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Objectives / Agenda

● Understand why cloud computing is such a hot interest right now

�What some of the key analysts/trade journals are saying

�A quick summary of what cloud computing is and the value it provides

● Understand the business value of WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance has to offer

�All that server virtualization offers

�Plus all that WebSphere Hypervisor Edition offers

�Plus significantly more

● Technical overview of CloudBurst - how the business value is implemented

● Common usage scenarios for customers: get started today and see how much easier and enjoyable it is to manage your WebSphere Application Server systems!


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Cloud Computing Is One of the Hottest Topics Today

● The addressable software market opportunity within five years for cloud computing is about $95 billion – Morgan Stanley

● 58% CIOs believe cloud computing will cause a radical shift in IT…47% already using or actively researching. – CIO Magazine

● After 2012, 25% of SMBs in developed countries will build their IT and business infrastructures on SaaS and cloud-based IT and business process outsourcing. – Saugatuck

● Gartner lists virtualization and cloud computing as the first 2 of what’s hot in 2009 http://green.tmcnet.com/topics/green/articles/43008-gartner-releases-top-10-technologies-2009.htm


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IT Costs Are Increasing = Motivation to Virtualize


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Cloud Computing – a Disruptive New Paradigm that Expands on Previous Paradigms� � �� ! " #� � $%& ' ! ( �% ) $* + # ' ( �% )& $ # � ' $ +, * ' �� - . /01 2 # ' � ! $% .34% � ( �� ' � . , * & '- + $ * + "& . 4 + � 4� + " �% 5& ' , � ) 4& ' # +! � 4 +% & $ +6 7

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1) WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance(HW/firmware: manages/dispenses stored images)

3) User can access WAS virtual

image deployed

1) User requests

WAS

Environment to

be deployed

through web GUI,

command line or

REST API

2) WAS Hypervisor Edition(comes with WCA; also sold

separately)

2) CloudBurst

deploys WAS

environment

(WAS HV)

The WebSphere CloudBurst appliance dispenses these virtual images into a private cloud

Profiles

Operating

System

WebSphere Application

Server Binaries

IBM HTTP Server (IHS)

Two WebSphere Cloud Products New in 2009!


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Server Virtualization Perspectives …

WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance and WebSphere Application Server HypervisorEdition both leverage the benefits of server virtualization (specifically a type 1 Hypervisor -VMware ESX in first release)

Both offerings extend the benefits received beyond what you get if you just use a hypervisor like ESX alone� � �� 8 � � � � �9 � ��


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High Level Summary of Benefits of Server Virtualization

Hypervisor (VMware ESX)

..WS

Deployment

Mgr

VM .. VM

WS

Custom

Node

VM

WS

Custom

Node

Both type 1 and type 2 hypervisors offer the server virtualization benefits above. Type 2 runs on top of the operating system and type1 is more efficient since it replaces the operating system while still providing multiple self-contained logical systems with their own operating sytsem to users.

Allows you to run more than one logical machine on one physical machine; benefits being …

1. Increased resource utilization

2. Increased agility: (start/stop and copy/modify of different configs quicker)

3. Isolation

4. Portability


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WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition Offers Customers Benefits beyond Server Virtualization

Offers the world-class clustering and high availability that WebSphere Application Server (WAS) offers and all the benefits of server virtualization plus

● Dramatically reduces time to install/config multiple images and keep them updated:

�Both the operating system and WebSphere Application Server already installed in a virtual image

�WAS component profiles already created

�Auto configs/tunes operating system and WAS following best practices.

�Ability to create multiple virtual machines from the same virtual image saves on disk space, time to transfer images to/from disk, and the number of times you need to apply fixes/modifications!

Profiles

Operating

System


Server Binaries



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WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition Offers Customers Benefits beyond Server Virtualization (cont.)

● Follows Open Virtualization Format (OVF) standards providing these benefits:

�The image is compressed for rapid deployment over a network.

�Platform independent (however, for release 1, you must use on SUSE 10.2 or IBM services can assist with modifying for Red Hat.)

� Industry standard content verification and integrity checking, and provides a basic scheme for the management of software licensing. However, if you do not purchase WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance, you would have to write the code to perform the above

Profiles

Operating

System


Server Binaries



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WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance Offers Everything that Server Virtualization and WAS Hypervisor Edition Offer plus …

● Significant additional time/cost savings

�Move, deploy, config/tune a virtual system in a few clicks/seconds of effort

�Allows management via the web (Web 2.0), Command Line, or REST APIs

�Drag and drop components and/or scripts to quickly create new systems (“patterns”)

�Multiple common/best practice system topologies already pre-defined

�Avoids repetitive application of fixes and other changes desired in multiple systems

● Automates decisions on where to deploy images based on CPU, memory and disk available on the servers in the cloud of resources available

● User/group security (including LDAP integration) for image management functions

● Appliance form factor provides additional consumability, performance, and security


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WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance Offers Everything that Server Virtualization and WAS Hypervisor Edition Offer plus … (cont.)

● Cloud resource utilization monitoring and reporting

● Data on user usage of virtual systems and cloud resources for charge back

● Integration with IBM License Metric Tool for sub-capacity license tracking

● Backup/restore (of images, scripts, patterns, user security permissions,…)

● Other benefits coming in future releases such as application virtualization, health management, edition management.

There is integration with Tivoli and RAFW


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RESTAPIs

2. …that manages your on-premises cloud…

- Hypervisors

- Storage

- Network

1. An appliance from IBM…- Appliance with built-in security and trust

authority

- WebSphere CloudBurst function is software

on it’s firmware

Catalog OVF

images

Web 2.0 UI and CLI

Patterns

And

Applications

3. … comprising WebSphere Virtual Systems

- Customize and extend images and

patterns for your applications

- Dispense and run in the cloud

- Life-cycle management and optimization

WebSphere CloudBurst Is …


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WebSphere CloudBurst Has a User Friendly Web Interface ... Command Line, REST API’s also Available


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Catalog of WebSphere virtual imagesand patterns from IBM

Custom WebSphere Application Patterns Instantiated WebSphere

Virtual Systems

Customize

pattern

Extend

images

VirtualizeManage

Access

VMs

Snapshot,

Update,

Delete

Add Apps +

Scripts

Select

pattern

Dispense

Deploy parms

Deploy and

start

Reports

WebSphere Deployment Life CycleDemo 1


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Patterns Are Re-usable WebSphere Application Server System Configurations● CloudBurst comes preloaded with

a set of “best practice” system configurations (patterns) ready to deploy

● Preloaded patterns range in complexity from a simple single server topology to a highly available cluster topology

● Patterns can be used as is or used as a starting point when creating your own custom patterns

● WebSphere single server with sample is added with v1.0.0.1


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Create Your Systems (Patterns) Quickly Using Drag and Drop!

● Assemble patterns (re-usable system configurations) by dragging virtual image parts (components of a WAS system) and script packages from the palette on the left and dropping them on to the canvas on the right.

● Virtual image parts are created from a single WAS HV Edition image for the version of WAS selected (v6.1 or 7.0) Install fixes/customizations just once to a WAS HV image and all patterns created from that image pick up the fixes/modifications!

Number of nodes


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WebSphere Application Server

Hypervisor Edition

Profiles


Server Binaries

IBM HTTP Server

SUSE 10.2

All pattern parts / components are modeled off the WAS HV image you specify

During deployment, activation is performed with customization parameters provided by administrator� Example: OS passwords, WebSphere configuration

information like profile type, cell, node, server names …

SUSE 10.2

WebSphere Binaries

DMgr Profile

SUSE 10.2

WebSphere Binaries

Single Server Profile

Activation for DMgr

Activation for Single Server

Example

Virtual images ready for use


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Script Packages

● With the script package, you can do the following

�Upload your script package

�Create environment variables

�Specify an executable

�Supply arguments to the executable

�Grant and/or remove permissions

Demo 2


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(1) Make changes to a WAS HV Edition image so changes get copied to all patterns with virtual image parts (WAS System components) based on that image

(2) Make changes to one or more patterns via a script you can add to one or more patterns

(3) Make changes to a particular deployed virtual system after it is deployed

Cloud

Virtual System

Virtual image parts + Scripts Pattern 1=

Modified WAS HV

Pattern 1 Pattern 1 Pattern N

Virtual image parts

…

Modifying Virtual Images Demo 3


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Virtual Systems

Customize

pattern

Extend

images

VirtualizeManage

Access

VMs

Snapshot,

Update,

Delete

Add Apps +

Scripts

Select

pattern

Dispense

Deploy parms

Deploy and

start

Reports

WebSphere Deployment - Life Cycle


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Schedule Access to a WAS System (Any Pattern You Desire) in a Few Seconds!

● Deploy immediately

● Deploy at some later date and time

● Run forever or until some later date and time

1. Deploy2. Click to schedule

deployment

3. Start deployment now or later

4. A few specifications for virtual parts in the

system


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CloudBurst Resources

Define Cloud Resources

Cloud

Resources

● Hypervisor: Platform virtualization software that allows multiple operating systems to run on a host computer concurrently

�Example: VMWare ESX/ESXi, z/VM, …

● WebSphere Cloud is “one or more Hypervisors” defined within CloudBurst on which WebSphere virtual systems are deployed and managed by WebSphere CloudBurst appliance

�WebSphere Cloud can be a subset of your bigger “Enterprise Cloud”

● CloudBurst Resources: Defines the Hypervisors in the cloud, and the subnet IP address pool in the cloud that CloudBurst can use to deploy WebSphere virtual images

�Resources provided by clients

Hypervisors

“Enterprise Cloud”of which the

“WebSphere cloud”can be a subset

Catalog Patterns

CLI

RESTAPIs

Web UI


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CloudBurst Virtual Systems

CustomNode

IBM HTTPServer

DeploymentManager

CustomNode

CustomNode

IBM HTTPServer

DeploymentManager

CustomNode

CustomNode

IBM HTTPServer

DeploymentManager

CustomNode

User-configured Custom Patterns

● Virtual systems are deployed patterns of WebSphere Virtual images placed on the defined Hypervisors

● Before deployment, user needs to fill required parameters needed for deployment

● Each Virtual image from the pattern is assigned a unique IP address from the pool of subnet IP addresses and deployed on one of the Hyperviso

● WebSphere servers in Virtual images are automatically started in a predefined sequence

Cloud

Deploy Pattern into

Cloud

CustomNode

IBM HTTPServer

DeploymentManager

CustomNode

Monitor and access

Virtual images in

Cloud

CustomNode

IBM HTTPServer

DeploymentManager

CustomNodeExample: Deploy

patternfor Clustered V7.0

topology

DeploymentManager

CustomNode

CustomNode

Preloaded Patterns

ResourcesCatalog Patterns

CLI

RESTAPIs

Web UI

VirtualSystems


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Virtual Systems

Customize

pattern

Extend

images

VirtualizeManage

Access

VMs

Snapshot,

Update,

Delete

Add Apps +

Scripts

Select

pattern

Dispense

Deploy parms

Deploy and

start

Reports

WebSphere Deployment - Life Cycle


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WebSphere Management

Cloud

CustomNode

IBM HTTPServer

DeploymentManager

CustomNode

● Once deployed, a WebSphere virtual system is managed like any WebSphere environment

● WebSphere administrators and clients access the deployed WebSphere environment

● Additionally, you can access WebSphere environments through links from the appliance console

�Link to log in the secure shell of the Virtual machine

�Link to log in WebSphere server Administrative console

WebSphereAdministrator

WebSphereClient


CLI

RESTAPIs

Web UI

VirtualSystems


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Virtual System Administration

● View virtual system and WebSphere Application Server metrics

● Access WebSphere Application Server administrative console

● Access the operating system using SSH or VNC


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CloudBurst Users and Groups

● Users and Groups can be given granular permission to:

�Virtual images

�Script packages

�Emergency fixes

�Patterns

�Virtual systems

● Administrator has all permissions – no restrictions

● All users are given default permission to “Deploy patterns in the cloud”

Adminpermissions

Userpermissions

Users and Groups with fine grained

authorization permissions for

managing appliance


CLI

RESTAPIs

Web UI

VirtualSystems


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Other CloudBurst Functions

● Securely backup/restore your CloudBurst appliance to a remote location

● Extending existing virtual images to include custom software

● Create and restore snapshots of running virtual systems


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WebSphere CloudBurst Datacenter Integration

● Points of integration into broader datacenter management solutions …

�Automation / resource provisioning

�License management

�Monitoring

�User management

�Metering / billing

UsersLicenses

Tivoli Management Software

Resource pool

CLI

REST APIs

Web UI


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Server (and derivatives)WebSphere CloudBurst

1. Dispense WebSpherePattern

3. RAFW packages anddeploys application on the virtual system

RAFW

2. CloudBurst script callback to RAFW

Cloud

CustomNode

IBM HTTPServer

DeploymentManager

CustomNode

Note: This scenario can be extended to include additional Rational components

including Rational Asset Manager, Rational AppScan, and Rational Software Architect

0. RAFWInvokesCloudBurst

Rational Automation Framework for WebSphere and WebSphere CloudBurst


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Approvals

License Management

OS Installation

HW Procurement

Middleware Installation

App Installation

OR

Summary

Business value: WebSphere CloudBurst increases efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and usability of WebSphere topologies in a datacenter by leveraging cloud computing principles

● Life-Cycle support for

� Virtualize

� Dispense

� Manage

● Delivered as a secure appliance

● Integrates into your Enterprise


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External versus Internal CloudsWebSphere CloudBurst Can Be Used for Either

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External Cloud Pros …

● Pay on-demand: only for the resources used

● Significant investment not required: cost of hardware, software, power, space, staff, etc.

● Cost savings: benefit from providers’economies of scale

● Contractual service level agreements (SLAs) with service providers help ensure quality of service required.

● Immediate access to required resources

External Cloud Cons …

● Geographic locality can have issues

● See Pros for Internal cloud


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External versus Internal CloudsWebSphere CloudBurst Can Be Used for Either (cont,)

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�� Internal Cloud provides more control …

● Security

● Availability

● Specific functionality

● Ease of use

● Support accountability

● Cost savings can really add up if used with an frequency


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Development/Test Organizations Challenges that WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance can address

● From “go” to “running app,” how many people have to move to get an application environment running?

● Does your test team spend too much time preparing/destroying environments?

● Are you spending money on servers, WebSphere Application Server software licenses, administrators, floor space, power etc. for systems that are not 100% fully utilized so could benefit from using a less expensive system only when needed in a cloud computing environment?

● Do bugs come out late in your dev cycle due to inconsistencies between dev/test, QA, and production?

● Is your infrastructure team’s productivity hindered by process?


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Testing Challenges

● 30% of all defects are caused by wrongly configured test environments*

● 30% to 50% of all Servers are dedicated to testing*

● Most Test Servers run at less than 10% utilization*

Today’s Challenges● Poor Configuration of Server Resources

● Poor server allocation and utilization

*According to Gartner Group Study, 2008


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Organizations Managing Deployment Systems

● Can reap all WebSphere CloudBurst benefits listed earlier but some particular interests …

�Critical that virtual systems running on the same physical resources as other systems be isolated/not impact each other

�Virtual images must be highly secured at all times: storage, deployment over a network, access

�System downtime must be minimized so a huge plus to be able to install fixes to a virtual image once then replicate the changes to other patterns in a few seconds


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Help Desk / Support Organizations

● Can reap all WebSphere CloudBurst benefits listed earlier but some particular interests …

�Need to be able to get quick access to many different system configurations to be able to support customers running with different system configurations

�Too costly to purchase separate servers for each system configuration to be supported so systems should leverage server virtualization so multiple virtual systems can share the same hardware

�Virtual systems allow a support org to send that packaged system to a developer to run/examine on their own physical machine if required

�Once it is clear that server virtualization is a must, then WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition is a superior choice than creating your own Vmware images and WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance is an even better choice


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Summary

● Cloud computing is such a hot interest for customers because it is an improved Paradigm for using virtualization to save costs, achieve agility in creating/re-creating different systems quickly, keep different configurations contained on the same hardware, and achieve portability.

● WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition is a superior way to use WebSphere Application Server in a virtual image.

● WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance offers all the benefits of server virtualization + WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition + so much more.

● WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance was implemented to be easy and fun to use (easy user interfaces, drag and drop, install fixes/customizes just once and re-use in multiple systems…)

● WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance is useful for development/test organizations, those managing live deployments, and support organizations.

SmartSmart


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Get Started Today!


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Public References

● WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance public web site …

� www.ibm.com/cloudburst (includes a demo of the product )

● WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition public web site …:

� http://www-01.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/hypervisor/

● Video with audio narration on business value at Education Assistant Site …

� http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ieduasst/v1r1m0/index.jsp (scroll down and click on WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance)

● Infocenter: http://wilson.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wscloudb/v1r0/index.jsp


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Backup


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Scoping Points to be Aware of for WebSphereCloudBurst Appliance V1.0

● Support for other WebSphere stacked products in the works

● Virtualization platforms supported:

�X86 Hardware running VMware ESX hypervisor (ESX 3.5, 3.2, 3i)

�System z support shortly after release 1

�System p and other platforms expected later

● Operating systems within the virtual images supported: SLES initially. Instructions available on how to create your own virtual images with Red Hat guest OSes with assistance from IBM services

● WAS v6.1 or 7.0: any v6.1.x or 7.x point release but currently 32-bit (not 64-bit)

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● Key web sites

�External: ibm.com/cloud (or ibm.com/cloud computing is the same site)

� Internal: http://w3.ibm.com/ibm/resource/ibm_on_cloud.html (being improved)

�http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/spaces/cloud

● IBM public clouds

� 1/19/2009,annual Lotusphere Conference unveiled plans for LotusLive (www.lotuslive.com), a cloud-based portfolio of social networking and collaboration services to help people work together across the enterprise, on the move and via the cloud. http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/26508.wss

� IBM-Google Virtual Computing Initiative

�2/2009 IBM made agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS is a subsidiary of Amazon) to deliver “pay as you go” IBM solutions http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/26673.wss

● Key IBM services and products to create clouds

� In 2007 IBM announced Blue Cloud is a family of cloud computing solutions supported by Tivoli: http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/solutions/cloudcomputing

�6/2009 IBM announced IBM CloudBurst as a family of offerings

�WVE provides application virtualization that can be used to create a cloud

Other IBM Activities around Cloud Computing

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Automation software that automates the manual tasks of configuring servers, operating systems, middleware, software applications, storage and network devices.

Tivoli Provisioning

Manager

A combination of pre-configured virtual images (ie. WAS and operating system software) and virtualization management of WAS delivered in a secure appliance

CloudBurst

A set of pre-defined configurations, templates, and workflows

that makes Tivoli Provisioning Manager easier to use

Tivoli Service

Automation Manager

WebSphere CloudBurst Positioning versus Tivoli Offerings …


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WVE is another virtualization offering from IBM. However WVE virtualizes at the application infrastructure level instead of the server level

A choice to consider if a customer …

● Desires deeper cost savings/faster performance than server virtualization (since overehead of multiple operating systems is eliminated) as a trade-off to consolidating applications from different organizations on the same hardware without separating in their own self-contained operating system environments

● WVE brings up/down copies of application components across a pool of physical machines in order to maximize resource utilization while honoring service level agreements used to prioritize physical resource utilization (such as specified minimum throughput or maximum memory consumption for an application)

● WVE virtualization benefits can be achieved with different kinds of application servers and/or a mix of multiple application servers (JBoss, Oracle, .NET, etc.)

● WVE offers other benefits besides virtualization such as health monitoring and application edition management

The IBM roadmap includes integration of WVE and WebSphere CloudBurst

capabilities so you can get started with one of them today

and add the benefits of the other further down the line

WebSphere Virtual Enterprise versus WebSphere CloudBurst


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WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance V1.0 Feature List

● Delivers as an appliance form factor

�Secure platform including catalog of images, pre-defined patterns, and cloud management capabilities

�Access via Web 2.0 User Interface, Command Line Interface, or REST APIs

● Define one or more internal clouds from your existing hardware resources

�VMware ESX 3.0.2, ESX 3.5, or ESX3i hypervisor support, z/VM beta

�User and group permissions with fine-grained access control for images, patterns, and virtual systems

�Authentication with existing LDAP directory

● Create a set of reusable patterns specific for your company

�WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor versions 6.1 and 7.0

� Images include SLES 10.2 operating system, or create your own image using RedHat.5.2

�Multiple pre-defined pattern topologies (from standalone to highly available cluster patterns with health monitoring)

�Tools to support image customization

�Tools to create and modify patterns and add your own applications and scripts

�Supports maintenance of images and patterns


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WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance V1.0 Feature List (continued)● Provide a self-service platform to deploy and use the patterns

�Deploy, start, stop, store, snap-shot, restore, delete, and apply maintenance

● Manage your shared resource pool

� Intelligent placement to optimize resource utilization

�Cloud resource utilization monitoring and reporting

�Data on users and group usage of virtual systems and cloud resources for charge back

� Integration with IBM License Metric Tool for sub-capacity license tracking

● Integrate with existing solutions

�Use TPM workflows to initiate WebSphere CloudBurst operations via the APIs

� Integrate RAFW to install and configure applications as part of pattern deployment

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