IBM virtualization engine version 1 planning and installation guide / Christian Matthys et al.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matthys, Christian.

Contributor:

Ito, Hiroshi.

Souhrada, Bill.

Winkelbauer, Lynn.

Wittmann, Holger M.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

Redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology--Management.

Information technology.

Computer software--Management.

Computer software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (420 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Jose, CA : IBM, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

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Comments welcome

Part 1 Learn, understand, and plan before you install

Chapter 1. Simplifying the infrastructure

1.1 The complexity of today

1.2 Automation

1.2.1 Provisioning and orchestration

1.2.2 Autonomic computing technologies

1.3 Virtualization

1.3.1 Existing virtualization facilities

1.3.2 The Web services as a new virtualization opportunity

1.3.3 Positioning the IBM Virtualization Engine

1.4 The value of the IBM Virtualization Engine

1.4.1 Managing infrastructure complexity

1.4.2 Simplifying management and reducing cost

1.4.3 Improving IT utilization

1.4.4 Improving service levels

Chapter 2. The IBM Virtualization Engine Systems Edition

2.1 Virtualization technologies for p5 and pSeries

2.1.1 Dynamic logical partitioning (DLPAR) and Micro-Partitioning

2.1.2 IBM Cluster Systems Management

2.1.3 Partition Load Manager

2.1.4 Virtual I/O Server

2.2 Virtualization technologies for iSeries

2.2.1 Dynamic logical partitioning

2.2.2 Micro-Partitioning

2.2.3 Virtual Partition Manager

2.2.4 Virtual I/O

2.3 Virtualization technologies for zSeries

2.3.1 Virtual servers: LPAR and z/VM

2.3.2 Parallel Sysplex clustering

2.3.3 Workload Manager for z/OS

2.3.4 HiperSockets

2.3.5 Intelligent Resource Director

2.3.6 Virtual local area network

2.3.7 zSeries Application Assist Processor

2.4 Virtualization technologies for xSeries and BladeCenter

2.4.1 IBM Director

2.4.2 VMware

2.4.3 Virtual Machine Manager

Chapter 3. The IBM Virtualization Engine Management Collection

3.1 IBM Enterprise Workload Manager

3.1.1 The EWLM topology

3.1.2 The domain policy

3.1.3 The Application Response Measurement standard.

3.2 IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager

3.2.1 The data center model

3.2.2 The workflow

3.2.3 The automation package

3.2.4 The deployment engine

3.2.5 For more information

3.3 IBM Director Multiplatform

3.3.1 The IBM Director Server

3.3.2 The IBM Director Agent

3.3.3 The IBM Director Console

3.3.4 For more information

3.4 IBM Virtualization Engine console

3.4.1 The Virtualization Engine console architecture components

3.4.2 The Virtualization Engine console user components

3.5 The common runtime

3.5.1 The components

3.5.2 Installing the common runtime

3.6 IBM Grid Toolbox V3 for Multiplatforms

3.7 Resource Dependency Service

3.8 Topology and terminology

3.9 Supported operating systems

Chapter 4. The planning advisor tool

4.1 Step 1: Accessing the planning advisor

4.2 Step 2: Completing the interview

4.3 Step 3: Ordering the code

4.3.1 Passport Advantage Online

4.3.2 Important notes

4.3.3 Summary

4.4 Step 4: Obtaining the code

4.4.1 Basic code

4.4.2 Fix packs

4.5 Step 5: Understanding your logical topology

4.6 Step 6: Matching the logical with the physical topology

4.7 Step 7: Learning about the installation process

4.8 Summary

Part 2 Installing the Virtualization Engine

Chapter 5. Installing IBM Director, the Virtualization Engine console, and TPM on a BladeCenter with xLinux

5.1 Before the installation

5.1.1 The topology

5.1.2 The installation flow

5.1.3 Pre-installation recommendations

5.1.4 Using the Virtualization Engine planning advisor

5.1.5 Verifying the requirements

5.2 The installation process

5.2.1 Installing the Virtualization Engine console component

5.2.2 Installing the IBM Director component

5.2.3 Installing the Tivoli Provisioning Manager component

5.3 Fix pack installation considerations.

5.3.1 Applying fix packs to the Virtualization Engine console

5.3.2 Applying fix packs to the IBM Director

5.3.3 Applying fix packs to the Tivoli Provisioning Manager

5.4 Post-installation step: configuring the data center model

5.4.1 The DCM that is provided with Tivoli Provisioning Manager installation

5.4.2 Our DCM XML file

Chapter 6. Installing the Virtualization Engine console, IBM Director, TPM, and EWLM on pSeries with AIX

6.1 Before the installation

6.1.1 The topology

6.1.2 The installation flow

6.1.3 Pre-installation recommendations

6.2 Installing the Virtualization Engine console component

6.2.1 Installing and configuring Tivoli Directory Server

6.2.2 Installing the Virtualization Engine console code

6.3 Installing the IBM Director Server and Agent components

6.3.1 Installing DB2 Universal Database V8.1 with Fix Pack 5

6.3.2 Installing the IBM Director Server code on Windows 2003

6.3.3 Installing the IBM Director Agent code on AIX

6.3.4 Installing the Virtualization Engine console bridge for IBM Director

6.4 Installing the Enterprise Workload Manager component

6.4.1 Planning the installation

6.4.2 Installing the EWLM Domain Manager

6.4.3 Configuring the EWLM Domain Manager

6.4.4 Installing the EWLM Managed Server

6.4.5 Configuring the EWLM Managed Servers

6.4.6 Verifying the installation

6.5 Installing Tivoli Provisioning Manager on top of the Virtualization Engine components on a pSeries with AIX

6.5.1 The installation process

6.5.2 Step 1: Configuring system prerequisites

6.5.3 Step 2: Installing prerequisites utilities

6.5.4 Step 3: Installing and configuring the Tivoli Directory Server V5.2 code

6.5.5 Step 4: Installing the prerequisite software on the server node

6.5.6 Step 5: Applying mandatory patches.

6.5.7 Steps 6: Installing the Tivoli Provisioning Manager code

6.5.8 Steps 7 to 9: Post-installation tasks

6.5.9 Step 10: Verifying the installation

Chapter 7. Installing the Virtualization Engine console, IBM Director, TPM, and EWLM on Blade with Windows

7.1 Before the installation

7.1.1 The topology

7.1.2 The installation flow

7.1.3 The pre-installation steps

7.2 Installing the Virtualization Engine console component

7.2.1 Installing and configuring the Virtualization Engine console prerequisites

7.2.2 Installing the Virtualization Engine console code using the wizard

7.3 Installing the IBM Director components

7.3.1 Choosing the components

7.3.2 Creating the IBM Director Database

7.4 Installing Enterprise Workload Manager

7.4.1 Configuring the EWLM Domain Manager

7.4.2 Starting EWLM

7.4.3 Connecting to EWLM Control Center

7.4.4 Installing the EWLM Managed Server

7.5 Installing Tivoli Provisioning Manager

7.5.1 Installing the prerequisites

Chapter 8. Installing and configuring the Virtualization Engine for IT management in an OS/400 environment

8.1 Scenario description

8.1.1 Objectives

8.1.2 Topology

8.2 Configuration steps

8.2.1 Task 1: Completing and printing the planning worksheets

8.2.2 Task 2: Completing the LDAP installation for the Virtualization Engine console

8.2.3 Task 3: Installing the Virtualization Engine

8.2.4 Task 4: Installing and configuring the Virtualization Engine agents on managed servers

8.2.5 Task 5: Configuring EWLM Domain Manager

8.2.6 Task 6: Installing and configuring EWLM Managed Servers

8.2.7 Task 7: Beginning the planning process for implementing systems provisioning

Chapter 9. Installing Virtual Machine Manager and VMware on managed servers

9.1 Virtual Machine Manager

9.2 The topology.

9.3 The VMM installation process

9.3.1 Setting up the VMM environment

9.3.2 Deploying an additional IBM Director Agent

9.4 Uninstalling VMM components

9.4.1 Uninstalling VMM on management servers

9.4.2 Uninstalling VMM on managed servers

Part 3 Using the Virtualization Engine Scenarios

Chapter 10. How to use TPM and EWLM to provision a resource

10.1 About this scenario

10.2 The topology of this scenario

10.3 Configuring the scenario

10.3.1 Setting up the EWLM environment

10.3.2 Configuring Tivoli Provisioning Manager

10.4 Demonstration of the scenario

Chapter 11. How to monitor an application in a heterogeneous environment using the VE console and EWLM

11.1 The topology for this scenario

11.1.1 Management servers

11.1.2 Managed servers

11.1.3 The workload

11.2 Configuring the heterogeneous scenario

11.2.1 EWLM consideration

11.2.2 IBM Director consideration

11.2.3 Virtualization Engine console consideration

11.2.4 Tivoli Provisioning Manager consideration

11.2.5 WebSphere Application Server configuration

11.2.6 DB2 consideration

11.3 Validating the configuration

11.3.1 Validating the configuration with EWLM

11.3.2 Validating IBM Director and the Virtualization Engine console

11.4 Testing the heterogeneous scenario

11.4.1 Monitoring the workload running under normal conditions

11.4.2 Monitoring the workload under stressful condition

11.4.3 Resolving and monitoring the stressful conditions

11.5 Conclusions

Chapter 12. How to fix hardware constraints using TPM and IBM Director

12.1 The topology for this scenario

12.2 Configuring the IBM Director

12.3 Configuring RDM

12.4 Configuring Tivoli Provisioning Manager data center resources

12.4.1 Creating a resource pool

12.4.2 Creating the boot server

12.4.3 Creating the spare Blade.

12.4.4 Creating the software stack.

Notes:

Includes index.

"November 2005."

OCLC:

228139127