Book description
This IBM Redbooks publication provides a first look at the Solution Installation capability that is a key component of the IBM Autonomic Computing initiative. Autonomic computing technologies enable complex computing systems to be self-configuring, self-healing, self-optimizing, and self-protecting. One aspect of this is the ability to automate the change management processes associated with deploying and managing software required for business solutions.
The Solution Installation technologies that are described are evolving and will be enhanced over time. This publication provides the reader with an opportunity to understand the underlying concepts and facilities. This publication is based on Version 1.2 of the Solution Installation toolkit and describes both architectural concepts as well as specific examples that apply to the current version. We attempt to make clear when a key architectural concept is not fully implemented at this time.
Readers of this book will gain an understanding of the basic concepts, and how the architecture described will provide business value as it becomes fully implemented and utilized by IBM and other software vendors.
Please note that the additional material referenced in the text is not available from IBM.
Table of contents
- Notices
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Autonomic computing
- Chapter 2: Introduction to Solution Installation
- Chapter 3: Descriptors and artifacts
- Chapter 4: Solution Installation operations
- Chapter 5: Touchpoints and hosting environments
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Chapter 6: Creating an installation program
- Basic flow
- Writing a custom installer
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Interfacing with ChangeManager and other classes
- com.ibm.ac.si.mr.MediaInfo
- com.ibm.ac.si.checker.DependencyChecker
- com.ibm.ac.si.checker.CheckerUtil
- com.ibm.ac.si.checker.PropertySelection
- com.ibm.ac.si.checker.SoftwareSelection
- com.ibm.ac.si.instances.ParameterOverrides
- com.ibm.ac.si.selections.FeatureSelectionInput
- com.ibm.ac.si.instances.SoftwareInstance
- com.ibm.ac.si.cm.CreateOperation
- com.ibm.ac.si.cm.DeleteOperation
- com.ibm.ac.si.cm.ChangeRequest
- com.ibm.ac.si.cm.IChangeManager
- Sample installation program
- Feature selection example
- Summary
- Chapter 7: Creating and finalizing the installation package
- Chapter 8: Step-by-step example
- Appendix A: Additional material
- Related publications
- Index (1/2)
- Index (2/2)
- Back cover
Product information
- Title: A First Look at Solution Installation for Autonomic Computing
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2004
- Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
- ISBN: None
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