Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems and methods for the management of mainframe resources in a pre-boot environment. According to embodiments, a network management platform, for instance a platform equipped or compatible with pre-boot discovery and management tools such as the known pre-boot execution environment (PXE), can integrate a set of mainframe-based virtual machines using a pre-boot management engine. The pre-boot management engine can reside in or communicate with the mainframe operating system, and present a set of resources to the network management platform to allow the platform to include time-sliced or other virtual machines or resources, into the pre-boot protocol.

Abstract: Some embodiments of enhanced capabilities in provisioning on computing machines in a networked system have been presented. In one embodiment, a software vendor deploys a centralized server to an internal network of a customer. The provisioning capabilities of a centralized server are extended to support an additional type of platform by downloading a set of kickstart files associated with the additional type of platform from a software vendor. The centralized server may provision on a computing machine coupled to the centralized server within the internal network based on a type of a platform of the computing machine using one or more of the plurality of kickstart files.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems and methods for the management of mainframe resources in a pre-boot environment. According to embodiments, a network management platform, for instance a platform equipped or compatible with pre-boot discovery and management tools such as the known pre-boot execution environment (PXE), can integrate a set of mainframe-based virtual machines using a pre-boot management engine. The pre-boot management engine can reside in or communicate with the mainframe operating system, and present a set of resources to the network management platform to allow the platform to include time-sliced or other virtual machines or resources, into the pre-boot protocol.

Abstract: Some embodiments of enhanced capabilities in provisioning on computing machines in a networked system have been presented. In one embodiment, a software vendor deploys a centralized server to an internal network of a customer. The provisioning capabilities of a centralized server are extended to support an additional type of platform by downloading a set of kickstart files associated with the additional type of platform from a software vendor. The centralized server may provision on a computing machine coupled to the centralized server within the internal network based on a type of a platform of the computing machine using one or more of the plurality of kickstart files.