Using IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager to deploy composite virtual appliances

Deploying a real world distributed software solution can be complex and challenging. Typically, the software stack in each machine is composed of multiple software layers and the deployment is distributed over a cluster of machines, making software installation and configuration time consuming and potentially error-prone. Using IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager with virtual appliances can vastly simplify this deployment process. This article describes how, with an IBM WebSphere Application Server example that could have you create and capture a composite virtual appliance, customize, package, and deploy the solution in less than ten minutes. (IBM WebSphere Developer Technical Journal)