Patent ID: 7373363

Claim:
A method of managing modification of configuration states of a plurality of resources of multiple types in a dynamic data center, said method comprising: creating a modification policy for said resources; obtaining a new modification for configuration states of resources of a particular type; automatically performing said new modification to said configuration states of said resources of said particular type based on said modification policy by utilizing a resource pool without degrading a level of service provided by said resources of said particular type by performing said new modification to a configuration state of an available resource and by re-directing new requests for a service provided by a first resource to said available resource, wherein said resource pool includes a plurality of available resources of multiple types; wherein said automatically performing said new modification includes: selecting said available resource of said particular type from said resource pool to replace said first resource of said particular type, wherein said performing of said new modification to said configuration state of said available resource of said particular type is enabled; configuring said available resource to provide said service provided by said first resource of said particular type, wherein said re-directing of said new requests for said service provided by said first resource to said available resource is enabled; causing said first resource to discontinue providing said service after said available resource completes existing service requests originally intended for said first resource; and performing said new modification to a configuration state of said first resource, wherein said first resource represents another available resource from said resource pool.