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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2002
Dave D. Mccrory, Destrehan, LA (US);
Robert A. Hirschfeld, Metairie, LA (US);
Dave D. McCrory, Destrehan, LA (US);
Robert A. Hirschfeld, Metairie, LA (US);
Surgient, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A server cloud manager (SCM) for controlling logical servers and physical resources that form a virtualized logical server cloud. The SCM includes multiple core components and one or more interface components. The core components serve as a shared foundation to collectively manage events, validate and authorize server cloud users and agents, enforce predetermined requirements and rules and store operation data. The one or more interface components enable communication with external entities and includes an SCM proxy manager that enables communication with one or more SCMs of other server clouds. A server cloud system including a first server cloud that includes a first server cloud manager (SCM) and a first logical server, and a second server cloud that includes a second SCM. The first and second SCMs are configured to cooperate to manage operation of the first logical server.