Delivery of PlateSpin Transformation Manager as an appliance provides the following benefits:
Simple deployment. The appliance is ready to configure and run on your VMware hypervisor. You do not need to install the operating system, set up prerequisite applications, or configure its databases.
Better performance. The appliance is built on a specific and tuned version of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) operating system. The appliance includes everything that PlateSpin Transformation Manager needs, and only what it needs. It omits the unneeded applications and services that can consume system resources.
Web-based appliance administration. The appliance provides a web-based Appliance Management Console that allows you to easily configure only what is required to deploy or manage the appliance in your environment. You do not need to understand the underlying operating system, software, or databases.
If you contact Technical Support with a PlateSpin Transformation Manager support incident, you might be asked to access the Appliance Terminal Console as the root user. Your support representative will provide guidance on any required actions. Otherwise, there are no administrative tasks that involve root access or the bash interface.
Easy update. The Appliance provides an Online Update capability to download and apply patches to the appliance.