IBM Workload Deployer Terminology 101

© 2011 IBM Corporation

IBM Workload DeployerTerminology 101

Dustin Amrhein ([email protected]) @damrhein - WebSphere Technical Specialist

© 2011 IBM Corporation2

Cloud Terminology


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)


Hypervisors• Hypervisors are hosts capable of hosting virtualized

environments created from pattern deployment

� Can be PowerVM, zVM, or VMware ESX hosts


IP groups• IP groups contain subnet information and a range of IP

addresses that are assigned to deployed environments


Virtual System Terminology


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


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


Image parts• Image parts are the different types of nodes you can create using

an IBM Hypervisor Edition image


Script packages• Script packages provide a way to customize the configuration of

IBM Hypervisor Edition image parts

� Definition includes description and invocation details


Add-ons• Add-ons are specialized scripts that provide system-level

configuration and tuning

� Add-ons run before script packages in the deployment process


Virtual system instances• Virtual system instances are created by deploying virtual system

patterns

� Virtual system instances contain one or more virtual machines


Virtual Application Terminology


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


Pattern types• Pattern types are collections of plug-ins that provide a specific

solution

� Pattern types are used to build virtual application patterns


Cloud components• Cloud components represent a middleware service in a virtual

application pattern

Cloud components


Policies• Policies represent how a middleware service is configured and

managed

Policies


Links• Links describe the relationship between cloud components in a

virtual application pattern

Link


Virtual application templates• Virtual application templates represent predefined components

and configuration used to deploy environments


Reusable components• Reusable components are predefined cloud components that

can be used to build virtual application patterns


Virtual application instances• Virtual application instances are created by deploying virtual

application patterns

� Virtual application instances provide workload-aware management


MiscellaneousTerminology


Emergency fixes• Emergency fixes are used to apply fixes and updates to virtual

system instances

� Fixes may be IBM provided or custom


Shared services• Shared services are system components that provide runtime

services to virtual application instances


Environment profiles• Environment profiles are used to group related resources and

provide more control over deployment configuration

� Enable fine-grained resource limit controls


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

Technology

IBM Workload Deployer Terminology 101