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This IBM® Redbooks® publication focuses on migration of a data center from a Tivoli® Framework environment and a Tivoli Configuration Manager-based management model to the new Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), provided by Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Software V 5.1. In addition to migration, we also discuss the coexistence environment, where Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Software drives the Tivoli Management Framework environment. Because Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Software shares its roots with Tivoli Provisioning Manager 5.1, all of the migration scenarios we describe in this book apply to Tivoli Provisioning Manager 5.1, as well. To give you ideas for various migration possibilities, we describe several customer environments and then describe the suggested approach for moving to a Tivoli Provisioning Manager environment. We also tell you how the two environments can coexist during the migration process. We provide a feature-by-feature comparison between common Frameworks, Tivoli Configuration Manager operations, and their equivalent in Tivoli Provisioning Manager. This book is a reference for IT Specialists who implement data center migration from a Tivoli Management Framework and Tivoli Configuration Manager-based management model to Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Software V 5.1 or Tivoli Provisioning Manager V 5.1.

This IBM Redbook is a deployment guide for both Tivoli Provisioning Manager Version 5.1 and Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Software Version 5.1. The new version of Tivoli Provisioning Manager comes in two packages: Tivoli Provisioning Manager Version 5.1, which is the new version of Tivoli Provisioning Manager that includes some of the services currently provided by Tivoli Management Framework plus most of the features formerly referred to as Tivoli Configuration Manager in the context of the service-oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Software Version 5.1, which introduces coexistence with an existing Tivoli Management Framework installation and provides a natural progression path from Tivoli Configuration Manager 4.2.3.

IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager, built on a Service Oriented Architecture, enhances usability for executing changes while keeping server and desktop software compliant. It helps organizations with provisioning, configuration and maintenance of servers and virtual servers, operating systems, middleware, applications, storage and network devices acting as routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers. This IBM Redbook is a study guide for IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager V5.1 for people who want to get an IBM Professional Certification for this product. The IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager V5.1 Certification, offered through the Professional Certification Program from IBM, is designed to validate the skills required of technical professionals who work in the implementation of the IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager V5.1 product.This book provides a combination of theory and practical experience needed for a general understanding of the subject matter and sample questions that will help in the evaluation of personal progress and provide familiarity with the types of questions in the exam. The chapters are based on the sections of the Tivoli Provisioning Manager V5.1 Implementation Certification test. Studying each chapter will help you prepare for one section of the exam.

IBM Tivoli Intelligent ThinkDynamic Orchestrator and IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager help automate the provisioning and orchestration tasks by invoking pre-prepared workflows that perform most of the provisioning and orchestration tasks automatically. This frees up resources to focus on more productive issues, and helps allocate CPU capacity to where it is needed and when it is needed. Workflow and Automation Package management are the single most important success factor in any IBM Tivoli Intelligent ThinkDynamic Orchestrator and IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager implementation. Understanding and mastering this issue is critical for Independent Software Vendors (ISV) who wish to allow their products to be an integrated part of any IBM Tivoli Intelligent ThinkDynamic Orchestrator and IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager environment. The primary goal of this IBM Redbook is to support ISVs, Business Partners, Customers, and IBMers in developing and implementing Workflows and Automation Packages to be used for automation purposes by IBM Tivoli Intelligent ThinkDynamic Orchestrator and IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager. This redbook is focused on effectively planning, developing, testing, and implementing product, device, or customer specific best practices into the IBM Tivoli Intelligent ThinkDynamic Orchestrator and IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager engines, in order to automate management processes related to specific system and device implementations.

IBM Dynamic Infrastructure (IBM DI) for mySAP Business Suite is the new systems management software that enables clients to achieve a better balance between the demand for SAP computing resources and the supply of those resources. IDI for mySAP Business Suite helps reduce total cost of ownership and improve the quality of service in SAP solution environments, while supporting the SAP Adaptive Computing Infrastructure. IBM DI for mySAP Business Suite helps clients design and implement IBM DI for SAP solutions. This IBM Redbook describes how to map a current infrastructure to a customized installation of IBM DI. It also provides examples of an on demand solution in a heterogeneous environment that will enable customers to run their SAP environments more efficiently. Dynamically provisioned SAP application servers assist administrators in providing business-required accountability and Service Level Agreement (SLA0 compliance and management tools.

This IBM Redbook (along with its companion volume, On Demand Operating Environment: Creating Business Flexibility, SG24-6633), provides an insight into the kind of operating environment required to support an On Demand Business. It provides an overview of the architecture of an On Demand Operating Environment and describes in more detail the components that are required to manage the infrastructure. To meet the business needs of being responsive, variable, focused, and resilient, an On Demand Operating Environment must be integrated, autonomic, virtualized, and open. Though these attributes are all interrelated, this redbook focuses on the automation and virtualization components as they enable efficient infrastructure management. This redbook provides descriptions of several approaches that one can choose to start implementing pieces of an On Demand Operating Environment today. Which approach is right for the reader will depend on their specific business environment and their immediate needs.

IBM Tivoli Intelligent ThinkDynamic Orchestrator and IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager automate the traditional manual provisioning process, performance measurement, capacity planning, and infrastructure deployment. IBM Tivoli Intelligent ThinkDynamic Orchestrator operates in a closed loop that performs automatic resource-requirements prediction based on predefined service level objectives and agreements, and automates infrastructure deployment. This just-in-time cycle ensures that each application has the resource it needs, when it needs it—without static overprovisioning. This book is targeted at a diverse audience but is mainly geared toward the technical professional (consultants, IT architects, and IT specialists) responsible for providing quality services in an IT organization. It can be used as reference upon the deployment of IBM Tivoli Intelligent ThinkDynamic Orchestrator and IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager guiding throughout the planning, installation, configuration, general usage, and troubleshooting phases, with focus on effective deployment of these products in a way that quickly generates real business value for customers.