Patent ID: 8626888

Claim:
A system for autonomizing autonomic management of a data center comprising: a data center to house at least one computer system and an associated component; a systems management tool in communication with the data center, the tool comprising: a discovery module in communication with the data center, the discovery module to collect data from the data center as input to identify a data center policy selected from the group consisting of: a selection policy, an adaptation policy, and combinations thereof; the discovery module to detect and catalog a set of capabilities of elements of the data center from the collected data; a policy adaptation rule to support iterative policy adjustment for managing the data center to meet a pre-requisite metric, including selection of at least one policy from a policy directory that supports the cataloged capabilities of the data center, wherein the policy for managing the data center is modified based upon changes in configuration of physical modulus of the data center detected by the discovery module and to dynamically control selective application and to adapt parameters for quality of service; and a manager in communication with the systems management tool, the manager to apply the at least one selected policy to manage the data center.