Method of migrating software applications to a transportable private cloud computing platform

• US 9,929,912 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2016
• Issued: 03/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MicroTechnologies LLC
• Original Assignee: MicroTechnologies LLC
• Inventors: Kirsch, II, Robert A., Guzman, Alfredo Cesar, Channing, Roger Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): HOANG, HIEU T
• Application Number:
  US15/209,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20160323147A1
• Time in Patent Office: 622 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/161 Computing infrastructure, e.g. computer clusters, blade chassis or hardware partitioning casings, cabinets, racks or drawers for data centers H05K5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0886 Fully automatic configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0811 by checking connectivity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0272 Virtual private networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• 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 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

The present invention is a method for initializing the transportable private cloud computing platform, and a method for migrating software applications to the transportable private cloud computing platform.

Claims

1. A method of migrating software applications to a transportable private cloud computing platform, the method comprising:

connecting the transportable private cloud computing platform to either a public or community cloud, the transportable private cloud computing platform able to exchange data with the public or community cloud but not becoming part of the public or community cloud;

utilizing an interface device accessible on the transportable private cloud computing platform to allow a system administrator to invoke a software application migration system;

searching a database of a plurality of servers in the public or community cloud for software applications that are available to be migrated to the transportable private cloud computing platform;

presenting a list of software applications that are available to be migrated to the transportable private cloud computing platform;

selecting a software application from the list of software applications that are available to be migrated to the transportable private cloud computing platform, the selected software application becoming the migrating software application;

targeting a server of the plurality of servers which hosts the migrating software application to determine a correct virtual server configuration needed for the transportable private cloud computing platform to run the migrating software application;

resourcing the correct virtual server configuration on the transportable private cloud computing platform to accommodate the migrating software application;

migrating the migrating software application to the transportable private cloud computing platform; and

migrating any software application data of the migrating software application to the transportable private cloud computing platform.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the migrating software application, any migrating software application data, and network connectivity are tested before migration is complete.

3. A method of migrating software applications to a transportable private cloud computing platform, the method comprising:

connecting the transportable private cloud computing platform to either a public or community cloud, the transportable private cloud computing platform able to exchange data with the public or community cloud but not becoming part of the public or community cloud;

searching a database of a plurality of servers in the public or community cloud for software applications that are available to be migrated to the transportable private cloud computing platform by a software application migration system;

automatically selecting a software application from a list of software applications that are available to be migrated to the transportable private cloud computing platform, the selected software application becoming the migrating software application;

targeting a server of the plurality of servers which hosts the migrating software application to determine a correct virtual server configuration needed for the transportable private cloud computing platform to run the migrating software application;

resourcing the correct virtual server configuration on transportable the private cloud computing platform to accommodate the migrating software application;

migrating the migrating software application to the transportable private cloud computing platform; and

migrating any software application data of the migrating software application to the transportable private cloud computing platform.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the migrating software application, any migrating software application data, and network connectivity are tested before migration is complete.