IBM ODM patterns on IBM Workload Deployer

Understand what patterns and capabilities IBM® Operational Decision Manager offers for business rules management on IBM Workload Deployer.

IBM Workload Deployer is an appliance, which is packaged with the software, that you can use to manage resources in a cloud-computing environment. The appliance provides both a system console and a command-line interface tool that you can use to manage resources, build and manage cloud configurations, and deploy virtual images with patterns and scripts.

The IBM Workload Deployer appliance is a 2-unit rack-mountable appliance that can be placed in a data center. The appliance can manage resources and dispense topologies into a pool or cloud of virtualized hardware. The resources run on VMware ESX hypervisors. IBM Workload Deployer manages the people, places, and assets in your cloud-computing environment.