Preparing your on-premises environment for deployments
In this tutorial, you set up a workspace and virtual server instance to run your company's enterprise resource planning (ERP) workloads on-premises and other workloads on IBM Cloud. The steps to set up a workspace and VSI for an on-premises environment are the same steps that you use to set up Power Virtual Server in the cloud.
Create an IBM Cloud® Schematics workspace
Create a Schematics workspace in the location associated with the pod that is installed at your site by using the Power Virtual Server dashboard.
- Go to the Navigation Menu icon
> Power Virtual Server > Workspaces and click Create a workspace.
- Select On-premises and choose the Satellite location that is associated with the pod. Click Continue.
- Enter the workspace name and select a resource group.
- Click Create.
For more information, see Creating a Power Virtual Server workspace.
Create a virtual server instance
Create a virtual server instance that runs on your IBM® Power Systems Hardware on-premises, on which you plan to run your enterprise resource planning (ERP) workloads.
- Click the Action icon > View virtual servers on the workspace that you created.
- Click Create instance.
For more information, see Configuring a Power Virtual Server instance.
Deploying workloads on Power Virtual Server
After the Power Virtual Server instance is up and running, you can deploy your workloads, such as applications, databases, or ERP software onto the instance. You manage the Power Virtual Server instance and the workloads that run on it through the IBM Cloud console or by using the Power Cloud API.
Monitor performance
Use monitoring tools to oversee performance and how much capacity is allocated and available across all of your pods that run on Power Virtual Server, whether they are on-premises or in the cloud.
For more information, see Monitoring metrics for IBM Power Virtual Server.