Patent ID: 8353012
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing access to cloud management system sites in a group-based cloud management system, comprising the steps of: defining a plurality of roles, with different roles providing a user with associated respective levels of access to at least one cloud management system site, at least one of the associated respective levels of access having a set of configurable parameters to manage at least one group comprised of at least two cloud management system sites connected on at least one of a separate layer from the system hosting environment, and a system hosting environment; for each cloud management system site for which the user is to have a level of access, assigning the user one of a plurality of roles; wherein the set of configurable parameters further comprises the steps of: the administrator user of the group, connecting at least one cloud management system site to the cloud management system site controlling the group; the administrator user of the group, disconnecting at least one cloud management system site from the cloud management system site controlling the group; for each cloud management system site for which the user is to have a level of access, assigning the user one of the roles with levels of access to allow the user to connect the cloud management system site to at least one additional group simultaneously; and for each cloud management system site for which the user is to have a level of access, assigning the user one of the roles with levels of access to allow the user to disconnect the cloud management system site from at least one group and to continue operating the cloud management system site as stand-alone.