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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 02, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Sean Fornash, Hudson, NH (US);

Clea A. Zolotow, Key West, FL (US);

James S. Bennett, Markham, CA;

Laxmikantha Sai Nanduru, Hyderabad, IN;

Arvind Viswanathan, British Columbia, CA;

Anthony Hunt, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4856 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 9/5077 (2013.01); H04L 67/1008 (2013.01); H04L 67/1012 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: input data from the source environment, including application hosting data of each server in the source environment and one or more cloud type of the source environment. Candidate cloud types for target platform are listed and servers of the source environment are screened for eligibility for the migration. The target platform is selected by applying preconfigured selection rules on the application hosting data of each eligible server in the source environment. Migration recommendations for each eligible server in the source environment, including selected cloud type corresponding to the target platform, are produced.


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