Provision a service instance for Data Virtualization

To deploy the Data Virtualization service, you need to create a Data Virtualization service instance.

Provisioning through Cloud Pak for Data as a Service

You can provision the Data Virtualization service from the Cloud Pak for Data as a Service console. Follow these steps to provision Data Virtualization for Cloud Pak for Data as a Service.

1. If necessary, log in to IBM Cloud and upgrade your IBM Cloud account to Pay-as-you-go. For more information, see Upgrading your account.
2. From the IBM Cloud console, go to Manage > Billing and usage, and select Promotions to apply your promo code for a promotional credit toward Data Virtualization usage.
3. From the Cloud Pak for Data as a Service console, go to Services > Services catalog.
4. Select Data Virtualization.
5. Select a region, choose a pricing plan, configure your resource, and click Create.

Provisioning from the catalog, the command line, or the API

You can provision a deployment by visiting the service’s catalog page or by specifying the service ID to the command line or to the API. The deployment type is determined by the service ID, which you must specify when you create a Data Virtualization deployment by using the command line or API.

For more information, see Provision a service instance.