The Tivoli Service Automation Manager(TSAM) and WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance are
private cloud management offerings that enable the cohesive approach necessary
when building a cloud environment. It is important to note that the two are not competing products, but instead
are complementary in nature. Primarily they differ on their degree of
specialization:
- WebSphere CloudBurst focuses on addressing WebSphere workloads.
- Tivoli Service Automation Manager provides standard management capabilities
to a broad range of workloads.
You must consider the needs of your private cloud environment when deciding
on whether WebSphere CloudBurst or Tivoli Service Automation Manager is
appropriate for your cloud needs. It doesn't have to be an either/or decision —
there are indeed usage scenarios where you will benefit from an integrated
solution of both Tivoli Service Automation Manager and WebSphere CloudBurst.
The Tivoli Service Automation Manager provides you with the capability to
request, deploy, manage, and monitor cloud services from a single management
interface. Regardless of which type of cloud service or software components
constitute the service, you can use Tivoli Service Automation Manager to
standardize and automate the delivery of the environment to your cloud. Once
delivered, Tivoli Service Automation Manager builds on existing IT
infrastructure to provide insight into the full life cycle of the cloud-based
service.
The WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance is a cloud management device, purpose-built
for WebSphere application environments. It builds on special virtual images,
such as the WebSphere Application Sever Hypervisor Edition, and allows users to
create patterns that represent their target application environment. These
patterns encapsulate the application infrastructure nodes and configuration
necessary for the environment; you can use WebSphere CloudBurst to deploy them
into your private cloud. Once deployed, WebSphere CloudBurst provides management
and monitoring capabilities that give you necessary controls over your running
application environments.