PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.6 Upgrade Guide

This Upgrade Guide introduces the process of upgrading PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.5 to PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.6. The guide provides an introductory overview of the requirements for upgrading and explains which components are compatible. Further, it provides specific instructions for performing the upgrade. The guide is organized as follows:

Audience

The contents of this guide are of interest to the following individuals:

VM Administrator: A PlateSpin Orchestrate virtual machine (VM) administrator manages the life cycle of the VMs in the enterprise, including creating, starting, stopping, migrating, and deleting VMs. For more information about the Orchestrate VM Client tasks and tools used by the VM administrator, see the PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.6 VM Client Guide and Reference. For more information about the Orchestrate Development Client tasks and tools used by the VM administrator, see the PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.6 Development Client Reference.

Orchestrate Administrator: A PlateSpin Orchestrate Administrator deploys jobs, manages users, and monitors distributed computing resources. Administrators can also create and set policies for automating the usage of these computing resources. For more information about the tasks and tools used by the Orchestrate Administrator, see the PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.6 Administrator Reference and the PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.6 Command Line Reference.

User: The end user of PlateSpin Orchestrate, also called a “Job Manager,” runs and manages jobs that have been created by a Job Developer and deployed by the administrator. It is also possible that the end user could be a developer who has created applications to run on distributed computing resources. For more information about the tasks and tools used by the Job Manager, see the PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.6 Server Portal Reference.

Job Developer: The developer has control of a self-contained development system where he or she creates jobs and policies and tests them in a laboratory environment. When the jobs are tested and proven to function as intended, the developer delivers them to the PlateSpin Orchestrate administrator. For more information about the tasks and tools used by the job developer, see the PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.6 Developer Guide and Reference.

Prerequisite Skills

As data center managers or IT or operations administrators, it is assumed that users of the product have the following background:

Additional Product Documentation

In addition to this Job Developer Guide and Reference, PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.6 includes the following additional guides that contain valuable information about the product:

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