IBM
Operational Decision Manager Application Pattern provides
application models that enable the Operational Decision Manager environment
to run in a private cloud. It is optimized to run in IBM® PureApplication
System environments.
IBM ODM Application Pattern is
a configuration of Operational Decision Manager V8.5.
From IBM Decision
Center,
you can centrally control the business decision deployment for your
organization. IBM ODM Application Pattern provides
capabilities that are configured for typical decision management projects.
The
IBM ODM Application Pattern application
model is based on a
pattern type and uses
artifacts to
create the environment. A pattern type is a collection of plug-ins
that define artifacts, along with configuration files, which are packaged
in a
.tgz file. You build the
IBM ODM virtual
application by using the
IBM ODM Application
Pattern type V8.5 and artifacts such as components, links, and policies.
- Components
- Represent middleware services that the virtual appliance requires.
Components contain application artifacts and attributes that you can
configure.
- Links
- Connect two components. For example, if an application component
depends on a database component, a link from the application component
to the database component defines this dependency.
- Policies
- Quality of service levels for artifacts in the virtual application.
You can apply policies to a virtual application to configure specific
behavior in the deployed virtual application instance. You can apply
a policy to configure middleware services during deployment to configure
specific behavior, or to define a quality of service level.
You can use virtual application templates to create virtual application
patterns. Virtual application templates help you accelerate the setting
up of complex Operational Decision Manager environments
that are highly available.
A PureApplication
System provides
the framework to deploy IBM ODM virtual
applications into a private cloud. A deployed application is converted
from a logical model to a topology of virtual machines that are running
in the cloud. The system determines the underlying infrastructure
and middleware that are required for the application. The system also
adjusts the underlying infrastructure and middleware to ensure that
the quality of service levels, which are set for the application,
are maintained. A deployed application is called a virtual application
instance.
