AUTOMATIC CLOUD TEMPLATE APPROVAL

• US 20130145033A1
• Filed: 12/02/2011
• Published: 06/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Vasavi, Sagi, Dasari, Rajashekar, Polla, Srivathsan P.
• Granted Patent: US 8,756,324 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable and executable instructions are provided for automatic cloud template approval. Automatic cloud template approval can include mapping a request to a chargeback package of a user, the request being for cloud service including a plurality of cloud service components. The automatic cloud template approval can include determining if the request is within the chargeback package of the user based on each of the plurality of cloud service components and, in response to the request being within the chargeback package of the user, automatically approving a cloud template to allocate the cloud service requested by the user. After approval resources will be allocated based on the availability, else resource analysis will be done and allocation will be done appropriately.

Claims

1. A method for automatic cloud template approval, comprising:

mapping a request to a chargeback package of a user, the request being for cloud service including a plurality of cloud service components;

determining if the request is within the chargeback package of the user based on each of the plurality of cloud service components; and

in response to the request being within the chargeback package of the user, automatically approving a cloud template to allocate the cloud service requested by the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further includes denying a cloud template in response to the request being outside the chargeback package of the user.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the method further includes notifying a user of denial for a cloud template, wherein the notification includes the reason for the denial in an email to the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein approving a cloud template further includes:

accessing a cloud template in XML format; and

modifying the cloud template to include the plurality of cloud service components request by the user.

5. The method of claim 1, further including a plurality of chargeback packages comprising of tiered levels of cloud service, wherein the plurality of cloud service components include server resources, SAN network resources, and storage resources.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions executable by a processor to cause a computing device to:

classify user subscription packages;

map a request from a user for a plurality of cloud resources to a subscription package classification;

determine if the request for the plurality of cloud resources belongs to the subscription package classification of the user based on each of the plurality of cloud resources;

in response to the request belonging to the subscription package classification of the user, automatically approve access of a template to allocate the cloud resources requested by the user;

in response to the request belonging to a different subscription package classification than the subscription package classification of the user, notify the user of denial for a template to allocate the cloud resources requested by the user.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the instructions are executable to further add the plurality of cloud resources requested by the user to the template in response to approval of access of a template.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the instructions executable to determine if the request for the plurality of cloud resources belongs to the subscription package classification of the user includes determining if the request is greater than the subscription package classification of the user.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the instructions executable to notify the user of denial for a template further includes a recommendation to change the subscription package and a recommendation to lower the request for the plurality of cloud resources.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the plurality of cloud resources include server resources, SAN network resources, and storage resources.

11. A system for automatic cloud template approval, comprising:

a memory operable to store executable instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes the instructions to;

map a request from a subscriber to a chargeback package classification of the subscriber, the request being for a plurality of cloud resources;

compare the request to the chargeback package classification of the subscriber to determine if the request is within the range of cloud resources allocated to the chargeback package classification;

in response to the request being within the range of cloud resources allocated to the chargeback package classification based on each of the plurality of cloud resources;

automatically indicate approval for a cloud template;

access a cloud template; and

modify the cloud template to include the plurality of requested cloud resources; and

in response to the request being greater then the range of resources allocated to the chargeback package classification;

automatically indicate denial for a cloud template; and

send notification to the subscriber of denial.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the processors further execute instructions to:

search for available cloud resources for each of plurality of cloud resources requested in the modified cloud template;

in response to identifying available cloud resources for at least one of the plurality of cloud resources requested, update the cloud template with the number of cloud resources available and the cloud resources corresponding location; and

in response to no identified available cloud resource for at least one of the plurality of cloud resources requested, updated the cloud template with zero cloud resources available.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the processors further execute instructions to:

provision the cloud resources available in the updated cloud template with a provisioning tool; and

create and provision the unavailable cloud resources in the updated cloud template with the provisioning tool.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the modified cloud template comprises XML format containing the plurality of cloud resources requested.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the processors further execute instructions to classify a plurality of subscriber chargeback packages, wherein the classification of the plurality of subscriber chargeback packages comprise tiered levels of allocation of the plurality of cloud resources including server resources, SAN network resources, and storage resources.