Patent ID: 9736013
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: a memory; at least one processor, coupled to said memory; and a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions which when loaded into said memory configure said at least one processor to be operative to: discover, 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; query a database to obtain a description of a target cloud infrastructure; analyze 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; stop an application executing on said at least one source infrastructure management component determined appropriate for infrastructure configuration mapping; and capture said at least one source infrastructure management component determined appropriate for infrastructure configuration mapping for migration to said target cloud infrastructure.