Multiple-cloud-computing-facility aggregation
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1. A multiple cloud-computing-facility aggregation comprising:
- multiple, operationally distinct cloud-computing facilities;
a cloud-connector server that provides an electronic cloud-aggregation management interface and that is installed within one of the multiple, operationally distinct cloud-computing facilities; and
multiple cloud-connector nodes, a cloud-connector node installed in a virtual data center management server, cloud director, or management system within each cloud-computing facility of the multiple cloud-computing-facility aggregation, each cloud-connector node providing an electronic interface through which the cloud-connector server accesses services provided by the cloud-connector node and that each accesses a cloud-management interface within the cloud-computing facility in which the cloud-connector node is installed through which the cloud-connector node accesses local cloud-management services on behalf of the cloud-connector server.
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Abstract
The present application is directed to a multiple-cloud-computing-facility aggregation that provides multi-cloud aggregation and that includes a cloud-connector server and cloud-connector nodes that cooperate to provide services that are distributed across multiple clouds. These services include the transfer of virtual-machine containers, or workloads, between two different clouds and remote management interfaces.
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1. A multiple cloud-computing-facility aggregation comprising:
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multiple, operationally distinct cloud-computing facilities; a cloud-connector server that provides an electronic cloud-aggregation management interface and that is installed within one of the multiple, operationally distinct cloud-computing facilities; and multiple cloud-connector nodes, a cloud-connector node installed in a virtual data center management server, cloud director, or management system within each cloud-computing facility of the multiple cloud-computing-facility aggregation, each cloud-connector node providing an electronic interface through which the cloud-connector server accesses services provided by the cloud-connector node and that each accesses a cloud-management interface within the cloud-computing facility in which the cloud-connector node is installed through which the cloud-connector node accesses local cloud-management services on behalf of the cloud-connector server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method that configures and manages a multiple cloud-computing-facility aggregation, the method comprising:
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deploying a cloud-connector server that provides an electronic cloud-aggregation management interface within one of the multiple, operationally distinct cloud-computing facilities; deploying, registering, and configuring a multiple cloud-connector node in a virtual data center management server, cloud director, or management system within each virtual data center and organization virtual data center in each cloud-computing facility of the multiple cloud-computing-facility aggregation, each cloud-connector node providing an electronic interface through which the cloud-connector server accesses services provided by the cloud-connector node and that each accesses a cloud-management interface within the cloud-computing facility in which the cloud-connector node is installed through which the cloud-connector node accesses local cloud-management services on behalf of the cloud-connector server; and invoking distributed management operations through the electronic cloud-aggregation management interface to configure and control operation of the multiple cloud-computing-facility aggregation. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A data-storage device that stores computer instructions that encode a method that configures and manages a multiple cloud-computing-facility aggregation, the method comprising:
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deploying a cloud-connector server that provides an electronic cloud-aggregation management interface within one of the multiple, operationally distinct cloud-computing facilities; deploying, registering, and configuring a multiple cloud-connector node in a virtual data center management server, cloud director, or management system within each virtual data center and organization virtual data center in each cloud-computing facility of the multiple cloud-computing-facility aggregation, each cloud-connector node providing an electronic interface through which the cloud-connector server accesses services provided by the cloud-connector node and that each accesses a cloud-management interface within the cloud-computing facility in which the cloud-connector node is installed through which the cloud-connector node accesses local cloud-management services on behalf of the cloud-connector server; and invoking distributed management operations through the electronic cloud-aggregation management interface to configure and control operation of the multiple cloud-computing-facility aggregation. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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