Management infrastructure analysis for cloud migration

• US 9,282,166 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2012
• Issued: 03/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Markley, Matthew A., Paradkar, Amitkumar M., Parisa, Venkata Vinay, Pfitzmann, Birgit M.
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TU T
• Application Number:
  US13/689,500
• Publication Number:
  US 20140149494A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,195 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/84 Mapping; Conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90335 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/04 Network management architectures or arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/045 comprising client-server management architectures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

In a source computing system having a source management infrastructure, at least one source infrastructure management component is discovered. A description of a target cloud infrastructure having a target management infrastructure is obtained. The description includes at least one mandatory target infrastructure management component. The at least one source infrastructure management component is analyzed to determine whether at least one conflict exists with the at least one mandatory target infrastructure management component.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

discovering, in a source computing system having a source management infrastructure, at least one source infrastructure management component, wherein said at least one source infrastructure management component is an instance of an image, and wherein said at least one source infrastructure management component is running in a customer environment;

querying a database to obtain a description of a target cloud infrastructure;

analyzing said at least one source infrastructure management component using said description of said target cloud infrastructure to determine that said at least one source infrastructure management component is appropriate for infrastructure configuration mapping to said target cloud infrastructure;

stopping an application executing on said at least one source infrastructure management component determined appropriate for infrastructure configuration mapping; and

capturing said at least one source infrastructure management component determined appropriate for infrastructure configuration mapping for migration to said target cloud infrastructure.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, in said discovering step, said at least one source infrastructure management component comprises at least one of:

at least one source infrastructure management client;

at least one source infrastructure management server;

at least one source infrastructure management configuration; and

at least one source infrastructure management log.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising deriving a description of non-functional requirements of said source management infrastructure.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein:

in said discovering step, said at least one source infrastructure management component comprises at least;

said at least one source infrastructure management configuration; and

said at least one source infrastructure management log;

in said querying step, said description of said target cloud infrastructure comprises at least one of;

cloud infrastructure software standards;

cloud infrastructure software configurations; and

a description of non-functional requirements of a target management infrastructure of said target cloud infrastructure;

said analyzing comprises;

matching said cloud infrastructure software standards with at least a corresponding one of;

said at least one source infrastructure management client; and

said at least one source infrastructure management server;

mapping said description of said non-functional requirements of said source management infrastructure with said description of said non-functional requirements of said target management infrastructure; and

mapping said cloud infrastructure software configurations with said at least one source infrastructure management configuration and said at least one source infrastructure management log.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said mapping of said cloud infrastructure software configurations with said at least one source infrastructure management configuration and said at least one source infrastructure management log is at least partially based on:

said matching of said cloud infrastructure software standards with said at least one source infrastructure management client and said at least one source infrastructure management server; and

said mapping of said description of said non-functional requirements of said source management infrastructure with said description of said non-functional requirements of said target management infrastructure.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein:

in said discovering step, said at least one source infrastructure management component further comprises at least one source infrastructure management process;

in said querying step, said description of said target cloud infrastructure further comprises at least one target infrastructure management process; and

said analyzing further comprises mapping said at least one source infrastructure management process with said at least one target infrastructure management process.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said mapping of said at least one source infrastructure management process with said at least one target infrastructure management process is at least partially based on said mapping of said description of said non-functional requirements of said source management infrastructure with said description of said non-functional requirements of said target management infrastructure.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein:

in said querying step, said description of said target cloud infrastructure comprises at least one of;

cloud infrastructure software standards; and

cloud infrastructure software configurations;

said analyzing comprises;

matching said cloud infrastructure software standards with at least a corresponding one of;

said at least one source infrastructure management client; and

said at least one source infrastructure management server; and

mapping said cloud infrastructure software configurations with said at least one source infrastructure management configuration.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said mapping of said cloud infrastructure software configurations with said at least one source infrastructure management configuration is at least partially based on said matching of said cloud infrastructure software standards with said at least one source infrastructure management client and said at least one source infrastructure management server.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein:

in said discovering step, said at least one source infrastructure management component further comprises at least one source infrastructure management process;

in said querying step, said description of said target cloud infrastructure further comprises at least one target infrastructure management process; and

said analyzing further comprises mapping said at least one source infrastructure management process with said at least one target infrastructure management process.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said analyzing step further comprises determining that at least one conflict exists with said at least one mandatory target infrastructure management component, wherein said at least one conflict comprises said at least one source infrastructure management component managing at least one object that said at least one mandatory target infrastructure management component will manage in said target cloud infrastructure.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said analyzing step further comprises determining that at least one conflict exists with said at least one mandatory target infrastructure management component, wherein said at least one conflict comprises said at least one source infrastructure management component using at least one resource that said at least one mandatory target infrastructure management component will use in said target cloud infrastructure.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said analyzing step further comprises determining that at least one conflict exists with said at least one mandatory target infrastructure management component, wherein said at least one conflict comprises at least one of:

current lack of a mandatory target infrastructure component on a client,

existence of a mandatory target infrastructure component in a different version, and

existence of a mandatory target infrastructure component with different configurations.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein said analyzing comprises at least one of:

recommending un-installation of a source infrastructure component;

recommending installation of a target infrastructure component;

recommending modifying configuration of an infrastructure component; and

recommending excluding servers with a given source infrastructure component from migration.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein:

said discovering comprises discovering, in said source computing system, a plurality of source infrastructure management components; and

said analyzing comprises;

initially aggregating all of said plurality of source infrastructure management components;

developing generic recommendations for said aggregated plurality of source infrastructure management components;

applying said recommendations on a per-instance basis; and

refining at least some of said applied recommendations in cases where said generic recommendations are inconclusive.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein said discovering is carried out on at least one physical machine in said source computing system, said at least one physical machine comprising a client of said at least one source infrastructure management component.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein said discovering is carried out on at least one physical machine in said source computing system, said at least one physical machine comprising a server on which said at least one source infrastructure management component runs.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a system, wherein the system comprises distinct software modules, each of the distinct software modules being embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and wherein the distinct software modules comprise a discovery tool module, a description module, and an infrastructure comparison engine module;

wherein;

said discovering is carried out by said discovery tool module executing on at least one hardware processor;

said querying is carried out by said description module executing on said at least one hardware processor; and

said analyzing is carried out by said infrastructure comparison engine module executing on said at least one hardware processor.

19. A method comprising:

discovering, in a source computing system having a source management infrastructure, at least one source infrastructure management component, wherein said at least one source infrastructure management component is an instance of an image, and wherein said at least one source infrastructure management component is running in a customer environment;

querying a database to obtain a description of a target cloud infrastructure;

analyzing said at least one source infrastructure management component using said description of said target cloud infrastructure to determine that said at least one source infrastructure management component is appropriate for infrastructure configuration mapping to said target cloud infrastructure,

wherein;

in said discovering step, said at least one source infrastructure management component comprises at least one of;

at least one source infrastructure management client;

at least one source infrastructure management server;

at least one source infrastructure management configuration; and

at least one source infrastructure management log;

in said querying step, said description of said target cloud infrastructure comprises at least one of;

cloud infrastructure software standards; and

cloud infrastructure software configurations;

said analyzing comprises;

matching said cloud infrastructure software standards with at least a corresponding one of;

said at least one source infrastructure management client; and

said at least one source infrastructure management server; and

mapping said cloud infrastructure software configurations with said at least one source infrastructure management configuration determined appropriate for infrastructure configuration mapping.