1. IBM Software Group © 2009 IBM Corporation IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager 7.1.1 Virtualization

2. IBM Software Group | Tivoli software © 2009 IBM Corporation Tivoli Provisioning Manager 7.1.1 Topics  Feature Objective (Problems Solved)  Feature Overview  Common Use Cases

3. IBM Software Group | Tivoli software © 2009 IBM Corporation Tivoli Provisioning Manager 7.1.1 TPM 7.1.1 Virtualization Objective  Allow customers to provision and manage virtual servers to meet the dynamic needs of their business  Virtualization is a key component of a truly dynamic infrastructure

4. IBM Software Group | Tivoli software © 2009 IBM Corporation Tivoli Provisioning Manager 7.1.1 Topics  Feature Objective (Problems Solved)  Feature Overview  Common Use Cases

5. IBM Software Group | Tivoli software © 2009 IBM Corporation Tivoli Provisioning Manager 7.1.1 TPM 7.1.1 Virtualization Overview  Improve how information about virtual machines and their host platforms are presented  Improve the reliability and performance of the automation used to discover and create LPARs  Support dual virtual I/O servers with MPIO when provisioning LPARs  Simplify the creation of VMware virtual machines by supporting the discovery and deployment of VMware templates

6. IBM Software Group | Tivoli software © 2009 IBM Corporation Tivoli Provisioning Manager 7.1.1 Topics  Feature Objective (Problems Solved)  Feature Overview  Common Use Cases

7. IBM Software Group | Tivoli software © 2009 IBM Corporation Tivoli Provisioning Manager 7.1.1 TPM 7.1.1 Virtualization Common Use Cases  Discover information from host platform systems  Creating a Virtual Server –Variations: –powerVM LPAR –powerVM WPAR –VMware virtual machine –Solaris whole zone –Solaris sparse zone  Manage Virtual Servers

8. IBM Software Group | Tivoli software © 2009 IBM Corporation Tivoli Provisioning Manager 7.1.1

9. IBM Software Group | Tivoli software © 2009 IBM Corporation Tivoli Provisioning Manager 7.1.1 Defining VST Variables for Dual VIOS MPIO

10. IBM Software Group | Tivoli software © 2009 IBM Corporation Tivoli Provisioning Manager 7.1.1 Virtual Machine Listing with Status

11. IBM Software Group | Tivoli software © 2009 IBM Corporation Tivoli Provisioning Manager 7.1.1 Deploying a VMware Template  VMware templates are discovered using either the Virtual Center or ESX server discovery configurations  VMware templates appear in the same list as other virtual server templates  The red rectangle indicates a VMware template and the red oval indicates a TPM Template.