MANAGEMENT OF CLOUD-COMPUTING FACILITY THROUGH A VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SERVER

摘要

The current document is directed to methods for aggregating host computers into distributed computing systems and to distributed computing systems created by the methods. In a described implementation, host computers are aggregated into two or more clusters, at a first distributed-computing-system level, each managed by a second-level management server. The two or more clusters are then, in turn, aggregated into a hierarchical distributed computing system managed by a top-level management server. The top-level management server is interconnected to, and accesses, the second-level management servers through a host-gateway appliance that includes host-gateway control logic implemented within a server computer. In order to achieve scalability and efficiency, the top-level management server provides a subset of the native management commands to system administrators and other users who access a management interface provided by the top-level management server.

主权项

1. A distributed computing system comprising:
a first management server that includes one or more processors, one or more memories, and communications controllers and hardware and that provides a first management interface for managing a virtual infrastructure; a second management server that includes one or more processors, one or more memories, and communications controllers and hardware and that provides a second management interface, different from the first management interface, for managing an abstraction of the virtual infrastructure; and a host-gateway appliance that connects the first management server to the second management interface while providing an illusion, to the first management server, that the first management server is instead connected to, and managing, a host server within a virtual infrastructure.