On-demand cloud service management
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1. A method comprising:
- packaging a plurality of traditional maintenance and technical support software applications as custom maintenance and technical support composite solutions;
storing said custom maintenance and technical support composite solutions as custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images, wherein a given one of the custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images comprises a collection of individual appliance images that are pre-architected to work together with configuration parameters that have been identified and captured into artifacts, and wherein each of the individual appliance images comprises a preconfigured software stack;
obtaining customer input from a customer;
deploying at least one of said custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images into a management cloud in response to said customer input, said management cloud being formed on top of an existing public cloud to form a hybrid cloud; and
managing a plurality of customer services of said customer, which are deployed in said existing public cloud, with said at least one of said custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images that has been deployed into said management cloud, by executing said at least one of said custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images on at least one virtual machine in said management cloud.
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Abstract
A plurality of traditional software applications are packaged as custom composite solutions, and are stored as custom composite solution deployable images. Customer input is obtained from a customer. At least one of the custom composite solution deployable images is deployed into a management cloud in response to the customer input.
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1. A method comprising:
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packaging a plurality of traditional maintenance and technical support software applications as custom maintenance and technical support composite solutions; storing said custom maintenance and technical support composite solutions as custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images, wherein a given one of the custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images comprises a collection of individual appliance images that are pre-architected to work together with configuration parameters that have been identified and captured into artifacts, and wherein each of the individual appliance images comprises a preconfigured software stack; obtaining customer input from a customer; deploying at least one of said custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images into a management cloud in response to said customer input, said management cloud being formed on top of an existing public cloud to form a hybrid cloud; and managing a plurality of customer services of said customer, which are deployed in said existing public cloud, with said at least one of said custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images that has been deployed into said management cloud, by executing said at least one of said custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images on at least one virtual machine in said management cloud. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions which when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform the method of:
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storing custom maintenance and technical support composite solutions as custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images, said custom maintenance and technical support composite solutions comprising packaged pluralities of traditional maintenance and technical support software applications, wherein a given one of the custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images comprises a collection of individual appliance images that are pre-architected to work together with configuration parameters that have been identified and captured into artifacts, and wherein each of the individual appliance images comprises a preconfigured software stack; deploying at least one of said custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images into a management cloud in response to customer input, said management cloud being formed on top of an existing public cloud to form a hybrid cloud; and managing a plurality of customer services of said customer, which are deployed in said existing public cloud, with said at least one of said custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images that has been deployed into said management cloud, by executing said at least one of said custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images on at least one virtual machine in said management cloud. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory; and at least one processor, coupled to said memory, and operative to; store custom maintenance and technical support composite solutions as custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images, said custom maintenance and technical support composite solutions comprising packaged pluralities of traditional maintenance and technical support software applications, wherein a given one of the custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images comprises a collection of individual appliance images that are pre-architected to work together with configuration parameters that have been identified and captured into artifacts, and wherein each of the individual appliance images comprises a preconfigured software stack; deploy at least one of said custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images into a management cloud in response to customer input, said management cloud being formed on top of an existing public cloud to form a hybrid cloud; and manage a plurality of customer services of said customer, which are deployed in said existing public cloud, with said at least one of said custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images that has been deployed into said management cloud, by executing said at least one of said custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images on at least one virtual machine in said management cloud. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus comprising:
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means for storing custom maintenance and technical support composite solutions as custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images, said custom maintenance and technical support composite solutions comprising packaged pluralities of traditional software applications, wherein a given one of the custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images comprises a collection of individual appliance images that are pre-architected to work together with configuration parameters that have been identified and captured into artifacts, and wherein each of the individual appliance images comprises a preconfigured software stack; means for deploying at least one of said custom maintenance and technical support composite solution deployable images into a management cloud in response to customer input, said management cloud being formed on top of an existing public cloud to form a hybrid cloud; and means for managing a plurality of customer services of said customer, which are deployed in said existing public cloud, with said management cloud. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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