z/VM Cloud Manager Appliance on OpenStack

Managed services can now manage IBM z/VM 7.1 virtual machines using the IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center.

About the task

For more information about IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center, see Documentation External link icon. You must configure OpenStack cloud connection.

For Managed services to access your IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center OpenStack environment, you must provide the value of the following parameters:

  • Authentication URL - Enter the authentication URL. It is used for the purpose of identification. The syntax is http://IP_ADDRESS:5000/v3. Here, v3 refers to version 3 of the keystone identity API.
  • User Name - Enter the user name that is used to log into OpenStack server.
  • Password - Enter the password of the OpenStack user.
  • Domain Name - Enter the keystone domain name. Default is the IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center default.
  • Region - Enter the region of the cloud OpenStack. RegionOne is the IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center default.
  • Project Name - Enter the name of the project that is supported by OpenStack and is within the specified domain.

For more information about these values, see OpenStack Provider.