International Business Machines Corporation

Globalfoundries Inc.

Michael H Kalantar

Tamar Eilam

Alexander V Konstantinou

Daniel Christopher Berg

William Carlisle Arnold

Edward Charles Snible

Liana Liyow Fong

John Arthur Pershing, Jr

Harm Sluiman

Florian Rosenberg

Alexander A Totok

Michael D Elder

John Eric Swanke

Narinder Makin

Brad Lee Blancett

Chad M Holliday

Alexander Kofman

Tova Roth

Andrew Neil Trossman

Rhonda L Childress

Thomas Gschwind

Hoi Yeung Chan

Fabio A Oliveira

Gilad Mordechai Saadoun

Timothy A Pouyer

Andrew Julius Greff

Lakshminaraya Renganarayana

David George King

Dinakaran B Joseph

Matt Richard Hogstrom

Gili Mendel

David W Levine

Jose I Ortiz

Asaf Adi

Ruth Edith Willenborg

Lily Barkovic Mummert

Patrick Joseph Brooks

Paul Darius Vytas

Toby Burton

Murray J Beaton

John A Pershing

Heiko Hary Ludwig

Asit Dan

Steve Richard White

Guerney D H Hunt

John Michael Tracey

Michael Man Behrendt

Stewart Jason Hyman

Kaoutar El Maghraoui

Hendrik Wagner

Aditya Agrawal

Steve Weinberger

Rahul Merwah

Alice Tse Yun Yeung

Walter Joseph Grom, Jr

Alok Menghrajani

Alice Tae Yun Yeung

Various embodiments manage deployable computing environments. In one embodiment, a system model of a computing environment that includes a set of computing resources is analyzed. The system model at least describes properties of each of the set of computing nodes and identifies a plurality of configuration operations to be executed by each of the set of computing nodes during deployment. A set of dependency information is generated for each of the set of computing nodes based on analyzing the system model. The set of dependency information identifies at least one dependency between two or more of the plurality of configuration operations. An executable coordination operation is added to each of the plurality of configuration operations. The executable coordination operation automatically coordinates execution of the plurality of configuration operations on the computing node.

Implicit coordination for deployment of computing systems using a data sharing service

Deployment pattern matching is implemented by accessing a target computing environment model that captures environment modeling parameters relating to resources and resource-resource relationships of a corresponding computing environment and expressing the target computing environment model as a model graph defined by target resource elements and resource-to-resource relationship links. Deployment pattern matching is further implemented by accessing a realization pattern that captures deployment parameters relating to resources and resource-resource relationships of a deployment of interest and expressing the realization pattern as a pattern graph defined by conceptual resource elements and constraints arranged by resource-to-resource relationship links and constraint links. The realization pattern is then evaluated against the target computing environment model by executing at least one pattern matching algorithm that attempts to match the pattern graph to the model graph and information corresponding to results of the evaluation are conveyed.

Deployment pattern realization with models of computing environments

Various embodiments create a cross-configuration software module for cross-configuring software entities. In one embodiment, a first set of requirements and at least a second set of requirements are obtained. Each of the first and second set of requirements identify at least one of a set of software entities and a set of hardware components required to be present on at least one system including software entities to be cross-configured. At least one set of operations is obtained. The set of operations includes at least one executable instruction that configures a first software entity with a second software entity. A first configuration definition is generated including at least the first set of requirements and the at least one set of operations. A second configuration definition is generated including at least the second set of requirements. The first and second configuration definitions are stored within a cross-configuration software module.

Designing and cross-configuring software

A composable software bundle is created by retrieving a semantic representation of a set of software modules. A functional representation of a set of operations is retrieved. Each operation in the set of operations is to be performed on the set of software modules during at least one virtual image life-cycle phase in a set of virtual image life-cycle phases. A set of artifacts including a set of executable instructions associated with the set of operations is identified. The semantic representation, the functional representation, and the set of artifacts, are stored in a composable software bundle.

Semantically rich composable software image bundles

A virtual image is created by receiving a selection of at least one composable software bundle. The at least one composable software bundle includes a first set of metadata and a first set of artifacts comprising a first set of executable instructions associated with a first set of operations. A virtual image asset is selected and received. The virtual image asset includes one or more virtual image disks, a second set of metadata, and a second set of artifacts including a second set of executable instructions associated with a second set of operations. A new virtual image asset is created based on the at least one composable software bundle and the virtual image asset. The new virtual image asset includes a third set of metadata that is based on the first set of metadata and the second set of metadata.

Designing and building virtual images using semantically rich composable software image bundles

This invention provides an extensible means of defining the mechanism to find one or more type(s) or instance(s) of existing resources (files, databases, repositories, etc.) and automating their linkages to the artifacts to be created, based on the customizable matching rules.

Automated discovery of a topology of a distributed computing environment

Lifecycles of virtual image assets are managed as follows. A set of assets including a set virtual image assets and a set of software bundle assets are analyzed. At least a portion of relationship data between one or more of the virtual image assets and one or more of the software bundle assets is determined. The at least a portion of relationship data is stored in a memory. At least one of one or more virtual image assets and one or more software bundle assets are determined to be associated with a set of changes. At least one virtual image asset that is related to the one or more virtual image assets and/or one or more software bundle assets associated with the set of changes is identified. The at least one virtual image asset that has been identified is updated based on the set of changes.

System for managing lifecycles for virtual image assets

Method for managing lifecycles for virtual image assets

A deployment modeling platform enables a user to model application characteristics of target software and to associate application modeling parameters to the modeled application characteristics. A user may also model environment characteristics of a target deployment environment and to associate environment modeling parameters to the modeled deployment environment characteristics. Still further, a user may create a deployment model that associates and maps selected parameters of the modeled application characteristics of the target software to associated parameters of the modeled environment characteristics of the deployment environment, and to verify that each parameter that relates to a requirement is mapped to and is fulfilled by an associated parameter that relates to a corresponding capability to determine whether validation problems exist in order to deploy the target software in the associated deployment environment.

Simplified deployment modeling

Various embodiments disclose a method and system for creating a virtual part used for composing a virtual solution. In one embodiment, a user's selection of at least one virtual image is received. A set of configurability points is associated with the virtual image. A set of parameters of a virtual part is set as configurable during virtual solution composition. A set of virtual ports is generated. Each virtual port within the set of virtual ports indicates at least one of a set of virtual parts required by a virtual part including the set of virtual ports and a set of virtual parts that is compatible with the virtual part. A set of configuration operations is received. A virtual part including at least the virtual image, the set of configurability points, the set of virtual ports, and the configuration operations is generated.

Virtual parts having configuration points and virtual ports for virtual solution composition and deployment

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Michael H Kalantar