Managing virtual datacenters with tool that maintains communications with a virtual data center that is moved
View Patent ↗This disclosure relates to a system for managing virtual datacenters. The disclosure describes a system in which virtual datacenters may be self contained logical units. These units may be managed from a central management tool. This management tool is able to manage the virtual datacenters from any location. If the virtual datacenters are moved, the tool maintains communications with them.
1. A method for managing virtual datacenters in a computer system, comprising:
configuring a datacenter management tool;
configuring a plurality of virtual datacenters;
establishing a communication between the management tool and at least one virtual datacenter of the plurality of virtual datacenters;
distributing workloads comprising a virtual machine across the communication to a virtual datacenter, wherein the virtual machine comprises a service agent in communication with the management tool;
transferring the virtual datacenter from a first environment to a second environment;
maintaining the communication between the management tool and the virtual datacenter after it is transferred to the second environment; and
managing at least one service over the communication between the management tool and the virtual datacenter.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising isolating a first virtual datacenter from a second virtual datacenter.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising interfacing a first virtual datacenter with a second virtual datacenter.
4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising accessing the first virtual datacenter from the second virtual datacenter.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising operating the management tool with in a third environment.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first environment, the second environment, and the third environment are discrete from each other.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first environment, the second environment, and the third environment comprise separate hardware environments.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first environment is an on-premise hosting location and the second environment is an off-premise hosting location.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing a user interface to the management tool.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising deploying a patch across the communication to a virtual datacenter.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service monitors a physical resource in a virtual datacenter environment.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service monitors a virtual resource.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service monitors changes to a virtual datacenter.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service is a user authentication service.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service verifies virtual datacenter compliance with a defined policy.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the defined policy is a best practices policy.
17. A non-transitory computer program product for managing virtual datacenters, comprising a computer usable medium having machine readable code embodied therein for:
configuring a datacenter management tool;
configuring a plurality of virtual datacenters;
establishing a communication between the management tool and at least one virtual datacenter of the plurality of virtual datacenters;
distributing workloads comprising a virtual machine across the communication to a virtual datacenter, wherein the virtual machine comprises a service agent in communication with the management tool;
transferring the virtual datacenter from a first environment to a second environment;
maintaining the communication between the management tool and the virtual datacenter after it is transferred to the second environment; and
managing at least one service over the communication between the management tool and the virtual datacenter.