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On demand provisioning of portal servers in a clustered environment, Part 3: Deploy lots of portal servers in a snap
This series focuses on how the Advanced Design and Technology team uses IBM Tivoli automation products for rapid deployment of replicated and clustered portal servers. This article explains how to use localization to configure your portal server installation just once, how to create an image of the portal server, and how to install a clone of it on your remaining machines. The authors include scenarios for creating an on demand portal server cluster and rapid deployment of numerous stand-alone portal servers.
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20 Dec 2005 |
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On demand provisioning of portal servers in a clustered environment, Part 1: Build an automated solution using IBM Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator
This series from the Advanced Design and Technology team focuses on using IBM Tivoli automation products for rapid deployment of portal servers. We invite you to follow along as our team uses IBM Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator to create a solution that automatically performs all the required steps to leverage data center assets to replicate portal servers, and to expand and shrink portal server clusters based on demand. In this article, you are introduced to the requirements for replicating WebSphere Portal Server (Portal Server) instances for building server farms, testing centers, and a development environment. You also learn about automation workflows for creating a dynamic cluster of middleware servers and how to automate the management of software using Intelligent Orchestrator.
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27 Sep 2005 |
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On demand provisioning of portal servers in a clustered environment, Part 5: Run the solution
This series focuses on how the Advanced Design and Technology team uses IBM Tivoli automation products for rapid deployment of replicated and clustered portal servers. This tutorial, which is the final installment in the series, explains how to use the Portal Provisioning Automation Package and run the team's solution. It covers how to assign server roles, staging strategies for portal servers, using Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator (Intelligent Orchestrator) to add or remove servers from the portal cluster, and migrating the automation package to Intelligent Orchestrator V3.1. Finally, you'll leave with a few thoughts about how to use the workflows to automate the deployment of other software components.
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07 Mar 2006 |
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On demand provisioning of portal servers in a clustered environment, Part 4: Prepare to replicate and cluster
This series focuses on how the Advanced Design and Technology team uses IBM Tivoli automation products for rapid deployment of replicated and clustered portal servers. This tutorial outlines how to set up Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator in preparation for replicating and clustering portal servers. You'll learn how to install the WebSphere Portal Provisioning Automation Package and how to customize the data center model for automation. Defining potential target servers with Intelligent Orchestrator is also covered.
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07 Feb 2006 |
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On demand provisioning of portal servers in a clustered environment, Part 2: Create an automation package by customizing Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator
This series focuses on using IBM Tivoli automation products for rapid deployment of portal servers. The Advanced Design and Technology team uses IBM Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator to create a solution that automatically performs all the required steps to leverage data center assets to replicate portal servers, and to expand and shrink portal server clusters based on demand. This article outlines how you can design and implement an automation package that provides replication and clustering functions.
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29 Nov 2005 |
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Provisioning & Orchestration
The IBM Tivoli Provisioning and Orchestration portfolio of applications distributes software reliably and securely and manages the configuration of physical and virtual servers, desktops and notebooks, storage and network devices. It supports the creation and operation of automated workflows to perform these functions on systems and applicatons in a repeatable and dependable manner.
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11 Jun 2007 |
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Application deployment using Tivoli Provisioning Manager and Rational ClearQuest
This demo begins with the role of a project manager approving a request for deployment of version 2 that resolved a defect in the Web banking application. The initiation to deploy the application is done using Rational ClearQuest. The deployment to distribute the application is done by Tivoli Provisioning Manager. After observing the deployment, the demo transitions to the role of the tester and confirms that the deployed application is functioning correctly. You'll observe how Rational ClearQuest is used to track deployments of applications that support governance/compliance processes that require approval. You'll also see how deployment work flows in Tivoli Provisioning Manager can be initiated remotely through a ClearQuest action.
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01 Feb 2008 |
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User provisioning with Tivoli Identity Manager
The process of creating user accounts and permissions for employees on a diverse array of systems can potentially consume much of an IT department's time and resources. In this tutorial, you'll learn how IBM Tivoli Identity Manager, working in conjunction with other Tivoli products, can help streamline this user provisioning process. You'll build a sample application that automatically creates user accounts with appropriate permissions based on data entered into a human resources database. The resulting environment also helps the establishment of single sign-on authentication for the newly provisioned users.
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12 Sep 2003 |
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Software as a Service: Simplified tenant provisioning using IBM entry level middleware
This demo focuses on the ease of provisioning new tenant banks in a sample
banking application through the use of Apache ANT scripts and a few portlets for the
administrator roles. A new WebSphere Application Server Community Edition virtual
host and security realm are provisioned through ANT scripts invoked from a new
service provider administrator portlet. A new openLDAP user database is created and
new LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) files imported through another ANT script. The portal for the new tenant bank is customized through a tenant administrator portlet by modifying style sheets, providing tenant specific images and uploading and deploying these to the running application. Custom fields are added to other portlets which use XML columns defined in DB2 Express-C V9 through simple configuration steps in a tenant administrator portlet.
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16 May 2008 |
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Using IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager to deploy composite virtual appliances
Deploying a real world distributed software solution can be complex and challenging. Typically, the software stack in each machine is composed of multiple software layers and the deployment is distributed over a cluster of machines, making software installation and configuration time consuming and potentially error-prone. Using IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager with virtual appliances can vastly simplify this deployment process. This article describes how, with an IBM WebSphere Application Server example that could have you create and capture a composite virtual appliance, customize, package, and deploy the solution in less than ten minutes.
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27 Feb 2008 |
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Deploy Red Hat across multiple computers using Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment
Any time you have employees, overhead costs are going to be substantial,
especially when it comes to new hires. Of the many things new employees need, setting up their computer
and its operating
system, and installing and configuring appropriate applications is
one of the most time-consuming. Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment greatly reduces this overhead by allowing you
to create and manage deployable images and any associated software packages efficiently
through a Web interface. This tutorial shows you how to use Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment to create installation
images and manage packages for an actual deployment of RedHat Enterprise Linux.
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22 May 2007 |
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Tivoli Provisioning Manager Launchpad
This demo download includes videos, demos, and resource links for IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager. IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager solutions can help you
manage the complete life cycle of your data center and distributed resources from initial provisioning to patching and configuration maintenance to resource repurposing or end of life. These products automate the manual tasks of provisioning and configuring servers, operating systems, middleware, software applications, storage and network devices.
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16 Jun 2009 |
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IBM Tivoli and Cloud: IBM Smart Business Test Cloud, Part 3
See how you can implement Smart Business Test Cloud, a private test cloud, using Tivoli Service Automation Manager (TSAM), Tivoli Provisioning Manager (TPM), IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager (ITCAM), and WebSphere cloud appliance. Additionally, IBM Smart Business Test Cloud services support IBM’s hardware, software, and services platform -- which is IBM CloudBurst. Smart Business Test Cloud also gives you the option to leverage your existing systems and storage for a complete cloud solution.
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25 Sep 2009 |
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Auditing Tivoli Identity Manager with Tivoli Compliance Insight Manager
IBM Tivoli Identity Manager (TIM) is a provisioning platform that centralizes and automates the lifecycle management of user's access rights on various end systems. TIM administrative users can provision identities to many different systems, such as operating systems, data stores and other applications. By auditing TIM, we can monitor activities performed by these administrative users and report any violations involved in the user management activities. The IBM Tivoli Compliance Insight Manager (TCIM) provides a unique and comprehensive view into the user management activities of TIM. Using TCIM we can collect all data from the TIM logs, store them, normalize the data using W7 process to comprehend what was collected and report all exceptions based on the TCIM policies.This article demonstrates the auditing of TIM with TCIM and provides an overview of the customizations and processes involved from the collection of the TIM audit logs to the preparation of reports based on these logs.
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28 Oct 2008 |
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Role recertification in Tivoli Identity Manager
In IBM Tivoli Identity Manager (ITIM), organizational roles help to simplify and automate the process of provisioning and de-provisioning user privileges to IT and non-IT resources. In addition to the user and account lifecycle management that ITIM provides, workflows can also assist with the lifecycle management of user role memberships, such as role assignment and role approval. Another important process is validating the continued business need for a person to be a member of a role. This process is known as role recertification or attestation.
ITIM version 5.0, introduced a number of enhancements that allow users to request role assignments and have those requests approved by the role owner. Recertification of user role membership is another role management process that can be built in ITIM 5.0, and this process can be implemented in a number of ways. Although ITIM 5.0 does not provide this functionality in a ready-to-use interface, this article discusses a number of solutions for implementing role recertification in ITIM 5.0.
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08 Aug 2008 |
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Self-optimizing storage allocation: Using Tivoli Storage Resource Manager with ESS
With applications and data consuming growing amounts of space, and storage administrative staff spends an increasing amount of time allocating new storage. Tivoli Storage Resource Manager and ESS deliver self-optimizing capabilities with their LUN provisioning capabilities, which can extend file systems and provision LUNs as new storage is needed. The intent with this automation in place, is to spend less time allocating storage and more time actively managing storage. This tutorial describes the automation options offered by ESS and IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager.
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24 Feb 2004 |
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Request-based role assignment in Tivoli Identity Manager
In version 5.0, IBM Tivoli Identity Manager (ITIM) introduces several new features to enhance its request-based provisioning model. Request-based provisioning allows users to request access to enterprise resources via a self-service interface. To better abstract the user from the details of the IT systems, ITIM 5.0 allows a user to request a role assignment. This greatly increases the flexibility of the request-based provisioning model, because a role can be associated with multiple entitlements. This article discusses a number of use cases for the request-based role assignment and demonstrates how these use cases can be realized via ITIM.
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08 Jul 2008 |
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Orchestration
IBM on demand orchestration and provisioning technology can help you continually evaluate real-time IT resource status, anticipate trends and dynamically deploy or repurpose IT resources based on your business priorities. The results are powerful.
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30 May 2005 |
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Autonomic Computing Expression Language
This tutorial shows how to use the Autonomic Computing Expression Language (ACEL), an XML-based expression language, to create an expression, parse it, prepare input for it, and evaluate it. ACEL was originally developed as a part of the Autonomic Computing Policy Language to describe conditions when a policy should be applied to a managed system. To learn more about how policies can be used to manage an IT system, download IBM Policy Management for Autonomic Computing (PMAC) from alphaWorks. However, ACEL is applicable in many other contexts such as specifying service level agreements, pricing, scheduling, and provisioning of services. In general, ACEL can be used to specify various types of expressions (numeric expression, Boolean expression, string expression, and so on) in XML documents.
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28 Feb 2005 |
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Command line adapter for Tivoli Identity Manager
When using IBM Tivoli Identity Manager (ITIM) adapters, it often becomes necessary to execute an auxiliary function that is not provided ”ready to use” by the adapter. For example, when
provisioning an Active Directory (AD) account, there might be a need to create a default set of folders and files in the user's home directory. This paper discusses developing a custom ITIM adapter that allows these auxiliary functions to be implemented using shell commands. The paper also discusses the advantages of running this custom adapter over the use of postexec and preexec functions. It is assumed that the audience of this article is familiar with ITIM and Tivoli Directory Integrator (TDI).
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12 Jun 2007 |
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Make autonomic computing a reality with IBM Tivoli
Businesses, and their IT environments, must adapt to constantly changing market demands. Many over provision IT resources based on their worst-case scenario, peak demands, and often on an application-by-application basis, with specific servers dedicated to specific business processes. For an IT organization to become adaptive, proactive, and responsive, it must move from just-in-case provisioning to On Demand. This article describes how the IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager and IBM Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator can provide the autonomic computing capabilities needed to get you to On Demand.
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13 Jul 2004 |
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Develop a custom agent for IBM Tivoli Identity Manager with IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator
This article assists developers and integrators in connecting new applications to IBM Tivoli Identity Manager (Identity Manager). The ability to use IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator as an Identity Manager Version 4.5 custom agent simplifies agent development and increases the ability to centrally manage identities. This article walks you through the necessary development and configuration steps, while demonstrating the overall account provisioning's life cycle.
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26 May 2004 |
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Doing away with manual, real-time management
Manual real-time management of dense services is both uneconomic and difficult -- there is a critical need for automated end-to-end IT management. In this article, learn those needs, discover IBM's place in the on-demand service culture, and see how automated management forms an important part of an on-demand world and why autonomic computing is a key element to achieve it.
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10 Oct 2006 |
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On Demand with IBM Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator and Citrix MetaFrame
This article describes the implementation and value of an On-Demand solution within a Citrix Metaframe environment using the IBM Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator.
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16 Jun 2004 |
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Report Data Analyzer: Interpret EWLM performance data
As a workload manager (and not a capacity planning tool), the IBM Enterprise
Workload Manager focuses on real-time data and, thus, only retains performance data
covering the past 24 hours. There was a customer requirement, however, to have this data
available for later analysis. And so, the Data Hardening plug-in was added. This plug-in
allows on-the-fly dumping of performance data onto the file system. But, the
dumped data can't be directly exploited: Enter EWLM Report Data Analyzer.
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15 May 2007 |
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Storage and Optimization
IBM storage management software and IBM storage virtualization software are now combined as a single family - IBM TotalStorage Open Software - providing interoperabily, automation, and flexibility.
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30 May 2005 |
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