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 PowerVM® hypervisor. This virtual system can be used for development, testing, and production environments.
Check to see if IBM Workload Deployer contains a copy of WebSphere Message Broker Hypervisor Edition for AIX® on POWER®. If not, or if a later version is required, it 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.
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:
You can run the virtual image on a PowerVM hypervisor.
All virtual machine images require IBM Workload Deployer and a hypervisor (PowerVM).
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.