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US 9,843,478 · App. 14/303,524 · Granted Dec 12, 2017

Template builder for end-to-end provisioning and lifecycle management of it infrastructure and services

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Patent No.
US 9,843,478
App. No.
14/303,524
Granted
Dec 12, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for creating or modifying a template is disclosed that includes a plurality of application controls configured to allow a user to modify one or more application parameters for an application associated with each application control. A plurality of virtual machine controls are configured to allow a user to modify one or virtual machine parameters for a virtual machine associated with each virtual machine control and to allow a user to associate each virtual machine control with one or more application control. The application controls are configured to allow a user to associate each application control with one or more virtual machine control.

Claims (34)

1. A computer system comprising hardware for creating or modifying a template, comprising:

a plurality of application controls configured to allow a user to modify one or more application parameters of the template for an application associated with each application control;

a plurality of virtual machine controls configured to allow a user to modify one or more virtual machine parameters of the template for a virtual machine associated with each virtual machine control and to allow a user to associate each virtual machine control with one or more application control; and

wherein the application controls of the template are configured to allow a user to associate each application control with one or more virtual machine control.

2. The computer system of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of cluster controls configured to allow a user to modify one or more cluster parameters of the template for a cluster associated with each cluster control, wherein the cluster controls are configured to allow a user to associate each cluster control with one or more virtual machine controls.

3. The computer system of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of server controls configured to allow a user to modify one or more server parameters of the template for a server associated with each server control, wherein the server controls are configured to allow a user to associate each server control with one or more cluster controls.

4. The computer system of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of storage component controls configured to allow a user to modify one or more storage component parameters of the template for a storage component associated with each storage component control, wherein the storage component controls are configured to allow a user to associate each storage component control with one or more server controls.

5. The computer system of claim 1 wherein one or more of the plurality of virtual machine controls comprises a control for selecting a number of CPUs available for the virtual machine of the template.

6. The computer system of claim 1 wherein one or more of the plurality of virtual machine controls comprises a control for selecting a memory allocation for the virtual machine of the template.

7. The computer system of claim 1 wherein one or more of the plurality of virtual machine controls comprises a control for specifying a number of network interface controllers for the virtual machine of the template.

8. The computer system of claim 1 wherein the virtual machine controls further comprise one or more virtual machine operating system controls of the template associated with one or more operating systems.

9. The computer system of claim 8 wherein the one or more virtual machine operating system controls comprise an operating system image control for selecting one of a plurality of operating system images that are available for deployment with the template.

10. The computer system of claim 8 wherein the one or more virtual machine operating system controls comprise an operating system image type control for selecting one of a plurality of different operating system types for the template.

11. The computer system of claim 8 wherein the one or more virtual machine operating system controls comprise a custom installation operating system script control for selecting one of a plurality of operating system scripts for the template.

12. The computer system of claim 11 wherein the operating system scripts comprise one or more of an Oracle Automated Storage Management (ASM)-maintained kickstart script and an unattend.xml customer-specific script for the template.

13. The computer system of claim 3 wherein the server controls comprise an identity pool control that is used to connect one or more servers to one or more storage devices of the template.

14. The computer system of claim 3 wherein the server controls comprise a host name control that can set a host name during deployment of the template.

15. The computer system of claim 3 wherein the server controls comprise a Hypervisor management network control that can specify networks of the type Hypervisor Management for the template.

16. The computer system of claim 3 wherein the server controls comprise an storage network control for specifying one or more of a storage area network (SAN) Internet small computing system interface (iSCSI) networks and a fiber channel over Ethernet (FCoE) network for the template.

17. A method for creating or modifying a template, comprising:

modifying one or more application parameters of the template for an application associated with an application control using a processor;

modifying one or more virtual machine parameters of the template for a virtual machine associated with a virtual machine control using the processor;

associating the virtual machine control with one or more application controls of the template using the processor; and

associating the application control with one or more virtual machine controls of the template using the processor.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising:

modifying one or more cluster parameters of the template for a cluster associated with a cluster control using the processor; and

associating the cluster control with one or more virtual machine controls using the processor.

19. The method of claim 17 further comprising:

modifying one or more server parameters of the template for a server associated with a server control using the processor; and

associating the server control with one or more cluster controls using the processor.

20. The method of claim 17 further comprising:

modifying one or more storage component parameters of the template for a storage component associated with a storage component control; and

associating each storage component control with one or more server controls using the processor.

21. The method of claim 17 further comprising deploying the template on a general purpose computer to transform the general purpose computer into a special purpose computer that is configured to implement the template.

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