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Emerging Virtual Architectures
ZENworks Linux
Management
p/v-Distro Provisioning
Patching Agent
Application Deployment
Registration & Licensing
VM Management
Incubator & Warehouse
Central (CIM-based) Model
Distributed p/v Monitoring
Workload Orchestration
Monitor / Manage / Analyze / Respond
vDistros
Application stack distribution
containers w/ fault containment and
intrusion protection
vDistros
Are used to deploy virtual machines on any
physical server and to move application stacks
between them in 'real-time'
Virtual Storage
(EVMS & CFS or
segmented storage)
Virtual Machines
(XEN/VMW)
Physical
Storage
Arrays
Physical
Servers
pDistro pDistro
Data Center Servers
pDistros
Are used to deploy physical
machine specific hypervisors with
those drivers and agents needed by
specific hardware vendors.
Typically Hardware Vendors would
create pDistros or build templates
for their hardware.
Data Center Storage