Novell PLATESPIN ORCHESTRATE Getting Started Reference

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Getting Started Reference

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PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Getting Started Reference

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Contents

About This Guide 7

1Overview 9

1.1 Product Rebranding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.2 Introduction to PlateSpin Orchestrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1.2.1 What Is PlateSpin Orchestrate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1.2.2 How Do I Obtain and License PlateSpin Orchestrate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1.3 PlateSpin Orchestrate Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1.3.1 PlateSpin Orchestrate Installation and Configuration Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.3.2 PlateSpin Orchestrate Upgrade Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.3.3 PlateSpin Orchestrate VM Client Guide and Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.3.4 PlateSpin Orchestrate Virtual Machine Management Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.3.5 PlateSpin Orchestrate Development Client Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.3.6 PlateSpin Orchestrate Administration Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.3.7 PlateSpin Orchestrate High Availability Configuration Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.3.8 PlateSpin Orchestrate Command Line Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.3.9 PlateSpin Orchestrate Server Portal Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.3.10 PlateSpin Orchestrate Job Developer Guide and Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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2 Understanding Basic Functionality 15

2.1 Basic PlateSpin Orchestrate Server, VM Client, and Development Client Terms and

Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.1.1 The Grid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.1.2 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.1.3 Resources Running the PlateSpin Orchestrate Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2.1.4 Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2.1.5 Typical Use of the Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2.2 System Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2.3 How Do I Interact with PlateSpin Orchestrate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.4 How PlateSpin Orchestrate Components Communicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

A Documentation Updates 23

A.1 June 17, 2009 (2.0.2 Release). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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About This Guide

This Getting Started Reference provides a basic introduction to PlateSpin® Orchestrate 2.0 from

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Novell

Audience

The contents of this guide are of interest to the following individuals:

VM Administrator: A PlateSpin Orchestrate virtual machine (VM) Administrator manages the life
cycle of the VMs in the enterprise, including creating, starting, stopping, migrating, and deleting
VMs. For more information about the Orchestrate VM Client tasks and tools used by the VM
Administrator, see the PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 VM Client Guide and Reference. For more
information about the Orchestrate Development Client tasks and tools used by the VM
Administrator, see the PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Virtual Machine Management Guide.

components and what’s new in the product since its last release.

 Chapter 1, “Overview,” on page 9

 Chapter 2, “Understanding Basic Functionality,” on page 15

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Orchestrate Administrator: A PlateSpin Orchestrate Administrator deploys jobs, manages users,
and monitors distributed computing resources. Administrators can also create and set policies for
automating the usage of these computing resources. For more information about the Development
Client tasks and tools used by the Orchestrate Administrator, see the PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0

Administrator Reference.

User: The end user of PlateSpin Orchestrate, also called a “Job Manager,” runs and manages jobs
that have been created by a Job Developer and deployed by the administrator. It is also possible that
the end user could be a developer who has created applications to run on distributed computing
resources. For more information about the tasks and tools used by the Job Manager, see the

PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Server Portal Reference.

Job Developer: The developer has control of a self-contained development system where he or she
creates jobs and policies and tests them in a laboratory environment. When the jobs are tested and
proven to function as intended, the developer delivers them to the PlateSpin Orchestrate
administrator. For more information about the tasks and tools used by the Job Developer, see the

PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Developer Guide and Reference.

Prerequisite Skills

As data center managers or IT or operations administrators, it is assumed that users of the product
have the following background:

 General understanding of network operating environments and systems architecture.

 Knowledge of basic UNIX* shell commands and text editors.

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Additional Product Documentation

In addition to this Getting Started Reference, PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 includes the following
additional guides that contain valuable information about the product:

 PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Installation and Configuration Guide

 PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Upgrade Guide

 PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 VM Client Guide and Reference

 PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Development Client Reference

 PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Virtual Machine Management Guide

 PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Administrator Reference

 PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 High Availability Configuration Guide

 PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Command Line Reference

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 PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Developer Guide and Reference

 PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Server Portal Reference

Documentation Updates

This Getting Started Reference is updated periodically. To view the most recent version, visit the

PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Web site (http://www.novell.com/documentation/pso_orchestrate20/) and

look for the documentation updates section included at the end of the book.

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