IBM PowerVC Version 1.3.2 Introduction and Configuration IBM PowerVC Version 1.3.2 Introduction and Configuration

IBM PowerVC Version 1.3.2 Introduction and Configuration

Scott Vetter and Others

Publisher Description

IBM® Power Virtualization Center (IBM® PowerVC™) is an advanced, enterprise virtualization management offering for IBM Power Systems™. This IBM Redbooks® publication introduces IBM PowerVC and helps you understand its functions, planning, installation, and setup.

IBM PowerVC Version 1.3.2 supports both large and small deployments, either by managing IBM PowerVM® that is controlled by the Hardware Management Console (HMC) by IBM PowerVM NovaLink, or by managing PowerKVM directly. With this capability, IBM PowerVC can manage IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux workloads that run on IBM POWER® hardware.

IBM PowerVC is available as a Standard Edition, or as a Cloud PowerVC Manager edition.

IBM PowerVC includes the following features and benefits:

Virtual image capture, deployment, and management
Policy-based virtual machine (VM) placement to improve use
Management of real-time optimization and VM resilience to increase productivity
VM Mobility with placement policies to reduce the burden on IT staff in a simple-to-install and easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI)
Role-based security policies to ensure a secure environment for common tasks
The ability to enable an administrator to enable Dynamic Resource Optimization on a schedule

IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager includes all of the IBM PowerVC Standard Edition features and adds:

A Self-service portal that allows the provisioning of new VMs without direct system administrator intervention. There is an option for policy approvals for the requests that are received from the self-service portal.
Pre-built deploy templates that are set up by the cloud administrator that simplify the deployment of VMs by the cloud user.
Cloud management policies that simplify management of cloud deployments.
Metering data that can be used for chargeback.

This publication is for experienced users of IBM PowerVM and other virtualization solutions who want to understand and implement the next generation of enterprise virtualization management for Power Systems.

Unless stated otherwise, the content of this publication refers to IBM PowerVC Version 1.3.2.

GENRE
Computers & Internet
RELEASED
2017
June 12
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
306
Pages
PUBLISHER
IBM Redbooks
SELLER
International Business Machines Corp
SIZE
7.9
MB
IBM PowerVC Version 1.2.3: Introduction and Configuration IBM PowerVC Version 1.2.3: Introduction and Configuration
2015
Building a SAN-less Private Cloud with IBM PowerVM and IBM PowerVC Building a SAN-less Private Cloud with IBM PowerVM and IBM PowerVC
2018
VMware Implementation with IBM System Storage DS5000 VMware Implementation with IBM System Storage DS5000
2013
Mastering VMware vSphere 5.5 Mastering VMware vSphere 5.5
2013
Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7 Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7
2018
IBM PowerKVM: Configuration and Use IBM PowerKVM: Configuration and Use
2016
IBM PowerVM Virtualization Introduction and Configuration IBM PowerVM Virtualization Introduction and Configuration
2017
IBM Power Systems S814 and S824 Technical Overview and Introduction IBM Power Systems S814 and S824 Technical Overview and Introduction
2017
AI and Big Data on IBM Power Systems Servers AI and Big Data on IBM Power Systems Servers
2019
Integrated Virtualization Manager for IBM Power Systems Servers Integrated Virtualization Manager for IBM Power Systems Servers
2016
IBM Power Systems E870 and E880 Technical Overview and Introduction IBM Power Systems E870 and E880 Technical Overview and Introduction
2017
IBM Power System S822 Technical Overview and Introduction IBM Power System S822 Technical Overview and Introduction
2020