4.2.2 Terms in Tivoli System Automation
There are many terms that we need to use when we use Tivoli System Automation as our automation tooling:
- Cluster
A cluster is a group of host systems under IBM Tivoli System Automation management.
- Resource
A resource is any piece of hardware or software that can be defined to IBM Tivoli System Automation. These resources can be either defined manually by the administrator using the mkrsrc (make resource) command or through the harvesting functionality of the cluster infrastructure, whereby resources are automatically detected and prepared for use.
Fixed resource A fixed resource is a resource that has only a single instance within the cluster. It represents one entity that is defined for a single node, and this is the only node on which it runs.