Advanced virtualization and cloud management

IBM PowerVC is built on OpenStack. It provides simplified virtualization management and cloud deployments for IBM AIX®, IBM i and Linux virtual machines (VMs) running on IBM® Power®. The offering is designed to build private cloud capabilities on Power servers and improve administrator productivity. It can further integrate with cloud environments through higher-level cloud orchestrators.

Features 

• **Simplified virtualization and cloud management: **Automated configuration of I/O automates setup for mobility and highly available I/O configurations.
• **Image management: **Seamlessly import workload images into PowerVC and start deploying them immediately.
• **Dynamic Resource Optimizer: **Policy-based automation balances workloads within a host group, based on CPU or memory use.
• **Templates: **VM templates enable consistency to maintain standards and enable deployments to help reduce labor costs.
• **VMs for consistency and fast deployment: **VM remote restart allows VMs to be automatically restarted on a new server after a server failure.
• **Third-party integration: **Third-party-supported OpenStack drivers accelerate management of third party I/O devices.

Benefits

• **Fast deployment: **Save time and IT costs with faster time to value with simple installation and configuration.
• **Easy to use: **Save the cost of formal training and eliminate the need for specialized skills with an intuitive user interface.
• **Resource use: **Gain significant cost savings and less demand on IT with resource pooling and placement policies.
• **Control resources: **Use host grouping to provide separate policy-based control for a subset of the total managed resources.
• **Balance workloads: **Deliver policy-based automation for active workload balancing within a host group.