smartcloud-provisioning
IBM SmartCloud Provisioning: Added value for business
An overview of the benefits of provisioning and specifically how SmartCloud Provisioning can help.
I have a virtualized infrastructure. Do I have cloud?
It seems that the cloud concept sometimes is still being misunderstood because those products are responsible for virtualization, not provisioning.
IBM PureFlex for private cloud solutions
An overview of how IBM SmartCloud Provisioning and Service Delivery Manager work with IBM PureFlex.
Infrastructure optimisation using cloud for higher education
In this post I cover the optimisation of the infrastructure that underpins the three pillars of higher education.
A simple way to customize an image at deployment time using IBM SmartCloud Provisioning 2.1
I want to share with you a simple but effective capability for automatically configuring an image at deployment time in IBM SmartCloud Provisioning 2.1.
Building virtual images in a scripting environment with IBM SmartCloud Provisioning
How you can script the building of virtual images by using the Image Construction and Composition Tool provided by IBM SmartCloud Provisioning.
Managing access in an IBM SmartCloud Provisioning cloud
A cloud is typically a shared environment and we do not want everyone to have access to everything. Privacy is important.
Understanding image capabilities with IBM SmartCloud Provisioning
IBM SmartCloud Provisioning 2.1 introduces PaaS capabilities with the possibility to create blueprints to standardize the deployment of complex tiered applications.
An effective integration between IBM SmartCloud Provisioning and IBM Tivoli Monitoring
How can I "easily" monitor the performance and availability of the OS and applications of launched instances?
Cloud image consolidation
Create and maintain a small image catalog by creating a few standard configurations depending on the user's job role.
Drift detection of virtual instances using IBM SmartCloud Provisioning
In this blog post, I describe a root-cause detection scenario using IBM SmartCloud Provisioning.
Lessons learned: IBM SmartCloud Provisioning
The main advantage I have seen with IBM SmartCloud Provisioning is the speed at which it can deploy and destroy machines. In this example, I deploy a base image, customize it for a test, capture that image for later use, and then create a test set with the new modified image.