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com/redbooks Front cover IBM PureApplication System Best Practices Amit P. Acharya Tom Bal Kyle Brown Srinivas Cheemalapati Rodrigo Costa Venkata Gadepalli Rajeev Gandhi Erdinc Guler James Kochuba Rory O'

Grady Jose Ortiz Discover best practices for optimal deployments Learn how others use PureApplication System Get standard implementation examples to follow International Technical Support Organization IBM PureApplication System Best Practices February

2014 SG24-8145-00 ? Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2014. All rights reserved. Note to U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. First Edition (February 2014) This edition applies to IBM PureApplication System Version 1.1. Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in Notices on page v. ? Copyright IBM Corp. 2014. All rights reserved. iii Contents Notices v Trademarks vi Preface vii Authors.vii Now you can become a published author, too!x Comments welcome.xi Stay connected to IBM Redbooks xi Chapter 1. Introduction.1 1.1 Cloud computing

2 1.1.1 Basic principles of cloud computing

3 1.1.2 Cloud service models

5 1.1.3 Cloud deployment models

6 1.2 IBM PureSystems family of products

9 1.2.1 Patterns of expertise

10 1.2.2 IBM PureFlex System

11 1.2.3 IBM PureApplication System.12 1.2.4 IBM PureData System

13 1.3 IBM PureApplication System overview

13 1.3.1 All cloud stack components are already integrated and optimized

14 1.3.2 Configurations.15 1.4 Concepts and terms

17 1.4.1 Patterns.17 1.4.2 Management

18 1.4.3 Problem determination and support

20 Chapter 2. Challenges for IT organizations

23 2.1 Cloud computing and optimization

24 2.1.1 Changing the dynamics of the enterprise

24 2.1.2 Roles and process

25 2.2 Innovation and optimization

26 2.2.1 Ease of use

27 2.2.2 Availability

28 2.2.3 Promotion between environments.28 2.3 Simplicity and consolidation

29 Chapter 3. Organization and role changes to adapt to automation

33 3.1 Introduction

34 3.1.1 The value of patterns of expertise.34 3.1.2 Major steps in adopting PureApplication System

35 3.2 Organizational principles and practices

35 3.2.1 Overall changes

36 3.2.2 Role changes

37 3.2.3 Skill set changes

38 3.3 Roles for PureApplication System implementation

39 3.3.1 Data Center Operations team

40 3.3.2 Application Operations team.41 3.3.3 Database Operations team

42 iv IBM PureApplication System Best Practices 3.3.4 Finance and Compliance staff

42 3.3.5 Content Enablement team

43 3.3.6 Solution development

45 3.4 Structure of a PureApplication Center of Excellence

48 3.4.1 Task division for Center of Excellence subteams

48 3.4.2 Moving to round-the-clock operations.49 Chapter 4. Workload practices for patterns

51 4.1 Browse the PureSystems Centre for relevant assets

52 4.2 Use a virtual application pattern to add new applications

52 4.3 Migrate the Java application before you use patterns.53 4.4 Use images and patterns as delivered when possible

53 4.5 Decide which tool to use if you customize virtual images

54 4.6 Split patterns along key interfaces

54 4.7 Separate the configuration and application from topology

55 4.8 Automate your lifecycle steps

56 4.9 Think of environments as short-lived assets

57 4.10 Develop and test script packages on the target platform

57 4.11 Set the time zone

58 4.12 Pass passwords as parameters in script files