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 dynamically allocated resources assigned to a service, comprising:
communicating usage information associated with the service to be used by a plurality of sites in a federation to an owner of the service, wherein each of the sites of the plurality of sites hosts different portions of an application invoked by the service; determining a disposition of the service based on local policies and the usage information received from other sites by the service owner; and managing the disposition of the service and its resources through its lifecycle across the plurality of sites, the managing including maintaining a lifecycle state of the service locally at each of the sites and updating the lifecycle state globally by communication between the sites.