Software Editions Systems Software leadership for innovation Mike Perry IT Specialist IBM Systems & Technology Group 1
Enterprise Edition Offerings AIX Systems Director VMControl (VMControl is a bundled component of Systems Director, but has its own chart below to show the features which are provided by each version) PowerVM 2
AIX Editions 3
AIX Editions.. AIX 5.3 & AIX 6.1 Operating System Virtualisation support RAS AIX 6.1 Enterprise Edition bundle consisting of AIX V6.1 PowerVM AIX Workload Partitions Manager Systems Director Enterprise Edition Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager IBM Tivoli Monitoring 4
Workload Partitions Manager Management of WPARS across multiple systems Lifecycle operations Single Console for: Graphical Interface Create & Remove Start & stop Checkpoint & Restart Monitoring & Reporting Manual Relocation Automated Relocation Policy driven change Infrastructure Optimization Load Balancing Workload Partition Manager Web Service Browser Global Level WPAR Agent Global Level WPAR Agent Global Level WPAR Agent System/Application WPARs System/Application WPARs System/Application WPARs 5
AIX Enterprise Edition Tivoli components available as part of AIX Enterprise Edition Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager Improved support for Workload partitions Data feed from ITM for instant status changes & discovery of new LPARs IBM Tivoli Monitoring Improved out of box reports & easier installation Automatic best practices configuration Tivoli Common Reporting for enhanced reporting across products Tivoli Performance Analyzer (integrated into ITM) Extends ITM data to predictive trending to manage performance over time New forecasting of resource trends to focus monitoring on emerging problems. Leverages the long-term historical and real time data in Tivoli Data Warehouse 6
AIX EE Solution Components: Discovery IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM) IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager initiates and assists planning for consolidation by providing bestof-breed discovery capabilities Discovers the COMPONENTS in a Data Center Environment CENTRALIZES and VISUALIZES the CONFIGURATION of the Components in a Data Center Environment Discovers the RELATIONSHIP of the Components in a Data Center Environment DISCOVERS AND TRACKS THE CHANGES in a Data Center Environment Can Feed this Information to other IBM Tivoli Products 7
AIX EE Solution Components: Discovery System p Discovery - Topology View System 1 TADDM discovery of System p Topology via Hardware Management Console (HMC) 8
AIX EE Solution Components: Monitoring IBM Tivoli Monitoring IBM Tivoli Monitoring helps prioritize consolidation decisions by visualizing the actual virtual server utilization against historical trends. It automates a client s best practices in response to system events Improves mean-time-to-recovery by visualizing the virtual world to solve virtual performance problems Tivoli Enterprise Portal User Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server Tivoli Data Warehouse Side-by-side real-time and historical data assists in separating intermittent problems from reoccurring problems from peak workloads Out-of-the-box reporting allows customers to quickly provide executive level reports and identify resource bottlenecks Universal Agent / Agent Builder Hub Tivoli Enterprise Management Server Remote Tivoli Enterprise Management Servers Agentless Agent Agent Agent Agent Agent Agent Managed Servers 9
AIX EE Solution Components: Monitoring System p Monitoring Hypervisor View 10
AIX EE Solution Components: Monitoring System p Monitoring AIX LPAR View 11
AIX Solution Components: Monitoring System p Monitoring VIOS LPAR View 12
AIX EE Solution Components: Monitoring System p Monitoring Heat Chart for Server Utilization 13
AIX Enterprise Edition To the base AIX V6.1 OS, Enterprise Edition adds: PowerVM AIX Workload Partitions Manager Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager IBM Tivoli Monitoring IBM Systems Director Enterprise Edition 14
IBM Systems Director & AIX Editions Products IBM Systems Director Express Edition IBM Systems Director Standard Edition IBM Systems Director Enterprise Edition AIX Enterprise Edition IBM System Director 6.1.2 Active Energy Manager 4.2 VMControl 2.2 Express Standard Enterprise Network Control 1.1 Transition Manager for HP SIM Service and Support Manager 6.1.2 IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.2 (incl. Capacity Planning) Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager v7.2 AIX WPAR Manager V2.1 15
Systems Director Systems Director is bundled with AIX EE, but can also be purchased separately for non- AIX EE environments Systems Director Standard Edition Systems Director Enterprise Edition Systems Director Express Edition Basic monitoring and updates Energy Management Virtual image management Network management System pools deployment Advanced energy reporting Advanced discovery and monitoring 16
VMControl Editions VMControl VMControl Express Edition VMControl Standard Edition VMControl Enterprise Edition Virtualization Capabilities Manage resources Automate virtual images Optimize system pools PowerVM Create/manage virtual machines (x86, PowerVM and z/vm) Virtual machine relocation Capture/import, create/remove standardized virtual images Deploy standard virtual images Maintain virtual images in a centralized library Create/remove system pools and manage resources in system pools Add/remove physical servers within system pools 17
PowerVM Editions Servers Supported Max LPARs Express Edition p520 / p550 Power 750 PS70x 2 + 1VIOS / Server Standard Edition POWER 5 / 6 / 7 JS2X / JS43 /JS12 PS70x Enterprise Edition POWER 6 / 7, JS2X, JS43, PS70x 10 / Core 10 / Core Management IVM IVM & HMC IVM & HMC VIOS Yes Yes Yes Live Partition Mobility No No Yes Shared Processor Pools No Yes (HMC) Yes (HMC) Active Memory Sharing No No Yes Shared Dedicated Capacity Yes Yes Yes Operating Systems AIX & Linux AIX & Linux AIX & Linux PowerVM Lx86 Yes Yes Yes 18 Upgrade from edition to another: Electronic Key