IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager is a comprehensive provisioning portfolio of products that enables powerful automation of complex tasks ranging from bare-metal OS provisioning to software deployment, to desired-state maintenance and policy based orchestration. Built-in asset discovery, patch automation, software license management, and compliance verification and remediation drastically reduce the administrative burden for asset tracking and maintenance, while supporting increased usability and extending asset value. Tivoli Provisioning Manager also includes best-practice automation packages for storage, security and network tasks.
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| Compatibility and pricing | Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment | Tivoli Provisioning Manger for Images | Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Software | Tivoli Provisioning Manager |
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| Description | Automate remote deployment of operating systems and virtual images with a single, easy-to-use tool | Automate remote deployment of operating systems and virtual images with a single, easy-to-use tool | Provisions and configures servers, desktops, middleware and applications | Provisions and configures servers, operating systems, middleware, applications, storage and network devices |
| Operating system | Linux, Windows, Sun Solaris, AIX , VMWare | Linux, Windows, Sun Solaris, AIX , VMWare | Linux, Windows, Sun Solaris, AIX | Linux, Windows, Sun Solaris, AIX |
| Scalability | Large enterprise | Large enterprise | Large enterprise | Large enterprise |
| Licensing | Processor Value Unit Processing | Processor Value Unit Processing | Processor Value Unit Processing | Processor Value Unit Processing |
| Key features | Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment | Tivoli Provisioning Manger for Images | Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Software | Tivoli Provisioning Manager |
| Out-of-the box automation packages |
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| Task automation |
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| Role based user definitions |
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| Software provisioning |
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| Patch management |
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| Storage Provisioning |
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| Discovery of IT resources |
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| Integration with Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database |
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| Automation development environment |
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| Automated remediation of non-compliant resources |
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| Compliance Reporting And remediation |
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| Bare Metal OS Deployment |
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| Policy based orchestration |
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| Network Provisioning |
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| Intuitive user interface |
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| Web services-based API's |
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| Physical and virtual image management |
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