| Features | Advantages | Benefits |
|---|---|---|
| Imaging engine | Creates file-based images of operating systems | Rapid creation of cloned images saves administrator time. |
| Hardware inventory | Collect key information about the hardware | Better target the appropriate OS and configuration set, before installing OS |
| Universal image and driver injection | Use a single core image to support multiple hardware types | Save administrator time creating images. Reduce image proliferation and related management cost. |
| Disk read-write access | Create, read, and modify file systems such as NTFS, EXT-2, or EXT-3 and LVM | Save time and resources with full automation |
| Network distribution | Leverage its network access to download and upload files on the network | Supports multicast for broad distributions |
| Network database access | Leverage a network database to store and retrieve provisioning data, and to communicate with the Web console. | |
| OS configuration | Read and write registry entries in Windows, configuration files in Linux, AIX, Solaris to support OS configurations, including multiple Network Interface Cards (NICs), and Windows Internet Name Service (WINS). | |
| Easy-to-use GUI | E-mail notifications about activity success or failure can be easily configured | |
| Image Caching | Create a hidden partition on the local hard drive to store a clean copy of the standard configuration image. | Enable fast and accurate restoration of the desired system configuration and eliminate undesired changes. |
| Offline access to disk images | Modify the image on the managed server without re-imaging. | |
| CD and DVD-based provisioning | Save an image to a disk and manually insert it into the target drive for installation | |
| Secure disk disposal | Hard disk can be completely written over with meaningless data, permanently erasing all previously stored data. | Ensure security and confidentiality by permanently erasing the content of a hard disk. |
| Golden master | A master image can be retained in a separate partition on the local hard disk, thus restore desired configuration state or unauthorized changes. |
Business Benefits:
Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment - IBM Systems Director Edition provides better management and remote deployment of operating systems on IBM Systems Director. Enables rapid provisioning, through accelerated and automated OS and software management on Systems Director.
Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment - IBM Systems Director Edition leverages industry standards and provides a unmatched flexibility to automate the installation of operating systems and selected software on tens, or even hundreds, of computers simultaneously.
Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment - IBM Systems Director Edition as a solution includes a comprehensive Web-based console, allowing configuration of the provisioning server. It offers a full set of operating system provisioning features designed to address a wide array of user specific needs.
Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment - IBM Systems Director Edition provides cloning and unattended setup for Windows and Linux, servers enabling ready to use installation of operating systems and selected software on hundred of computers simultaneously. Saves travel and labor cost.
Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment - IBM Systems Director Edition implements a PXE network boot application. PXE is a type of DHCP extension. It is supported by the vast majority of hardware vendors, including IBM, Lenovo, HP, and DELL.
