Apparatus and methods for auto-discovery and migration of virtual cloud infrastructure

• US 9,246,765 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2013
• Issued: 01/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cognizant Business Services Ltd. (Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Cognizant Business Services Ltd. (Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.)
• Inventors: Bezbaruah, Bideep, Panuganty, Ramesh
• Primary Examiner(s): Pollack, Melvin H
• Application Number:
  US13/922,621
• Publication Number:
  US 20130346619A1
• Time in Patent Office: 950 Days
• Field of Search: 709/226
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0856 by backing up or archiving configuration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0866 Checking the configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0897 by horizontal or vertical scaling of resources, or by migrating entities, e.g. virtual resources or entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies

Abstract

A system, method, and medium are disclosed for auto discovery and migration of virtual cloud infrastructure. The system includes a configuration database that stores managed entity attributes. The system includes a services console that is configured to retrieve entity attributes from one or more cloud providers. The services console is further configured to compare the managed entity attributes and the retrieved entity attributes. The comparison includes determining if the managed entity attributes correspond to the retrieved entity attributes. The services console is further configured to store, based on the comparison, updated entity attributes in the configuration database. The system also includes a management console configured to generate an architectural view of the updated entity attributes.

Claims

1. A system for managing auto-discovery and migration of virtual cloud infrastructure on a cloud management platform comprising:

a configuration database, wherein the configuration database is configured to store managed entity attributes;

a first server comprising a service console, the first server electronically coupled to a computer network and configured to;

retrieve, via the computer network, entity attributes associated with one or more managed entities from one or more cloud providers, wherein the managed entity attributes and the retrieved entity attributes comprise one or more services running on the one or more managed entities;

compare the retrieved entity attributes to the managed entity attributes to determine if the managed entity attributes correspond to the retrieved entity attributes;

update, based on the comparison, the managed entity attributes;

store the updated managed entity attributes in the configuration database;

identify one or more services running on the one or more managed entities based on the updated managed entity attributes;

associate each of the identified services with one or more instance profiles;

map each of the instance profiles associated with each of the identified services to one or more application profiles,

store the one or more instance profiles and the one or more application profiles for each of the one or more identified services running on the one or more managed entities in the configuration database;

a second sever comprising a management console, the second server configured to;

generate an architectural view of the updated managed entity attributes based on the stored instance profiles and application profiles; and

display, on a display device electronically coupled to the second server, the architectural view in a graphical user interface.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein, as part of updating the managed entity attributes and storing the updated managed entity attributes, the first server is further configured to perform at least one of:

store the retrieved entity attributes in the configuration database,

replace one or more of the managed entity attributes stored in the configuration database with one or more of the retrieved entity attributes, and

delete the managed entity attributes stored in the configuration database based on the retrieved entity attributes.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more application profiles include configuration and conversion rules to migrate an application to a target cloud provider.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the architectural view comprises a user-interactive topology that is displayed in the graphical user interface and depicts the managed entities and associated infrastructure and network elements.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the first server is further configured to:

migrate the full or partial topology to other resources or cloud providers based on user actions to the topology.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the second server is further configured to:

define a new application based on user actions to the topology.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the first server is further configured to:

use investigative techniques to retrieve entity attributes from the one or more cloud providers, wherein the investigative techniques comprise one or more of;

using login credentials for one or more cloud providers, scanning ports left open by virtual machines, and transmitting communications to virtual machines to which only a particular operating system is receptive.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

using investigative techniques to retrieve entity attributes from one or more providers, wherein the investigative techniques comprise one or more of;

using login credentials for one or more providers, scanning ports left open by virtual machines, and transmitting communications to virtual machines to which only a particular operating system is receptive.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the first server is further configured to:

automatically assign one or more owners to the one or more managed entities;

identify the placement of the one or more managed entities;

automatically assign a placement policy to the one or more managed entities based on the identified placement; and

automatically apply a monitoring profile to each of the one or more managed entities.

8. A method for managing auto-discovery and migration of virtual cloud infrastructure on a cloud management platform, the cloud management platform comprising a configuration database, a first server comprising a service console and a second server comprising a management console, the method comprising:

storing managed entity attributes in the configuration database;

retrieving over a computer network, by the first server, entity attributes associated with one or more managed entities from one or more cloud providers, wherein the managed entity attributes and the retrieved entity attributes comprise one or more services running on the one or more managed entities;

comparing, by the first server, the managed entity attributes to the retrieved entity attributes to determine if the managed entity attributes correspond to the retrieved entity attributes;

updating, by the first server, the managed entity attributes based on the comparison;

storing, by the first server, the updated managed entity attributes in the configuration database;

identifying, by the first server, one or more services running on the one or more managed entities based on the updated managed entity attributes;

associating, by the first server, each of the identified services with one or more instance profiles;

mapping, by the first server, each of the instance profiles associated with each of the identified services to one or more application profiles; and

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storing, by the first server, the one or more instance profiles and the one or more application profiles for each of the one or more identified services running on the one or more managed entities in the configuration database; and

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generating, by the second server, an architectural view of the updated managed entity attributes based on the stored instance profiles and application profiles; and

displaying, by the second server computer, the architectural view in a graphical user interface on a display device electronically coupled to the second server.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the steps of updating the managed entity attributes and storing the updated managed entity attributes further comprise at least one of:

storing the retrieved entity attributes in the configuration database,

replacing one or more of the managed entity attributes stored in the configuration database with one or more of the retrieved entity attributes, and

deleting the managed entity attributes stored in the configuration database based on the retrieved entity attributes.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more application profiles include configuration and conversion rules to migrate an application to a target cloud provider.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the architectural view comprises a user-interactive topology that is displayed in the graphical user interface and depicts the managed entities and associated infrastructure and network elements.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

migrating the full or partial topology to other resources or providers based on user actions to the topology.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

defining a new application based on user actions to the topology.

17. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

automatically assigning, by the first server, one or more owners to the one or more managed entities;

identifying, by the first server, the placement of the one or more managed entities;

automatically assigning, by the first server, a placement policy to the one or more managed entities based on the identified placement; and

automatically applying, by the first server, a monitoring profile to each of the one or more managed entities.

15. A computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions executable by a computer to implement:

a configuration database, wherein the configuration database stores managed entity attributes;

a services console executed on a first server electronically coupled to a computer network, the first server configured to;

retrieve, over the network, entity attributes from one or more providers associated with one or more managed entities, wherein the managed entity attributes and the retrieved entity attributes comprise one or more services running on the one or more managed entities;

compare the managed entity attributes and the retrieved entity attributes to determine if the managed entity attributes correspond to the retrieved entity attributes;

update, based on the comparison, the managed entity attributes;

store the updated managed entity attributes in the configuration database;

identify one or more services running on the one or more managed entities based on the updated managed entity attributes;

associate each of the identified services with one or more instance profiles;

map each of the instance profiles associated with each of the identified services to one or more application profiles;

store the one or more instance profiles and the one or more application profiles for each of the one or more identified services running on the one or more managed entities in the configuration database; and

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a management console executed on a second server, the second server configured to;

generate an architectural view of the updated managed entity attributes based on the stored instance profiles and application profiles; and

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display, on a display device electronically coupled to the second server, the architectural view in a graphical user interface.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15 storing program instructions executable by a computer to implement the services console executing on the first server, the first server further configured to:

automatically assign one or more owners to the one or more managed entities;

identify the placement of the one or more managed entities;

automatically assign a placement policy to the one or more managed entities based on the identified placement; and

automatically apply a monitoring profile to each of the managed entities.