Before developing, deploying, and managing the PlateSpin Orchestrate jobs explained in this document, you should have a thorough understanding of how to deploy and manage all product components. These administrative tasks are explained in the following documents in both PDF and HTML formats:
Section 1.3.1, PlateSpin Orchestrate Installation and Configuration Guide
Section 1.3.3, PlateSpin Orchestrate VM Client Guide and Reference
Section 1.3.4, PlateSpin Orchestrate Virtual Machine Management Guide
Section 1.3.5, PlateSpin Orchestrate Development Client Reference
Section 1.3.7, PlateSpin Orchestrate High Availability Configuration Guide
Section 1.3.9, PlateSpin Orchestrate Server Portal Reference
Section 1.3.10, PlateSpin Orchestrate Job Developer Guide and Reference
The PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Installation and Configuration Guide introduces the fundamentals of PlateSpin Orchestrate. It includes a walkthrough of the basic product installation and configuration. The following content is included:
Planning the installation
Installation and configuration steps
Trial use of the basic product
The PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Upgrade Guide provides details about the process of upgrading ZENworks Orchestrator 1.3 to PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0. The guide provides an introductory overview of the requirements for upgrading and explains which components are compatible.
The PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 VM Client Guide and Reference provides in-depth information on the PlateSpin Orchestrate VM Client management interface, which is built on an Eclipse-based rich client platform. VM Client uses a graphical user interface (GUI) to help you create, store, edit, and use VMs. This interface can be installed on both Windows and Linux administration devices.
In addition to managing virtual machines (VMs) and host servers using the PlateSpin Orchestrate VM Client, you can do other management work using the PlateSpin Orchestrate Development Client. The PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Virtual Machine Management Guide provides instructions on the management tasks that you can do in the Development Client.
The PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Server Portal Reference provides in-depth information on the PlateSpin Orchestrate Development Client, which is a thick-client browser console.
The PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Administrator Reference provides in-depth information on the PlateSpin Orchestrate Console, which is a thin-client browser console, and the PlateSpin Orchestrate user grid command line management and deployment tool. It is anticipated that developers will typically develop jobs using the zos command line tool, while higher level system administrators will use the ZENworks GUI-based interfaces to submit, deploy and run jobs and manage network resources.
Provides information for installing and configuring PlateSpin Orchestrate in a high availability environment. The guide provides information about the components and configuration steps necessary for preparing this environment, including instructions for configuring the PlateSpin Orchestrate Server in a cluster. The guide also provides some information regarding the behaviors you can expect from PlateSpin Orchestrate in various failover scenarios.
The PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Command Line Reference provides in-depth information on zosadmin, which is the PlateSpin Orchestrate administrator grid command-line management and deployment tool, and on zos, which is the PlateSpin Orchestrate job manager command-line management and deployment tool.
The PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Server Portal Reference provides basic information on how to deploy and manage specific, basic jobs on the PlateSpin Orchestrate Server by using the resources available in the data center. Job managers typically have limited rights and responsibilities and are not expected to know the intricacies of PlateSpin Orchestrate or to understand how to create the jobs themselves. Instead, they deploy and manage jobs through a thin-client interface called the PlateSpin Orchestrate Server Portal.
The PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Developer Guide and Reference explains the PlateSpin Orchestrate SDK operation and job construction.