vocabulary:
  name: IBM Turbonomic Vocabulary
  description: >-
    Domain vocabulary for IBM Turbonomic Application Resource Management (ARM) platform.
    Covers resource optimization, action management, entity modeling, and cloud cost concepts.
  version: "1.0"
  created: "2026-05-03"
  modified: "2026-05-03"
  provider: IBM Turbonomic

terms:
  - term: Action
    definition: >-
      An AI-recommended change that Turbonomic suggests to optimize resource utilization,
      reduce costs, or prevent performance degradation. Actions have types (RESIZE, MOVE,
      PROVISION, SUSPEND, DELETE), modes (MANUAL, AUTOMATIC, RECOMMEND), and severity levels.
    category: Core Concept
    tags:
      - Automation
      - Optimization

  - term: Action Mode
    definition: >-
      Controls whether Turbonomic executes an action automatically or requires manual approval.
      MANUAL requires user approval, AUTOMATIC executes without intervention, RECOMMEND only
      suggests the action, DISABLED prevents the action from being generated.
    category: Action Management
    tags:
      - Automation
      - Governance

  - term: Application Resource Management (ARM)
    definition: >-
      IBM Turbonomic's AI-powered approach to continuously analyzing application resource
      needs and automating actions to ensure performance while minimizing costs across
      hybrid cloud environments.
    category: Platform Concept
    tags:
      - Cloud
      - Optimization

  - term: Entity
    definition: >-
      Any managed infrastructure component in Turbonomic, including virtual machines,
      containers, applications, storage, physical hosts, databases, networks, and cloud
      services. Each entity has a className, UUID, state, and supply chain relationships.
    category: Core Concept
    tags:
      - Infrastructure
      - Modeling

  - term: Entity Type (className)
    definition: >-
      The classification of a Turbonomic entity. Common types include VirtualMachine,
      PhysicalMachine, Container, ContainerPod, Application, ApplicationComponent,
      Storage, DatabaseServer, and cloud-specific types like ComputeTier and StorageTier.
    category: Entity Modeling
    tags:
      - Classification
      - Modeling

  - term: Environment Type
    definition: >-
      Indicates whether an entity resides in CLOUD (public cloud), ON_PREM (private
      datacenter), or HYBRID environments. Used to scope optimization recommendations
      and reporting.
    category: Entity Modeling
    tags:
      - Cloud
      - Infrastructure

  - term: Group
    definition: >-
      A logical collection of entities used to scope policies, reporting, and automation
      workflows. Groups can be static (fixed membership list) or dynamic (criteria-based
      membership that updates automatically as entities are discovered).
    category: Organization
    tags:
      - Policy
      - Scoping

  - term: Importance Score
    definition: >-
      A numerical score (0-100) Turbonomic assigns to actions to help prioritize which
      optimizations deliver the greatest benefit. Higher scores indicate higher priority.
    category: Action Management
    tags:
      - Prioritization
      - Scoring

  - term: Market
    definition: >-
      A Turbonomic simulation environment representing either the real-time state of the
      environment (the "Market" market) or a planning scenario. Markets contain all pending
      actions and projected states for capacity planning.
    category: Core Concept
    tags:
      - Capacity Planning
      - Simulation

  - term: Policy
    definition: >-
      A rule set that governs how Turbonomic generates and executes optimization actions
      for specific entity types or groups. Policies control action modes, constraints,
      and automation schedules.
    category: Governance
    tags:
      - Automation
      - Control

  - term: Resize Action
    definition: >-
      An action that changes the allocated resources (CPU, memory, storage) for an entity.
      Turbonomic recommends downsizing over-provisioned entities (efficiency) and upsizing
      under-provisioned entities (performance) based on workload analytics.
    category: Action Types
    tags:
      - Cost Optimization
      - Performance

  - term: Right-Sizing
    definition: >-
      The process of aligning resource allocations with actual workload demand. Turbonomic
      continuously analyzes utilization patterns and recommends resize actions to eliminate
      waste and prevent performance issues.
    category: Optimization
    tags:
      - Cost Optimization
      - Efficiency

  - term: Supply Chain
    definition: >-
      The hierarchical relationship model in Turbonomic showing how entities depend on
      each other. For example, an Application depends on a VirtualMachine, which depends
      on a PhysicalMachine. Turbonomic analyzes the full supply chain to make optimization
      decisions.
    category: Core Concept
    tags:
      - Dependency
      - Modeling

  - term: Target
    definition: >-
      A connected infrastructure system from which Turbonomic discovers and monitors
      entities. Targets include cloud accounts (AWS, Azure, GCP), hypervisors (vCenter,
      Hyper-V), container platforms (Kubernetes), APM tools, and databases.
    category: Integration
    tags:
      - Discovery
      - Integration

  - term: Template
    definition: >-
      A predefined resource specification used for workload placement and hardware refresh
      planning. Templates describe entity configurations (CPU, memory, storage) and are
      used in plan markets to model future states.
    category: Capacity Planning
    tags:
      - Planning
      - Provisioning

  - term: UUID
    definition: >-
      The unique identifier used to reference entities, actions, groups, policies, and
      other objects in the Turbonomic REST API. UUIDs are stable identifiers that persist
      across restarts and can be used for automation workflows.
    category: Technical Concept
    tags:
      - API
      - Identity

  - term: Workload Optimization
    definition: >-
      The continuous process of matching application resource demand with supply across
      hybrid cloud environments. Turbonomic's AI engine performs workload optimization
      by analyzing the full application-to-infrastructure stack.
    category: Platform Concept
    tags:
      - AI
      - Cloud
      - Optimization