PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Administrator Reference

This Administration Guide introduces the processes you can use with PlateSpin® Orchestrate 2.0 from Novell®, including the applied use of the PlateSpin Orchestrate Development Client and various command line tools. The guide provides an introductory overview of PlateSpin Orchestrate and explains how it administers and manages work on the resources of the data center. The guide is organized as follows:

For reference information about the Orchestrate Server or the Orchestrate Development Client, see the PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Development Client Reference. For information about the Orchestrate Command Line Tools, see PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Command Line Reference.

Audience

This book is intended for data center managers and IT or Operations administrators. It assumes that users of the product have the following background:

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