Service Manual

Provisioning and Extensibility Overview of Dell VIS Self-Service Creator
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Overview
With the advent of private cloud, end-to-end provisioning must be completely automated and zero
touch. When a user requests a new workload, all aspects of the provisioning process must occur
automatically and completely.
This white paper provides an overview of provisioning, extensibility, and integration options available
with VIS Self-Service Creator. Due to the depth of VIS Self-Service Creator capabilities, we are focusing
on key deployment methods of VMware Clones, WIM Imaging, RHEL Kickstart, and extensibility
surrounding those provisioning methods within this white paper. Implementation details on these, or
other provisioning methods, are available in the VIS Self-Service Creator User Guide.
This white paper does not discuss the mapping of your specific IT and business policies, procedures,
and standards into the VIS Self-Service Creator, which is critical for a successful implementation. Dell
Global Services consultants provide both planning and implementation support for VIS Self-Service
Creator and virtualization environments. For additional details on Dell Global Services offerings, refer
to http://www.dell.com/services.
Details on the underlying hardware and hypervisor configuration utilized to support VIS Self-Service
Creator solutions are available in a separate Dell white paper, “VMware vSphere Reference
Architecture for Small Medium Business”, available at
http://www.dell.com/virtualization/businessready. Additional reference architectures are available
at http://www.dell.com/vis that may meet your needs.