MODULAR FRAMEWORK TO INTEGRATE SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND CLOUD ORCHESTRATORS IN A HYBRID CLOUD ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. A modular service management (MSM) engine that integrates a plurality of cloud orchestrators and service management (SM) platforms to provide a hybrid cloud environment, comprising:
- an interface system that includes a first gateway for providing communications with SM platforms that adhere to an SM protocol and a second gateway for providing communications with the plurality of cloud orchestrators, wherein the SM protocol defines a set of management processes for handling service requests;
a service request processing system that processes service requests from SM platforms using selected cloud orchestrators, wherein the service request processing system includes a set of management modules in which each management module processes activities associated with of a different one of the management processes;
a rules and conditions engine that includes logic to select a cloud orchestrator to be used to service an inputted service request; and
a set of data conversion modules, wherein each data conversion module includes logic that converts data associated with an SM platform to a data format required by a one of the cloud orchestrators.
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Abstract
A system, method and program product are provided for integrating a plurality of cloud orchestrators and service management (SM) platforms to provide a hybrid cloud environment. A system is disclosed that includes: interface system that includes a first gateway for providing communications with SM platforms that adhere to an SM protocol and a second gateway for providing communications with the plurality of cloud orchestrators, wherein the SM protocol defines a set of management processes for handling service requests; a service request processing system that processes service requests from SM platforms using selected cloud orchestrators, wherein the service request processing system includes a set of management modules in which each management module processes activities associated with of a different one of the management processes; a rules and conditions engine that includes logic to select a cloud orchestrator to be used to service an inputted service request; and a set of data conversion modules, wherein each data conversion module includes logic that converts data associated with an SM platform to a data format required by a one of the cloud orchestrators.
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21 Claims
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1. A modular service management (MSM) engine that integrates a plurality of cloud orchestrators and service management (SM) platforms to provide a hybrid cloud environment, comprising:
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an interface system that includes a first gateway for providing communications with SM platforms that adhere to an SM protocol and a second gateway for providing communications with the plurality of cloud orchestrators, wherein the SM protocol defines a set of management processes for handling service requests; a service request processing system that processes service requests from SM platforms using selected cloud orchestrators, wherein the service request processing system includes a set of management modules in which each management module processes activities associated with of a different one of the management processes; a rules and conditions engine that includes logic to select a cloud orchestrator to be used to service an inputted service request; and a set of data conversion modules, wherein each data conversion module includes logic that converts data associated with an SM platform to a data format required by a one of the cloud orchestrators. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A program product stored on a computer readable medium, which when executed by a computer system, integrates a plurality of cloud orchestrators and service management (SM) platforms to provide a hybrid cloud environment, comprising:
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program code that implements a first gateway for providing communications with SM platforms that adhere to an SM protocol and a second gateway for providing communications with the plurality of cloud orchestrators, wherein the SM protocol defines a set of management processes for handling service requests; program code that processes service requests from SM platforms using selected cloud orchestrators, and includes a set of management modules in which each management module processes activities associated with of a different one of the management processes; program code that selects a cloud orchestrator to service an inputted service request based on a set of rules and conditions; and program code for implementing a set of data conversion modules, wherein each data conversion module includes logic that converts data associated with an SM platform to a data format required by one of the cloud orchestrators. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for integrating a plurality of cloud orchestrators and service management (SM) platforms to provide a hybrid cloud environment, comprising:
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providing a first gateway for providing communications with SM platforms that adhere to an SM protocol, wherein the SM protocol defines a set of management processes for handling service requests; providing a second gateway for providing communications with the plurality of cloud orchestrators; processing an inputted service request from an SM platform using a selected cloud orchestrator, wherein the processing utilizes a set of management modules in which each management module processes activities associated with of a different one of the management processes; wherein a rules and conditions engine is utilized to select a cloud orchestrator to service the inputted service request; and wherein the processing utilizes a data conversion module from a set of data conversion modules that includes logic to convert data associated with the SM platform to a data format required by a selected cloud orchestrators. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for deploying an application for integrating a plurality of cloud orchestrators and service management (SM) platforms to provide a hybrid cloud environment, comprising:
providing a computer infrastructure being operable to; provide a first gateway for implementing communications with SM platforms that adhere to an SM protocol, wherein the SM protocol defines a set of management processes for handling service requests; provide a second gateway for implementing communications with the plurality of cloud orchestrators; process an inputted service request from an SM platform using a selected cloud orchestrator, wherein the processing utilizes a set of management modules in which each management module processes activities associated with of a different one of the management processes; wherein a rules and conditions engine is utilized to select a cloud orchestrator to service the inputted service request; and wherein the processing utilizes a data conversion module from a set of data conversion modules that includes logic to convert data associated with the SM platform to a data format required by a selected cloud orchestrators.
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