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Sun N1 Service Provisioning System

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What is Sun N1 Service Provisioning System?

Sun N1 Service Provisioning System simplifies application life-cycle management by rapidly provisioning business services across heterogeneous environments. Customers can provision the entire software stack, from operating system to application, from a single Web console.

What is new in N1 Service Provisioning System release 6.0?

The new features in N1 Service Provisioning System (SPS) 6.0 include:

SPS Modeler: A NetBeans IDE plugin to author SPS artifacts.
Improved Usability: Host Locking, Plan Variable Set, Install step component variables, Public API, Export and Import and Dynamic Targeting
User Interface Enhancements: Improved reporting of deployment results for quicker access. Hierarchical layout of menus and wizard driven GUI better ease of use.
Upgrades: Postgres to 8.1.4 version and JDK/JRE 1.5
Security: Set minimum length for credential restriction to improve security as well as offer flexibility to specify minimum complexity and minimum length.
Installer: Provide RPM installer on Linux
Performance: Improved database queries.

How does N1 Advanced Architecture for SAP Solutions fit with Sun N1 Service?

Sun N1 Advanced Architecture for SAP Solutions is a key extension of Sun N1 Service Provisioning System. It provides customized provisioning and management of SAP applications across virtualized environments to streamline IT processes and reduce management complexity. The product enables customers to increase resource utilization, enhance application availability, and lower operating costs. More information about Sun N1 Advanced Architecture for SAP Solutions.

What are the key features of N1 Service Provisioning System?

N1 Service Provisioning System provides the following key features:

SPS Modeler with Netbeans—Integration of SPS Modeler with NetBeans IDE.
OS Provisioning—remotely installs OS onto selected systems using pre-built OS model
Application Provisioning—remotely installs application onto selected systems using pre-built application model
Application Comparison—compares two application instances to identify differences
Deployment Simulation—simulates the deployment process to ensure deployment criterias and dependencies are met
Version Control and Roll-back—records all operations performed on system to enable roll-back to previous state if needed
Role-based Access Control—grants management permissions to specific users
SDK—enables developers to create custom models for provisioning specific application
Java API—allows integration of N1 Service Provisioning System with customer application

How does Sun N1 Service Provisioning System fit into Sun's N1 Software Strategy?

N1 is Sun's strategy to provide life-cycle management for systems and applications. The N1 software portfolio consists of seven products: N1 System Manager, N1 Service Provisioning System, N1 Grid Engine, Sun Management Center, Sun Cluster, Sun Cluster Geographic Edition and Sun Cluster Agents.

Using N1 Service Provisioning System, IT managers can speed up deployment of business services, increase service availability and compliance, improve productivity, and reduce operating costs. This enables customers to respond quickly to changes in business requirements and gain time-to-market advantage.

What's the difference between Sun N1 System Manager and Sun N1 Service Provisioning System?

Both Sun N1 System Manager and Sun N1 Service Provision System simplifies and automates the operating systems provisioning process. Sun N1 System Manager focuses on Sun servers while Sun N1 Service Provisioning System supports heterogeneous platforms. Depending on the OS and platform requirements, customers can choose the right product that best meet their needs.

What OS does N1 Service Provisioning System support?

N1 Service Provisioning System supports a diverse heterogeneous environment. To get the latest supported OS and requirements, please refer to the data sheet at sun.com/software/products/service_provisioning/index.xml.

What pre-built models does N1 Service Provisioning System provide?

N1 Service Provisioning System provides a large portfolio of pre-built models and continues to expand it. To get the latest list of pre-built models, please refer to the data sheet at sun.com/software/products/service_provisioning/index.xml.

What training classes are available for N1 Service Provision System?

10.

What offers are available for developers?

N1 Service Provisioning System provides a SDK which enables developers to easily develops custom application models. Additionally, the Java APIs allow customers to integrate the software with their application to leverage and preserve the existing application environment.