Key concepts

This topic explains the business value of the BSM for Cloud Computing initiative and describes the associated value paths that enable you to be successful with your cloud implementation. It includes sections that discuss:

• Business challenge
• BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management solution
• Benefits

The topics in this section provide an overview of the key features of BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management:

• Services overview
• Resource management overview
• Resource types
• Tenant management overview
• Policy management overview
• Quota management overview

This topic describes the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management user roles for cloud environments, each of which has different sets of responsibilities:

• Cloud end user, who requests services through the cloud
• Cloud tenant administrator, who is responsible for monitoring a subset of resources in the cloud
• Cloud administrator, who is responsible for the full lifecycle of the cloud environment, including initial planning, deployment, configuration, and continued administration, operation, and maintenance
• Developer, who is responsible for customizing and expanding the capabilities of BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management