On Demand Operating Environment: Managing the Infrastructure (Virtualization Engine Update)

This IBM Redbook (along with its companion volume, On Demand Operating Environment: Creating Business Flexibility, SG24-6633), provides an insight into the kind of operating environment required to support an On Demand Business.

It provides an overview of the architecture of an On Demand Operating Environment and describes in more detail the components that are required to manage the infrastructure.

To meet the business needs of being responsive, variable, focused, and resilient, an On Demand Operating Environment must be integrated, autonomic, virtualized, and open. Though these attributes are all interrelated, this redbook focuses on the automation and virtualization components as they enable efficient infrastructure management.

This redbook provides descriptions of several approaches that one can choose to start implementing pieces of an On Demand Operating Environment today. Which approach is right for the reader will depend on their specific business environment and their immediate needs.