METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TEMPLATE BASED PLATFORM AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISIONING

摘要

Systems and methods described herein are directed to a template based deployment system providing settings across platform and physical infrastructures. The infrastructure can involve a server, storage, and a network. The platform can include various types of operating systems. A management server may be configured to manage various system elements, server virtualization and platform deployment. The management server may use policies based on a platform template, server profile, host storage profile, and host network profile. Infrastructure configurations may be determined by the management server, according to the platform type, and platform option settings in the platform template. The management server deploys the infrastructure and platform on top of the infrastructure using platform template and images.

主权项

1. A management server configured to manage a plurality of computer devices, the management server comprising:
a memory configured to store a plurality of templates, each of the plurality of templates indicative of a software that is executable by at least one server, and management information comprising a configuration policy for a set of:
one or more of the plurality of devices and a software property; a processor, configured to:
create a computer device profile from a request comprising a selection of one of the plurality of templates and a selection of one of the plurality of computer devices based on the management information; andapply the computer device profile to the selected one of the plurality of computer devices to configure the selected one of the plurality of computer devices.