Patent ID: 8316130
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for provisioning of a new service environment (SE) or an aggregated resource for an existing service environment, comprising the steps of: receiving, on a computer, a state change event for a new service environment or aggregated resource for an existing service environment; propagating said state change event to a global dynamic free pool manager; retrieving, on said computer, a description of said new service environment or said aggregated resource from a parts catalog and providing it to a planner component; creating at least one dynamic free pool manager for said new service environment or said aggregated resource based on a policy of said global dynamic free pool manager, said dynamic free pool manager executing on a server comprising hardware managing an assigned dynamic free pool of aggregated resources comprising a federation of multiple related resources and a set of relationships between two or more of the related resources; generating, on said computer, a plan for construction of said new service environment or said aggregated resource by said planner component comprising the steps: creating an instance of said new service environment or said aggregated resource by said dynamic free pool manager using said plan; and generating a plan for destruction of said new service environment or said aggregated resource which comprises the steps of: