I'm trying to get myself to SHARE in Feb... (always takes begging, pleading, crying, and fits - luckily my children have taught me well)... But was wondering in the meantime... is anyone using this yet... particularly the z/VM Center piece with the Software Distribution Premium stuff for z/Linux??
Marcy "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 11:40 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] IBM Director On Wednesday, 12/06/2006 at 01:08 CST, Mike Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kind'a curious that the URL given: > http://www-3.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/systems_management/ibm_dire ctor > contains the string: /xseries/ > > Tom, are you certain that was the URL given in the SDO doc? IBM Director is not a new product, having existed on xSeries long before it appeared anywhere else. The Director demo that explicitly discusses z/VM can be found there. > Personally, I think the whole Virtualization Engine and IBM Director product > description is a huge mess of unreadable legal folderol and cross-function > confusion. I suppose the marketing and descriptions could be worse, > but it > would take even more astonishing (not too much more) creativity. But that's > just my opinion, and does "not necessarily represent the opinions or policies > of Hewitt Associates.". Then I know which presentations you will be attending at SHARE, learning about VE and Director. :-) But let me give you the Sysprog Reader's Digest(R) Version: 1. VE is a collection of system management functions, including eWLM and IBM Director. 2. IBM Director is an application server that holds the Director-based applications such as IBM Virtualization Manager and the z/VM Center 3. Some functions are free, some are priced. 4. It provides a single point of control (portal) from which you can being to manage both servers AND storage (disks, you guys, disks...not memory), and eventually everything in between. 5. Watch for cooperation and integration with Tivoli and ISV products, whether launch-in-context or full snap-in. 6. Its design is based on open standards (CIM, SMI-S). It is not 100% there today since those models are just now coming to the fore in their respective organizations (DMTF, SNIA). 7. It does not pretend to be Ultimate Systems Management Tool, the answer to your dreams. The adventure continues.... Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
