When you provision the SmartCloud Application Workload Services, you have the option to store all data on an existing volume. For doing that, you just need to create a volume in the same data-center first and an IP address then enter the storage ID and the IP address while provisioning the SmartCloud Application Workload Services. Continue reading
Category Archives: IBM SmartCloud Application Services
Why using persistent storage on SmartCloud Application Services?
The answer is very simple and short 
Imagine the following scenario, you create a SmartCloud Application Collaborative Lifecycle Management Service Instance or a SmartCloud Application Workload Service Instance and you start working with it, all data are stored in the virtual machine. Continue reading
Authorize a user to set attributes on a pattern at provisioning time on SmartCloud Application Services
I created a pattern (virtual application) and I would like that the user whom will deploy this pattern is able to set some attributes. Continue reading
Is pattern enabled infrastructure design put IT architects out of job?
Architect are requested to create the operation model to represent the infrastructure that will support the application.
Now, the question is: With pattern oriented solutions, does an architect still have to create an operational model or is the architect still need to be part of a project once it comes the time of the infrastructure design? Should all infrastructure architect need to be assign to other tasks? Do we still need operation model as we have patterns ready for different types of workload (ie: webapp, database, Java…). See all existing pattern for the IBM Workload Deployer solution at the PureSystems Center. Continue reading
Is Scalability Your Concern?
Please read the article I wrote on expertintegratedsystemsblog.com
Pattern-type (Part 9): Add the capability to Tweak a virtual application instance.
In this previous article ‘Pattern-type (Part 6): How to add operation with SmartCloud Application Services‘, I explained how to add operation on a pattern-type. Operations provide you the ability to take actions on a deployed pattern/virtual application. These actions can be setting parameters and take actions based on these parameters by launching a specified script and this is done by creating an operation.json file in the appmodel. Continue reading
Pattern-type (Part 8): How to extend an existing pattern-type with SmartCloud Application Services
One of my customer asked me the following question:
“I have my own logging event system and I would like that all log files information of the WebSphere Enterprise Application environment are copied to my logging event system. I don’t want to recreate the full WebApp pattern-type just to add a new functionality. So, how can I leverage the existing WebApp pattern-type and add in it just the functionality I need?” Continue reading
DevOps with SmartCloud Application Services
Sorry, writting this from my smartphone, I will reformat later but this video could interrest you DevOps on SmartCloud Services
Pattern-type (Part 7): Scaling in/out based on OS metrics with SmartCloud Application Services
In my previous articles Pattern-type (Part 5): Scaling in/out based on your own monitoring collector with SmartCloud Application Services I explained how to Scale in/out using your own monitoring collect (ie: counting files in a directory). In noticed in the documentation (IWD Infocenter) at the end of the page a mention of a ‘CPU’ category and ‘Used’ metrics. This let me think we can re-use some embedded OS metrics in a scaling policy and I will show here how to do it. Continue reading
Pattern-type (Part 6): How to add operation with SmartCloud Application Services
When you define a role in a pattern type, you can associate to this role a number of operations you would like to launch once the pattern is deployed. These operations will be available from the ‘Manage’ panel under the operation tab. Continue reading