The problem determination and solution installation technologies discussed on the other tabs provide an infrastructure that helps to support the self-managing behaviors of autonomic computing systems. However, no matter how automated the system becomes, at some point humans must interact with the system.
The Autonomic Computing Toolkit promotes the use of the Integrated Solutions Console technology as a common console technology for systems administration. It provides the main platform on which IBM and non-IBM products can build administrative user interfaces as individual plug-ins to a common console framework. Standardizing product administration functions to run on the Integrated Solutions Console platform gives them a more common look and feel and a more consistent behavior, thereby reducing the learning curve and adoption as new management components are introduced. Administrators can interact with multiple IBM and non-IBM products from a single browser-based console.
The following table shows the system administration components for self-managing autonomic technology. (Keep in mind that the download file names might change in future releases of the Autonomic Computing Toolkit.)
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Type
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Component
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Download file
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| Solution Installation and Deployment Samples Scenario
| SI_Samples_v3-1-0_aix.bin (AIX)
SI_Samples_v3-1-0_linux.bin (Linux)
SI_Samples_v3-1-0_os400.jar (OS/400)
SI_Samples_v3-1-0_solaris.bin (Solaris)
SI_Samples_v3-1-0_win32.exe (Windows)
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Run-time components
| Integrated Solutions Console
| ISC_v6-0-1_aix.bin (AIX)
ISC_v6-0-1_linux.bin (Linux)
ISC_v6-0-1_os400.jar (OS/400)
ISC_v6-0-1_solaris.bin (Solaris)
ISC_v6-0-1_win32.exe (Windows)
ISC_v6-0-1_Custom_aix.bin (AIX)
ISC_v6-0-1_Custom_linux.bin (Linux)
ISC_v6-0-1_Custom_os400.jar (OS/400)
ISC_v6-0-1_Custom_solaris.bin (Solaris)
ISC_v6-0-1_Custom_win32.exe (Windows)
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Tools
| Integrated Solutions Console Toolkit
| Included in ISC files above; however, requires Rational Application Developer 6.0.0.1.
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The Integrated Solutions Console is based on WebSphere Portal, so administrative functions are handled through portlets (using the JSR-168 standard), or components, within a single system. When an administrator adds new software, its administrative functions and help files are added to the common administrative system.
The Integrated Solutions Console Toolkit is the development environment for creating Integrated Solutions Console plug-ins and is included in the Integrated Solutions Console packaging. It includes the Integrated Solutions Console Developer Info Center, Sample Integrated Solutions Console Components, and an Integrated Solutions Console tooling plug-in for Rational Application Developer and Rational Software Architect. This plug-in prereqs the IBM WebSphere Portal Toolkit.
A specific Integrated Solutions Console component plug-in is provided in the Autonomic Computing Toolkit to support the Solution Installation and Deployment Samples scenario.
The Integrated Solutions Console is demonstrated in the Solution Installation and Deployment Samples Scenario.
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