Load WebSphere® Message Broker Hypervisor Edition on to IBM® Workload Deployer to create, deploy, and
manage WebSphere Message Broker environments and
applications in a cloud using a VMware hypervisor.
This virtual system can be used for development, testing, and production
environments.
WebSphere Message Broker Hypervisor Edition for IBM Workload Deployer
WebSphere Message Broker Hypervisor Edition is available for download
from Passport Advantage® and
can be manually uploaded to the IBM Workload Deployer.
The following
diagram shows a basic work flow. An administrator downloads the WebSphere Message Broker Hypervisor Edition package from Passport Advantage,
extracts it, and loads the virtual machine image and a set of predefined
patterns onto IBM Workload Deployer. The
patterns can then be deployed straight into the cloud, or they can
be edited and customized first.
For more information
about using
WebSphere Message Broker Hypervisor Edition with
IBM Workload Deployer, see the following topics:
Virtual machine image overview
The WebSphere Message Broker Hypervisor Edition virtual machine image
includes a virtual machine template that you can use to create WebSphere Message Broker deployments in a cloud environment.
You
can download a WebSphere Message Broker Hypervisor Edition virtual machine image
from Passport Advantage and
then load it on to the IBM Workload Deployer.
After the virtual machine image has been added to the IBM Workload Deployer image catalog, an administrator
can use IBM Workload Deployer to manage
and deploy patterns to a cloud environment.
WebSphere Message Broker Hypervisor Edition includes two components:
- The WebSphere Message Broker Hypervisor Edition virtual machine image
- Provides a template for creating virtual machines, and includes
installed versions of WebSphere Message Broker and
other products that are required to create a deployment environment.
The image includes the following preinstalled, ready-to-use patterns:
- WebSphere Message Broker (Basic)
- WebSphere Message Broker (Advanced)
These patterns address common WebSphere Message Broker topologies
and are available when you use the WebSphere Message Broker Hypervisor Edition Image
Loader utility to load the virtual
machine image onto the IBM Workload Deployer.
Each pattern is used to create a virtual system, which is a fully
functional deployment environment.
- The WebSphere Message Broker Hypervisor Edition Image
Loader utility
- This utility is used to add the WebSphere Message Broker Hypervisor Edition virtual image to the
image catalog on the IBM Workload Deployer.
In addition, it adds the preinstalled patterns to the collection of
available patterns on the IBM Workload Deployer.
It also adds the script packages.
You can run the virtual image on a VMware ESXi hypervisor.
Available virtual images
You can download
the virtual image package from Passport Advantage, as follows:
- Select and download the required virtual machine image version
of WebSphere Message Broker Hypervisor Edition for RHEL Linux on x86-64.
- Using the supplied WebSphere Message Broker Hypervisor Edition Image
Loader utility, load the virtual
machine image onto the IBM Workload Deployer.
All virtual machine images require IBM Workload Deployer and a hypervisor (VMware ESXi).
Virtual image contents
The virtual image
contains the following preinstalled software:
- RHEL Linux on x86-64
- WebSphere MQ
- WebSphere MQ
Explorer
- WebSphere Message Broker
- WebSphere Message
Broker Explorer
- WebSphere Message
Broker Toolkit
Maintenance
Maintenance for virtual machines
is applied by using the mechanisms that are provided within IBM Workload Deployer. For more information
about maintenance, see Virtual system instance maintenance.