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by Hendrik Van Run, Vincent T Tran, Ivan Pryanichnikov, Addison Goering, Rajeev Gan
Integrating IBM PureApplication System into an Existing Data Center
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Chapter 1. Overview
1.1 Product overview
1.1.1 PureApplication System
1.1.2 PureApplication Software
1.2 Pre-engineering
1.2.1 Pre-engineering is more than patterns of expertise
1.2.2 Beware of configuration drift
1.3 Tasks, roles, and responsibilities
1.3.1 A cross-functional team is the solution
1.4 Roadmap for this publication
Chapter 2. Data center planning for an IBM PureApplication installation
2.1 PureApplication System requirements
2.1.1 PureApplication System classes
2.1.2 Hardware requirements: PureApplication System x86 Mini configurations
2.1.3 Hardware requirements: PureApplication System x86 Enterprise configurations
2.1.4 Hardware requirements: PureApplication System POWER configurations
2.1.5 Site-readiness planning
2.1.6 Networking overview
2.1.7 Cloud groups
2.1.8 Environment profiles
2.1.9 IP groups
2.1.10 PureApplication System internal network overview
2.1.11 Ports that are required for a PureApplication System connection
2.1.12 Domain Name System server
2.1.13 Network time protocol server
2.1.14 Networking topologies
2.2 PureApplication Software requirements
2.2.1 Configuration of the VMware vCenter server and ESXi
2.2.2 Installation requirements
2.2.3 PureSystems Manager requirements
2.2.4 Firewall
2.2.5 Compute node requirements
2.2.6 Network requirements
2.3 How PureApplication VMs connect to the network
Chapter 3. IBM PureApplication installation
3.1 PureApplication Software in the data center
3.1.1 Obtaining PureApplication Software
3.1.2 Setting up and installing PureApplication Software
3.1.3 Configuring the vCenter environment
3.1.4 Configuring the PureApplication Software connection to vCenter
3.1.5 Configuring the PureApplication Software system settings
3.1.6 Configuring and allocating cloud resources
3.2 PureApplication System in the data center
3.2.1 Physical inspection of the rack
3.2.2 Powering on the rack
3.2.3 System diagnostic tests
3.2.4 Physical network connection between the appliance and the data center
3.2.5 Test deployment
Chapter 4. IBM PureApplication multi-system environment
4.1 Introduction to the multi-system environment on the PureApplication platform
4.1.1 Management domain
4.1.2 Deployment subdomain
4.1.3 Externally managed cloud groups and environment profiles
4.2 Configuring a multi-system environment with PureApplication System
4.2.1 Rules for a multi-system environment
4.2.2 Required user permissions
4.2.3 Management VLAN for an externally managed cloud group
4.2.4 Configuring additional IP addresses for cloud management
4.2.5 Creating the management domain
4.2.6 Creating the deployment subdomain
4.2.7 iSCSI tiebreaker
4.2.8 Configuring cloud resources for a multi-system environment
4.2.9 Upgrade considerations in the multi-system environment
4.2.10 Security
4.3 Using a PureApplication System multi-system environment
4.3.1 Managing catalog resources
4.3.2 Shared services
4.3.3 Deploying a pattern by using a multi-system configuration
4.3.4 Security considerations
4.3.5 Availability, scaling, and recovery considerations
Chapter 5. Storage
5.1 Storage principles
5.1.1 What a storage volume is
5.1.2 Base OS images
5.1.3 What block storage and file-level storage are
5.1.4 How block storage and file-level storage are used
5.1.5 Block storage and file-level storage in PureApplication System
5.1.6 Block storage and file-level storage in PureApplication Software
5.2 SAN Virtualization Controller for external storage
5.2.1 When to use a SAN Virtualization Controller
5.3 Adding additional storage to the PureApplication System
5.4 IBM General Parallel File System
5.4.1 GPFS topologies
5.4.2 Shared service for GPFS
5.4.3 GPFS file systems and file sets
Chapter 6. Monitoring
6.1 PureApplication System Monitoring overview
6.2 System event monitoring by using SNMP
6.3 System Monitoring shared services
6.3.1 System Monitoring
6.3.2 Middleware-specific System Monitoring services
6.3.3 Using the PureApplication System Agent
6.3.4 Deploying the System Monitoring shared service
6.3.5 Deploying other System Monitoring shared services
6.3.6 Using System Monitoring shared services
6.3.7 Situations in the System Monitoring shared service
6.3.8 Forwarding events from System Monitoring shared service
6.4 Using Optim for performance monitoring of DB2
Chapter 7. Operating system maintenance
7.1 Introduction
7.2 OS maintenance by using Red Hat Satellite Server
7.2.1 Overview
7.2.2 Preparing to deploy Red Hat Satellite Server on PureApplication System
7.2.3 Deploying Red Hat Satellite Server on PureApplication System
7.2.4 Configuring Red Hat Satellite Server on PureApplication System
7.2.5 Understanding the scope of the Red Hat Satellite Service shared service
7.2.6 Deploying the Red Hat Satellite service shared service
7.2.7 Using Red Hat Satellite Server integration on PureApplication System
7.3 IBM AIX OS maintenance by using IBM Endpoint Manager
Chapter 8. IBM middleware maintenance
8.1 IBM Installation Manager Repository
8.1.1 Default internal IBM Installation Manager Repository
8.1.2 Integrating with an external IBM Installation Manager Repository
8.2 Applying fix packs to Virtual System Pattern Instances
8.2.1 IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5
8.2.2 IBM DB2 10.5
8.2.3 IBM MQ V8.0
8.3 Including Fix Packs in Virtual System Patterns
8.3.1 IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5
8.3.2 DB2 10.5
8.3.3 IBM MQ 8.0
Chapter 9. System and integrated components maintenance
9.1 Maintenance overview
9.2 Planning system update
9.2.1 Deciding on a maintenance path
9.2.2 Obtaining the system update procedure
9.2.3 Taking backups of the system
9.2.4 Maintenance in a multi-system environment
9.2.5 Downloading the required software packages
9.2.6 Importing the system fix pack
9.2.7 Time and workload continuity planning
9.3 Preparing the system for an update
9.3.1 Activating maintenance mode
9.3.2 Disabling the Service and Support Manager
9.3.3 Checking the system health status
9.4 Applying the system update
9.4.1 Applying a system update by using the system console
9.4.2 Applying a system update by using the pure.cli
9.4.3 Applying compute node updates
9.5 Applying an integrated components update (group fix)
9.5.1 Dependency checks
9.5.2 Updating integrated components by using the system console
9.5.3 Updating integrated components by using the pure.cli
9.5.4 Upgrading deployed pattern type instances
9.6 Performing system health status check (post-upgrade)
9.7 Maintenance-related preferred practices
Chapter 10. Backup and restore
10.1 Data categories
10.1.1 Management function data
10.1.2 Cloud environment data
10.1.3 Workload catalog data
10.1.4 Workload (pattern instance) data
10.1.5 Application data
10.1.6 Data categories example
10.2 Types of backups
10.2.1 Required permissions for backup and restore
10.3 Configuring backup functions
10.3.1 Creating backup locations
10.3.2 Creating backup configurations
10.3.3 Creating a component backup configuration
10.3.4 Creating a system backup configuration
10.4 Performing backups
10.4.1 Performing a system backup
10.4.2 Performing a component backup
10.4.3 Viewing the backup history
10.5 Restoring backup data
10.5.1 Restoring system data
10.5.2 Restoring component data
10.5.3 Alternative backup locations to restore component data
10.5.4 Troubleshooting
10.6 Backing up and restoring by using the CLI or REST API
10.7 Backup instances and application data
Chapter 11. Security
11.1 System management
11.1.1 Management system security
11.1.2 System console SSL certificates
11.2 Resource isolation
11.2.1 Cloud groups
11.2.2 IP groups
11.2.3 Environment profiles
11.2.4 Access controls
11.3 System security
11.3.1 Disk-based encryption
11.3.2 System-level access
11.3.3 Roles and permissions
11.3.4 User account policies
11.3.5 User and User Group management
11.3.6 Directory server integration (LDAP)
11.3.7 Secure LDAP communication
11.4 Workload security
11.4.1 LDAP user authentication for OS
11.4.2 Patch management
11.5 Security monitoring
11.5.1 Security and administrative event auditing
11.5.2 Enabling security events
11.5.3 Forwarding security events
11.6 Special situations: Peeling back the covers
11.6.1 Network topology
11.6.2 Network switches
11.6.3 SAN switches
Chapter 12. Service and Support Manager
12.1 Service and Support Manager overview
12.2 Enabling Service and Support Manager
12.2.1 Access through a corporate firewall
12.2.2 Configuring Service and Support Manager
12.2.3 Verifying the Service and Support Manager configuration
12.3 Service and Support Manager workflow
12.4 Service tickets (Call Home events)
12.5 Working with service tickets
12.5.1 Add Service Ticket feature
12.5.2 Add File to a Service Ticket feature
12.5.3 Add Collection Set to a Service Ticket feature
12.5.4 Uploading, downloading, and deleting service ticket files
12.5.5 Add Local Note feature
12.6 List of Call Home events
Chapter 13. IBM PureApplication System command-line interface and REST API
13.1 Pure.cli
13.1.1 Pure.cli basics
13.1.2 Creating and deleting objects
13.1.3 Listing objects in a collection
13.1.4 Iterating through a collection
13.1.5 Finding an object instance by exact name
13.1.6 Setting or updating an object attribute
13.1.7 Building object collections and instances from REST JSON responses
13.2 PureApplication System REST API
13.2.1 Anatomy of a RESTful HTTP request
13.2.2 HTTP verbs
13.3 CLI recipes
13.3.1 Importing and loading group fixes
13.3.2 Creating users and groups from a CSV list
13.3.3 Cleaning old deployments (non-production environments only)
13.3.4 Getting full instance reports while filtering by virtual machine name
13.3.5 Running a script package
13.3.6 Finding VMs in a particular cloud group by using a particular image
13.3.7 Creating IP groups, adding an IP range, and attaching an IP group to a cloud group by using a script
Chapter 14. Chef
14.1 What is Chef
14.2 Chef integration with PureApplication System
14.3 Configuring the external Chef server shared service
14.4 Sample Chef deployment
14.5 Debugging a deployment by using a Chef client on PureApplication System
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