Virtual Server Deployment is a subtask of z/VM Center. Virtual Server Deployment builds on z/VM to create and decommission virtual Linux servers (Linux guest systems).
This topic provides a brief introduction to the main objects you work with in the Virtual Server Deployment task. It also gives an overview of the task flow for deploying a z/VM virtual server that has an operating system installed. For more details see the z/VM Center concepts in the IBM Director information center at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2/topic/diricinfo/vsd0_c_concepts.html.
A z/VM virtual server is a z/VM guest virtual machine that is set up and controlled by the Virtual Server Deployment task. To set up an operating system in a z/VM virtual server, you use an operating system template.
When you use an operating system template to set up an operating system instance in a z/VM virtual server, a wizard guides you through specifying a small amount of data that needs to be unique for each operating system instance, for example, IP addresses.
When a z/VM virtual servers is no longer needed, you can delete it to free all resources that are used by it for redeployment.