Kenneth E Roberson

US Patent:

20140068546, Mar 6, 2014

Filed:

Aug 28, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/596966

Inventors:

Swaminathan Balasubramanian - Southfield MI, US
Robert A. Morgan - Orlando FL, US
Kenneth W. Roberson - North Richland Hills TX, US
Cheranellore Vasudevan - Bastrop TX, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717104

Abstract:

Automatically deploying a configured system into a computing environment (such as a cloud computing environment) for execution therein comprises obtaining a configured architecture model describing the configured system, and iteratively evaluating the model to deploy pre-built components for the system and to create and enable a development environment in the computing environment for development of custom-built components needed for the system according to the model. The automated deployment processing further comprises automatically configuring the system; determining a proper installation sequence; allocating resources in the target environment; and installing the required tools and other software that will be needed for execution once the components of the system are deployed. Component metadata is used during the deployment, enabling automated consideration of various factors such as whether component dependencies, resource requirements, and compatibility issues are met.

US Patent:

20140068551, Mar 6, 2014

Filed:

Aug 28, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/596917

Inventors:

Swaminathan Balasubramanian - Southfield MI, US
Robert A. Morgan - Orlando FL, US
Kenneth W. Roberson - North Richland Hills TX, US
Cheranellore Vasudevan - Bastrop TX, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717107

Abstract:

The configuration of a system is programmatically determined. More particularly, these determinations are made using architecture artifacts that describe requirements of the system (which may be comprised of software, hardware, services, or some combination thereof), where these requirements are iteratively compared to characteristics of available components. A percentage of match is preferably computed, thus allowing for complete matches as well as partial matches. A weighting factor may be applied to attributes, effectively prioritizing attributes in view of their relative importance in the assembled system. When more than one component is a candidate for meeting a particular requirement, user input may be obtained to select one of the candidates. One or more attributes (such as cost information) of each candidate, including how well that candidate matched requirements, may be included for each candidate presented for user selection. The model may be updated and re-evaluated iteratively.