METHOD AND APPARATUS TO MIGRATE APPLICATIONS AND NETWORK SERVICES ONTO ANY CLOUD
A method of cloud migration includes copying, by a cloud migration manager, a meta data and configuration associated with an application of an existing tier, bringing up, by the cloud migration manager, another tier, applying the copied metadata and configuration associated with the application of the existing tier to the another tier so that the another tier resembles the existing tier and re-directing traffic intended for the existing tier to the another tier.
1 . A method of cloud migration comprising:
copying, by a cloud migration manager, a meta data and configuration associated with an application of an existing tier;
bringing up, by the cloud migration manager, another tier; and
Applying the copied metadata and configuration associated with the application of the existing tier to the another tier so that the another tier resembles the existing tier; and
re-directing traffic intended for the existing tier to the another tier.
2 . The method of cloud migration, as recited in claim 1 , wherein moving instances from the existing tier to the another tier and the resemblance of the another tier is based on SLA metrics, live feedback from running instances, historical data, and predictive analysis to move instances between the existing tier and the another tier.