Patent ID: 8244866

Claim:
A method to match an autonomic manager with a manageable resource, the method comprising: performing a preliminary analysis, by a processor, to determine which autonomic manager of a plurality of autonomic managers to assign to the manageable resource; using a management style profile of the autonomic manager to match the autonomic manager with the manageable resource by the processor, wherein using the management style profile comprises using a set of metadata documents, wherein using the set of metadata documents comprises: using a first set of metadata documents associated with the manageable resource, wherein the first set of metadata documents comprise a plurality of capabilities and requirements of the manageable resource; using a second set of metadata documents associated with the autonomic manager, wherein the second set of metadata documents comprise a plurality of capabilities and requirements of the autonomic manager; validating by a validation module that the autonomic manager can manage the manageable resource which has been previously matched to the autonomic manager prior to finalizing assignment of the autonomic manager to the manageable resource, wherein the validating is done by the validation module using the management style of the autonomic manager; assigning the autonomic manager to the manageable resource by an orchestrating autonomic manager in response to each requirement of the manageable resource matching a capability of the autonomic manager and each requirement of the autonomic manager matching a capability of the manageable resource; and setting a desired management style of the assigned autonomic manager by the orchestrating manager.