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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2009
William C. Arnold, Newburgh, NY (US);
Tamar Eilam, New York, NY (US);
Michael H. Kalantar, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Alexander V. Konstantinou, New York, NY (US);
John A. Pershing, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Edward C. Snible, Bronx, NY (US);
Alexander A. Totok, New York, NY (US);
William C. Arnold, Newburgh, NY (US);
Tamar Eilam, New York, NY (US);
Michael H. Kalantar, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Alexander V. Konstantinou, New York, NY (US);
John A. Pershing, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Edward C. Snible, Bronx, NY (US);
Alexander A. Totok, New York, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and information processing system are provided for creating a virtual part and for composing and deploying a virtual solution with one or more virtual parts. The virtual part includes: a virtual image including a set of compatible software components; a set of configurability points, each configurability point defining at least one parameter of the virtual part that is configurable; a set of virtual ports, wherein each virtual port indicates at least one of a set of virtual parts required by the virtual part and a set of virtual parts that are compatible with the virtual part; and a set of configuration scripts adapted to reconfigure the virtual image.