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Chapter 3. Tooling framework to plan,
customize, and automate virtual
systems
IBM Workload Deployer provides a solid solution to the creating and managing images to be
deployed in a private cloud. It is rich in features that allow you to effectively build and deploy
virtual systems from base images, to extend those images, and to customize them for future
use as repeatable deployable units. However, there are aspects of building and managing a
private cloud solution that can be enhanced using additional products that have specialized
features that compliment IBM Workload Deployer.
In this chapter ...