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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 23, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Lisa Seacat DeLuca, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles M. Kinard, Durham, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A virtual machine management method and system is provided. The method includes receiving by a computing system, a list of virtual machines deployed within an enterprise. The computing system determines that a specified time period has elapsed during deployment and a list of resources and transactions associated with the virtual machines is retrieved. The computing system calculates a cost value and service value for deploying the virtual machines and a premium value associated with the services. The computing system determines if the premium value is within a policy for the enterprise.