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 from a plurality of sites in a federation to an owner of the service, wherein said owner is located at another site that is different from the plurality of sites, wherein each of the sites of the plurality of sites hosts a different software component invoked by the service,
wherein each site of the plurality of sites transmits usage data describing usage of the respective software component hosted at the site to the owner of the service, andwherein the different software components represent different portions of an application; determining a lifecycle state of the service based on local policies and on the usage data received from the plurality of sites by the owner; managing the lifecycle state of the service and the resources of the service through the lifecycle of the service across the plurality of sites; and maintaining the lifecycle state in a local configuration database using a local policy manager, the lifecycle state being maintained locally at each of the sites and updated globally by communication between the plurality of sites.