Patent ID: 8843561

Claim:
A method in a data processing system for a common cluster model for configuring, managing, and operating a plurality of different vendor specific clustering technologies in a data center, the method comprising: defining a set of cluster domain operations and a set of cluster resource operations for a common cluster model interface of the common cluster model, wherein the set of cluster domain and resource operations operate on the plurality of different vendor specific clustering technologies; associating a cluster resource with a first cluster domain including a cluster node and with a resource group with a set of resource group properties, wherein the first cluster domain uses a first vendor specific clustering technology; populating a property of one of the first cluster domain and the cluster resource with vendor specific attributes of the first vendor specific clustering technology using a respective set of cluster domain operations and a respective set of cluster resource operations, wherein the respective set of cluster domain operations operates on the first cluster domain and the cluster node, and wherein the respective set of cluster resource operations operates on the cluster resource and the property; and associating individual and device driver workflows with one of the first cluster domain, the cluster resource, and the resource group, wherein the individual and device driver workflows interact with the different vendor specific clustering technologies.