terminology 13 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 14. Virtual application patterns • Virtual application patterns are a collection of platform resources that constitute a complete application environment Serve to abstract complexities of middleware infrastructure by focusing on the business need 14 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 15. Pattern types • Pattern types are collections of plug-ins that provide a specific solution Pattern types are used to build virtual application patterns 15 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 16. Cloud components • Cloud components represent a middleware service in a virtual application pattern Cloud components 16 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 17. Policies • Policies represent how a middleware service is configured and managed Policies 17 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 18. Links • Links describe the relationship between cloud components in a virtual application pattern Link 18 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 19. Virtual application templates • Virtual application templates represent predefined components and configuration used to deploy environments 19 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 20. Reusable components • Reusable components are predefined cloud components that can be used to build virtual application patterns 20 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 21. Virtual application instances • Virtual application instances are created by deploying virtual application patterns Virtual application instances provide workload-aware management 21 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 22. Miscellaneous Terminology 22 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 23. Emergency fixes • Emergency fixes are used to apply fixes and updates to virtual system instances Fixes may be IBM provided or custom 23 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 24. Shared services • Shared services are system components that provide runtime services to virtual application instances 24 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 25. Environment profiles • Environment profiles are used to group related resources and provide more control over deployment configuration Enable fine-grained resource limit controls 25 © 2011 IBM Corporation
- 26. Other terms • Virtual appliances: An OVF file and related VMware virtual disks that have been imported into IBM Workload Deployer • Task queue: The list of running and pending tasks in IBM Workload Deployer • Users: Defined users of the IBM Workload Deployer system • User groups: Collections of defined users 26 © 2011 IBM Corporation