Morphing a data center in a virtual world

摘要

The present invention re-renders data center visualizations at different levels of abstraction based on roles or activities of an avatar. Morphing of data center objects is accomplished by either combining or decomposing existing data center objects in a manner that will result in a new object that maintains its relationship to the original objects. An example of this would be when creating an application object by combining an existing infrastructure objects (e.g., a server, a network and storage) used to support the application object runtime environment. This allows for the avatar to not only relate the application object to the supporting infrastructure objects, but also provides a view of how the application object is impacted whenever the supporting infrastructure objects change or break.

主权项

1. A method for modifying a data center in a virtual world, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:
providing a data center rendered in an area of the virtual world, the data center comprising a display in the area of images of data center objects that represent components of a real-world data center; creating, in response to an entry of a first avatar into the area, a first role associated with the first avatar based directly upon inventory being carried by the first avatar; morphing, in response to an entry of the first avatar into the area, a rendering of the display of an image corresponding to a data center object within the display and entirety of the images in the area to accentuate a display characteristic of the data center object with respect to other data center objects, the data center object to be morphed being selected based on the first role of a first user associated with the first avatar; creating, in response to an entry of a second avatar into the area, a second role associated with the second avatar directly based upon inventory being carried by the second avatar; and morphing, in response to an entry of a second avatar into the area, a rendering of the display of an image corresponding to a different data center object within the display and entirety of the images in the area to accentuate a display characteristic of the different data center object with respect to other data center objects, the different data center object to be morphed being selected based on a second role of a second user associated with the second avatar.