Patent ID: 8966017
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method implemented and residing within a computer-readable storage medium that is executed by one or more processors of a network to perform the method, comprising: configuring a master configuration management database (CMDB) with master configuration settings and master policies for construction, management, and deployment of workloads assigned to distributed computing resources of a network, the settings having attributes and relationships for each of the computing resources and between the computing resources, and at least one setting defining a communication protocol to use between two of the computing resources, and each workload defines processing loads, memory loads, storage loads, and processing capabilities for a given processing environment; and interfacing a plurality of sub CMDB's with the master CMDB to coordinate sub configuration settings and sub policies with the master configuration settings and the master policies of the master CMDB, each sub CMDB controlling a particular set of the computing resources defining a particular distributed computing infrastructure, at least some of the master policies and the master configuration settings defined by an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider.