1999 results about "Cloud management" patented technology

A cloud management system can insert a self-management module in virtual machines. The self-management module can be configured to automatically perform management functions on the virtual machine in which it is inserted. The management functions can include activation, suspension, or termination of the virtual machine. The management functions can also include tracking and monitoring the virtual machine. The management functions can also include providing messages to the cloud management system regarding the status and usage of the virtual machine.

A cloud management system can track the usage of the virtual machines in order to determine the fees associated with the user's subscription to the cloud computing environment. The usage can include the resources consumed to support the virtual machines and can include the utilization of the virtual machines by the user or third parties. The cloud management system can determine the fees charged to the user for utilizing the cloud computing environment based on the tracked usage.

Embodiments relate to systems and methods for identification and management of cloud-based virtual machines. A user requests the instantiation of a set of virtual machines from a cloud computing environment. A cloud management system requests the resources necessary to build the machines from a set of resource servers. After populating the set of virtual machines from the cloud, the cloud management system inserts a token ID into one of the virtual machines to designate that machine as a management instance. An image of that machine can be stored in the cloud management system to represent the configuration of the set of virtual machines, even when the cloud itself lacks permanent storage. When the user wishes to update the set of virtual machines, the cloud management system can insert another token ID into another virtual machine, reconfigure the software, processing, or other resources of that machine as a revised management instance.

Embodiments relate to systems and methods for instantiating and operating a virtual appliance monitor in a cloud. A network cloud environment can include a set of instantiated virtual appliances supported in the cloud. A cloud management system can control and organize the resource servers and other resources necessary to build the virtual appliances. In addition to the set of virtual appliances, the cloud management system can instantiate a virtual appliance monitor that communicates with the set of virtual appliances, to monitor their execution state, software complement, and other operational details. In implementations the virtual appliance monitor can be migrated from a physical on-premise platform. The virtual appliance store can store information related to the execution state of the virtual appliances to an off-cloud appliance data store. The instantiation and operation of the virtual appliance monitor can be metered for subscription-based usage charges.

To manage and communicate with virtual machines in an external cloud regardless of the cloud management scheme of clouds, the cloud management system can utilize an abstraction library. The abstraction library can be configured to abstract out the differences between different cloud management schemes utilized by the cloud management systems and an independent cloud management system of the external cloud.

A method for auto-scaling the infrastructure capacity of an application in response to client demands includes providing an application configured to run on an application infrastructure comprising a plurality of server nodes and to be accessed by clients via a first network. Next, providing traffic management means directing traffic from the clients to the server nodes of the application infrastructure. Providing monitoring means gathering performance metrics of the application and metrics of the application infrastructure. Providing controlling means configured to change the application infrastructure. Next, monitoring the performance metrics of the application and the metrics of the application infrastructure via the monitoring means thereby obtaining metrics information and then changing the application infrastructure based on the metrics information via the controlling means. Finally directing network traffic targeted to access the application to server nodes of the changed application infrastructure via the traffic management means.

A trusted virtualization platform protects sensitive customer data during operation of virtual machines in a multi-tenant cloud computing center. The trusted virtualization platform limits administrator access to the data and state of the virtual machines running thereon, reports any changes made thereto, and requires keys provided by the customer or a trusted third party of the customer to perform management operations on the virtual machines. By requiring cloud computing centers to use such trusted virtualization platforms, customers uploading their virtual machines into the cloud computing center can be assured that cloud administrators will not be able to access or tamper with their private data. Furthermore, customers can directly audit all important state or configuration changes for their virtual machines as the trusted virtualization platform can be configured to report all such changes according to a security policy set by the customer.

A cloud management system can maintain a set of “virtual groups,” and assign different “virtual groups” to particular computing resources of both local and external clouds. The “virtual groups” can be based on the particular usage (type of virtual machine, application of the virtual machine, function of the virtual machine, and the like) of the members in the groups and / or can be based on the specifications of the computing resources (type and amount of computing resources). When instantiating virtual machines in local or external clouds, the cloud management system can utilize the “virtual groups” to identify and allocate the computing resources.

A cloud computing environment can be configured to allow third party, user-controlled resources to be included in the pool of resources available in the cloud. The user-controlled resources can include a cloud application to communicate with a cloud management system to coordinate access to the user-controlled resources. The cloud application allows the user to specify the specific set of resources that the cloud can access, such as specific hardware and software resources.

A cloud management system can receive rules for altering the virtual machines based on demands on the virtual machines and / or computing resources supporting the virtual machines. The cloud management system can receive data from the internal monitoring agents and / or external monitoring agents and to determine when the conditions of the rules are met. Once the conditions are met, the cloud managements system can take the appropriate action to alter the instantiated virtual machines.

A cloud management system can determine if the operational state of the virtual machines and / or the computing systems needs to be altered in order to instantiate virtual machines. If the operational state of the computing systems needs to be altered, the cloud management system retrieves an identification of the power management systems supporting the computing systems. The cloud management system can utilize the identification of the power management systems to instruct the power management systems to alter the power state of the computing system in order to instantiate the virtual machines.

A cloud management system can receive rules for altering the virtual machines based on demands on the virtual machines and / or computing resources supporting the virtual machines. The cloud management system can receive data from the internal monitoring agents and / or external monitoring agents and to determine when the conditions of the rules are met. Once the conditions are met, the cloud management system can migrate the virtual machines to an external cloud.

A cloud management system can maintain a set of “virtual groups,” and assign different “virtual groups” to particular computing resources. The “virtual groups” can be based on the particular usage (type of virtual machine, application of the virtual machine, function of the virtual machine, and the like) of the members in the groups and / or can be based on the specifications of the computing resources (type and amount of computing resources). When instantiating virtual machines in a cloud, the cloud management system can utilize the “virtual groups” to identify and allocate the computing resources.

A method and associated system of automatically generating an entry of a service catalog of a cloud-computing environment as a function of discovered attributes of a virtual machine provisioned in a non-cloud computing environment. A cloud-management platform of the cloud-computing environment analyzes and compares results of infrastructure-discovery and application-discovery tools that describe a business application or a virtual service provisioned on the virtual machine. The cloud-management platform, or a related service-catalog generating entity, uses these analyzed and compared results to automatically generate a service-catalog entry that represents or describes a cloud business application or service associated with the virtual machine, and enters the automatically generated entry into the service catalog. When a user of the cloud-computing environment requests the cloud business application or service, the cloud-management platform may then offer the business application or service as a function of the automatically generated entry.

The invention belongs to the technical field of cloud computing, and particularly relates to a virtual cloud platform management system and a virtual cloud platform management method. The a virtual cloud platform management system comprises an interface module and an isomerous virtual cloud module, wherein the interface module is a window through which a user interacts with a virtual cloud platform; and the isomerous virtual cloud module comprises various virtual cloud platforms, a hybrid cloud management module for managing various virtual cloud platforms in the isomerous virtual cloud module, and a virtual cloud adapter for providing a uniform programmatic interface for managing and shielding the difference among a plurality of different virtual cloud platforms on a bottom layer for the hybrid cloud management module. According to the virtual cloud platform management system and the virtual cloud platform management method disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, a way for managing a plurality of isomerous virtual cloud modules in a single way is provided, so that the transparency of the management of isomerous platforms by different users is realized.

System and Methods for implementing a Internet-Based Group Cloud Management System (GCMS) comprised by several Cloud Management System sites (CMS sites), where providing institutions, means for: A) The Creation of the Educational Group comprised by: A1) Community CMS sites for Campuses and / or Groups of Users, A2) Personal CMS Sites for each Faculty, Staff, Student and Alumnus, A3) Project CMS sites for each Project Team. B) Communication within the Educational Group: B1) Among CMS Sites, B2) to e-mail and text-messaging devices. The CMS sites are reachable by their own domain names or sub-domain from the GCMS, and by any search engine. Each CMS site is multi-user and includes its own security system, user-defined and predefined pages for among others, Professional Profile, Web Apps, Virtual Desktop / Apps and Web / Cloud Services. Each CMS site is connected to the GCMS, allowing the Exchange of Information among CMS sites within the GCMS and among GCMS sites.

A cloud management system can utilize an abstraction library for management of clouds. The abstraction library can abstract out the differences between different cloud management schemes. The cloud management system can utilize the abstraction library to perform various processes associated with the virtual machines regardless of the cloud management scheme of the virtual machine. The cloud management system can format, configure, and convert virtual machines to the cloud management scheme of the cloud in which the virtual machine will be instantiated. The cloud management system can utilize the abstraction library to enable communication with virtual machines that are formated according to a different cloud management scheme than the communication.

A cloud computing access gateway includes a cloud management module configured to store a cloud provider and information of a cloud computing service provided by the cloud provider. A user terminal interface module is configured to provide an interface with a user terminal, receive a service request indicating a cloud computing service from the user terminal, and send a result of the cloud computing service to the user terminal. A request analysis module is configured to analyze the received service request to identify the cloud computing service. A cloud selection module is configured to select a best cloud provider based on the cloud computing service. A cloud interface module is configured to provide an interface with the cloud provider, transmit the service request to the best cloud provider, and receive the result of the cloud computing service from the best cloud provider.

The invention provides a cloud management platform based on a micro-service architecture. The cloud management platform comprises a user interface layer for processing a function request instruction of a terminal user, at least one cloud micro-service module for providing function services for the terminal user via an API interface and a message queue cluster for completing information interaction between the user interface layer and the cloud micro-service modules, wherein the cloud micro-service modules are service components into which cloud application functions are decomposed by a function boundary. In the cloud management platform based on the micro-service architecture, the cloud application functions are decomposed into the service components by the function boundary; each service component corresponds to one cloud micro-service module; the plurality of cloud micro-service modules are utilized to realize the functions of the cloud applications; due to the own characteristics of micro-services, the cloud management platform based on the micro-service architecture is capable of realizing real-time deployment; besides, micro-services have independent running processes so that each cloud micro-service in the cloud management platform can be independently deployed, and therefore, the deployment efficiency of the cloud management platform is improved.

The invention discloses a vehicle information remote monitoring and fault diagnosis system. The system comprises an intelligent vehicle-mounted terminal which is installed on a vehicle and is used foracquiring vehicle fault information and real-time state information, a cloud server platform and an intelligent mobile terminal. The system is used for instantly analyzing and processing a vehicle fault, and graphically displaying the various kinds of data of a vehicle on the intelligent mobile terminal. The invention also provides a vehicle remote diagnosis method. When the vehicle has a fault,the vehicle-mounted terminal can automatically transmit a fault code to cloud, a cloud management platform analyzes the fault code and matches a corresponding solution scheme to the user vehicle-mounted terminal, nearby selectable repair manufacturers are pushed to a user via GPS, and the user can check the real-time operation state information of the vehicle through the intelligent mobile terminal APP. Through the intelligent mobile terminal, a driving habit and vehicle fault hidden troubles are checked. A driver can correct a bad driving habit through the mobile terminal and potential safetyhazards of the vehicle are reduced.

The invention discloses an access control system based on smart phones and a control method of the access control system. The access control system comprises smart phones, a cloud management server and an access control terminal, wherein the access control terminal and the smart phones are connected with the cloud management server through the Internet. The access control system based on the smart phones and the control method of the access control system have the beneficial effects that hardware-free terminal and unmanned management of the access control system can be achieved by entering and exiting the access control system in a manner of using dynamic access codes by virtue of the smart phones of users, so that the convenience is brought for the users and visitors; different access control permissions are set for different users, the visitors can go in and out in the range of the access control permissions by virtue of the dynamic access codes sent by the users, the visitors are monitored by the GPS (global positioning system) of the access control system, and the dynamic access codes are invalid after being used, so that the safety of the access control system is greatly improved; the access control system is low in cost and wide in range of application, and can be used in places such as banks, hotels, management of parking lots, machine rooms, office rooms, residence communities, factories and the like.

A cloud computing environment can be configured to allow third party, user-controlled resources to be included in the pool of resources available in the cloud, regardless of the type of system supporting the user-controlled resources. A cloud management system can identify a particular type of management system supporting the user-controlled resources and the commands necessary to communicate with the particular type of management system. Once the particular type of management system is identified, the cloud management system can communicate with the particular type of management system, utilizing the determined commands and protocols, to coordinate access to the user-controlled resources. The cloud management system can identify, allocate, and manage a set of resources from the user-controlled resources utilizing the commands and protocols.

The invention discloses a virtualized infrastructure platform for cloud data centers, which comprises a cloud management server, a cloud resource control server and a cloud security server, the whole life cycles of various computational resources of a cloud platform are monitored and managed by the cloud management server, the various resources of the physical layer of the cloud platform are scheduled, controlled and managed by the cloud resource control server, and the cloud security server is used for establishing a cloud computation security control system in a private cloud and a secure interaction system for the private cloud and a public cloud; the cloud management server is integrated with the cloud resource control server through REST interfaces, and the cloud security server is respectively connected with the cloud management server and the cloud resource control server. The virtualized infrastructure platform for cloud data centers can realize security gateway-based unified remote virtual machine control and management, providing administrators with a unified access entrance for the management of virtual resources, and moreover, by means of directory service, the virtualized infrastructure platform for cloud data centers checks the validity of user identities; and a user can use the Python language to extend the resource scheduling control function.

The invention discloses an intelligent vehicle control system based on a digital key. The intelligent vehicle control system comprises a vehicle-mounted intelligent module, an intelligent mobile terminal and a cloud server, wherein the vehicle-mounted intelligent module is mounted in a vehicle and stores a digital key for controlling a vehicle door-lock system, receives a digital key sent by the intelligent mobile terminal, performs verification, sends out a corresponding control command to the vehicle door-lock system according to the verification result , and starts / closes a vehicle door or sends out an alarm; the intelligent mobile terminal transmits the digital key to the vehicle-mounted intelligent module at local so as to control a vehicle; the cloud server distributes a digital key generated at a cloud terminal to the intelligent mobile terminal for vehicle control, or receives the digital key generated and sent by the intelligent mobile terminal at local for backup management. The intelligent vehicle control system realizes the remote intelligent control for the vehicle. The intelligent vehicle control system is suitable for an individual to realize vehicle keyless entry, vehicle theft prevention and remote alarm, suitable for vehicle use with a key shared by multiple persons, and also suitable for cloud management of vehicle leasing, and the like.

The invention discloses a user-oriented cloud storage data integrity protection method. The method includes the steps of 1, uploading, wherein a user side segments and numbers a file to generate intra-block redundancy check codes, the hash value of each file block is calculated and saved as a range-based 2-3 tree, the hash values are linked into one value and signed with private keys, and inter-block redundancy check codes are generated and encrypted with stream substitution secret keys; 2, verification, wherein a cloud management node sends a verification request to a corresponding cloud storage server, corresponding original data and algebraic signatures of the inter-block redundancy check codes corresponding to the original data are calculated and returned to the user side for data integrity verification, and the step 3 is executed if data destruction is found; 3, recovery, wherein the user side acquires all the file blocks on corresponding branch trees from a cloud side according to tree information and performs error recovery on the file blocks through erasure codes of the file blocks. According to the method, integrity verification and recovery are performed on the dynamic data stored in the cloud side from the user perspective.

To manage and communicate with virtual machines in an external cloud regardless of the cloud management scheme of clouds, the cloud management system can utilize an abstraction library. The abstraction library can be configured to abstract out the differences between different cloud management schemes utilized by the cloud management systems and an independent cloud management system of the external cloud.

Various embodiments here in provide systems, methods, and software for virtual appliance integration with cloud management software. Some embodiments include a landscape virtualization management application through which software systems in the form of virtual appliances may generated and deployed. Further, metadata included in a data structure of a virtual appliance enable integration with existing cloud management software to allow viewing and searching for available virtual appliances and selecting, deployment, and management thereof.