METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POLICY BASED LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL SOFTWARE APPLIANCES

摘要

A system and method for managing dynamically allocated resources assigned to a service includes providing a service to be used by a plurality of sites in a federation. Usage information associated with the service is communicated to each of the plurality of sites. A disposition of the service is determined based on local policies and the usage information received from other sites by a service owner. The disposition of the service is updated across a plurality of sites in accordance with messages sent by the service owner to reduce resource usage.

主权项

1. A method for managing dynamic resources used by a virtual software appliance (VSA), comprising:
representing characteristics of a virtual software appliance employed in a distributed environment; representing policies that affect the VSA in the distributed environment; and transitioning a state of the VSA based on the policies such that the state is determined by local and global attribute matching in accordance with the policies.