Patent ID: 9100306
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A data processing system for managing cloud services, the data processing system comprising: a storage device including a storage medium, wherein the storage device stores computer usable program code; and a processor, wherein the processor executes the computer usable program code, and wherein the computer usable program code comprises: computer usable code for instantiating in a data processing system using a processor and a memory, a first set of management functions external to a kernel of a management system for managing a set of cloud services, wherein the management system further includes a second set of management functions executing within the kernel of the management system; computer usable code for computer usable code for associating a subset of the first set of management functions with a cloud service in the set of cloud services; computer usable code for handling a management task for the cloud service using the subset of the first set of management functions; computer usable code for reporting a usage information corresponding to the use of the subset of the first set of management functions for handling the management task for the cloud service; and computer usable code for managing, using a management function from the second set of management functions, a management function in the subset of the first set of management functions.