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Greg Wallace
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Dec 31, 2007

Dec 31, 2007 9:54 AM

Sun xVM and Common Agent Container

Nice new site y'all - hat's off!!

 

So, did anyone else notice Sun's recent xVM open source virtualization and systems management announcement in November? You can get up to speed here: https://openxvm.dev.java.net/

 

 

 

I think this looks very cool, personally, and further I think this really emphasizes the degree to which Sun has embraced open source. As I wrote on my blog when I saw the announcement, if you go down the list of major technologies, everything in Sun's portfolio is Open Source, which is one of the best track records in the industry.

 

 

 

  • OS - Open Source

  • Middleware - Open Source

  • Systems Management - Open Source

  • Virtualization - Open Source

  • File System - Open Source

 

Getting back to xVM, the first peice they made available under GPLv3 is their Common Agent Container, which they describe as: an open source community project

around a Java(TM) / JMX Management Services Container enabling the easy deployment and administration of Java management modules.

 

 

 

I'm looking into what would be required to move from NetDirector's current Python-based Agent to CAC. And there had been discussion around the virtual halls of OMC regarding the theoretical beauty of standardizing on a common agent in order to simplify systems management deployment and use. And CAC, on its surface, looks to be a way to achieve it. What do others think?

Tags: sun, xvm, netdirector, comon_agent_container
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Oren Teich
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Jan 1, 2008
Jan 1, 2008 5:43 PM in response to: Greg Wallace
Re: Sun xVM and Common Agent Container

Thanks for the plug Greg.

 

We're working on releasing the entire xVM Ops Center product - agent, proxy, satellite server, all of it, to open source. As you know, it takes a while to scrub, analyze, and release code. I'm ecstatic to hear you're finding CAC interesting - I'll be excited to hear what you wind up finding out.

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Greg Wallace
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Dec 31, 2007
Jan 1, 2008 6:02 PM in response to: Oren Teich
Re: Sun xVM and Common Agent Container

 

Hey Oren,

 

 

It will be great to see all of this stuff come out. Based on the YouTube video of the demo given at OracleWorld, Ops Center looks very cool and powerful. Will you be publishing release roadmap?

 

 

As for CAC, I look forward to digging into it. One of our top prioroties in the next 6 weeks or so is to review NetDirector's architecture and look for opportunities to replace custom components with more standard off-the-shelf stuff. We're looking to do this with the agent and with NetDirector server manager, where Glassfish is a hot contender to replace the custom Java dev environment we currently use.

 

 

I'd love to hear from other project leads as to how well-suited they think CAC is to serve as a universal common open systems management agent.

 

 

Greg

 

 

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