Patent ID: 8856342
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for relating a first management application and an adjacent management application both managing at least one common resource in a computing environment, comprising: analyzing, by a computer system, for a first management application managing at least one common resource with a second management application adjacent to the first management application within a computing environment comprising a plurality of resources and relationships, a resource and relationship model known by the first management application of a selection of resources and relationships managed by the first management application from among the plurality of resources and relationships by identifying, for the first management application comprising a network management application, the at least one common resource comprising at least one virtualized network switch operating at a layer of the computing environment also known by the second management application, comprising a server management application, in a second resource and relationship model of a second selection of resources and relationships managed by the second management application, from among the plurality of resources and relationships, wherein only a first portion of the first selection of resources and relationships is the same as a second portion of the second selection of resources and relationships from among the plurality of resources and relationships in a computing environment, wherein the network management application primarily manages a network infrastructure in the computing environment in a layer adjacent to a server infrastructure in the computing environment, wherein the server management application primarily manages the server infrastructure; identifying, by the computer system, for the first management application, only a minimal set of resources and relationships within the resource and relationship model required for providing at least one optimal linkage point between the first management application and the second management application as to the at least one common resource by identifying only the minimal set of resources and relationships within the first selection of resources and relationships and the second selection of resources and relationships providing at least one optimal linkage point between the first management application within the first selection of resources and relationships and the second management application within the second selection of resources and relationships as to the at least one common resource, wherein the minimal set of resources and relationships does not include all the resources and relationships between the first management application and the second management application; and outputting, by the computer system, the minimal set of resources and relationships to the second management application, such that the server management application is informed, within the minimal set of resources and relationships, of at least one linkage resource within the first selection of resources and relationships that is not included in the second selection of resources and relationships managed by the second management application and is required to provide the at least one optimal linkage point between the network management application and the server management application through the at least one virtualized network switch.