Understanding Basic Functionality; Basic Platespin Orchestrate Server, Vm Client, And Development Client Terms And Concepts; The Grid; Users - Novell PLATESPIN ORCHESTRATE 2.0.2 - GETTING STARTED REFERENCE 06-17-2009 Getting Started

Understanding Basic Functionality

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This section provides further information about some important administrator tasks that use the
Development Client in PlateSpin
further after you have successfully deployed and run your first job.
The section includes the following information:
Section 2.1, "Basic PlateSpin Orchestrate Server, VM Client, and Development Client Terms
and Concepts," on page 15
Section 2.2, "System Architecture," on page 16
Section 2.3, "How Do I Interact with PlateSpin Orchestrate?," on page 18
Section 2.4, "How PlateSpin Orchestrate Components Communicate," on page 20
2.1 Basic PlateSpin Orchestrate Server, VM
Client, and Development Client Terms and
Concepts
This section includes the following information:
Section 2.1.1, "The Grid," on page 15
Section 2.1.2, "Users," on page 15
Section 2.1.3, "Resources Running the PlateSpin Orchestrate Agent," on page 16
Section 2.1.4, "Jobs," on page 16
Section 2.1.5, "Typical Use of the Grid," on page 16

2.1.1 The Grid

When you configure the PlateSpin Orchestrate Server and its agents, you create an entity called a
compute grid. This grid consists of the objects in your network or data center that PlateSpin
Orchestrate is responsible for monitoring and managing, including Users, Resources, and Jobs.

2.1.2 Users

For PlateSpin Orchestrate, a user is an individual who authenticates to the Orchestrate Server for the
purpose of managing (that is, running, monitoring, canceling, pausing, stopping, or starting) a
deployed job, or a user who authenticates through the Orchestrate VM Client to manage virtual
machines. The PlateSpin Orchestrate administrator can use the Orchestrate Development Client to
identify users who are running jobs and to monitor the jobs that are currently running or that have
run during the current server session.
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Orchestrate 2.0 from Novell
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. You can investigate these tasks
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