XML alternative persistency storage is set to file: C:\Program 

Files\ibm\tivoli\

common\COP\logs\tcdrivermanager\objectDump.xml

ObjectView Persistency Layer version 6.5.16 finished initialization

total=0; new=0; impl=0; expl=0

installed

Tivoli Provisioning Manager Data Center modeling

The Data Center Model (DCM) is a description of all logical and physical 

resources that are managed by Tivoli Provisioning Manager. Managed resources 

could be servers, switches, load balancers, software, and other related 

equipment. The DCM keeps track of changes made by workflows to the 

hardware and software configuration and keeps the model in sync with the real 

world hardware and software assets that are associated with it.

The DCM also stores information needed for the management of resource pools 

and clusters such as server IDs, size of resource pools, number of active and 

inactive servers, and server priorities.

The DCM information is stored in a central database controlled by Tivoli 

Provisioning Manager. The DCM contains information regarding a real life data 

center. Tivoli Provisioning Manager communicates directly with all components 

of the data center based on the definitions in the DCM.

DCM entries can be built using an XML file and imported into the DCM database. 

To customize the our DCM XML file, we have to provide the following solution 

specific information:

Switch fabric

VLANs and subnets

Boot server

Software product

Software stack

Service Access Points

The The Tivoli Provisioning Manager server itself

Resource Pool and servers 

Customer, Application, and Cluster

The next sections provide details of the DCM definitions used during the 

development of this document.

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