September 2012
Intermediate to advanced
284 pages
8h 5m
English
book
Creating Smart Virtual Appliances with the IBM Image Construction and Composition Tool
by Jarek Miszczyk, Rashed Ferdous, Greg Hurlebaus, John Jacobson, Li-Fang Lee, David Peraza, Kerry Staples
Overview
In a traditional deployment model, software is installed on a physical server, and it is configured for the particular data center environment. The cloud deployment model requires that the dependency on a specific hardware configuration is severed. This IBM® Redbooks® publication guides you through the transition from the traditional application deployment model to the cloud-friendly deployment model. It explains how to achieve these goals by packaging the software stacks into industry standard virtual appliances.
A key part of this transition involves using the IBM Image
Construction and Composition Tool. This tool is the IBM tool for
creating virtualized workloads that target several private cloud
deployment platforms, including platforms from IBM and not from
IBM. In fact, this tool is unique in its ability to support such a
wide range of cloud offerings. It is also the only tool in the
marketplace that can create virtual appliances for both x86 and IBM
Power hardware architectures.
This book provides an in-depth look into the capabilities and
internal workings of Image Construction and Composition Tool. It
focuses on the capabilities of this tool, which target the
virtualization and cloud offerings of IBM Systems and Technology
Group. These offerings include IBM Systems Director
VMControl™, IBM SmartCloud™ Entry, and IBM
PureFlex™ System with Flex System Manager appliance. The
Image Construction and Composition Tool also has a much richer set
of capabilities. Specifically, it supports IBM Workload Deployer,
IBM PureApplication™ Systems, and SmartCloud
Provisioning.
This Redbooks publication targets software architects, cloud solutions architects, and cloud administrators. Its goal is to arm you with the expert-level skills required to package the existing and newly created applications into self-configurable, smart virtual appliances.
Please note that the additional material referenced in the text is not available from IBM.
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