Patent number: 9038086
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for providing an information technology build service for building a platform in response to a service request. The invention receives a service request for the platform build from a requester, receives a plurality of platform parameters from the requester, determines whether the service request requires one or more physical machines or one or more virtual machines, and if the service request requires one or more virtual machines, initiates build of the one or more virtual machines. The invention also provisions physical and virtual storage based on received parameters, provisions physical and virtual processing power based on received parameters, and manages power of resources during the build, the managing comprising managing power ups, power downs, standbys, idles and reboots of one or more physical components being used for the build.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 15, 2012
Date of Patent:
May 19, 2015
Assignee:
Bank of America Corporation
Inventors:
Prentice O. Dees, Jr., Christopher Mills, Timothy Golden, William Rouse, Thomas H. Davies, John Becsi, Darren Sanders, Ron Engle, Christopher G. Lewis, Michael Shackelford, Eric Tykeson, Mingkui Song, Wayne Enseki, Charles Ebanks, Tauseef Khan, Schorschi Decker, John Van Ommen, Matthew Nolan
Publication number: 20140137073
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for providing an information technology build service for building a platform in response to a service request. The invention receives a service request for the platform build from a requester, receives a plurality of platform parameters from the requester, determines whether the service request requires one or more physical machines or one or more virtual machines, and if the service request requires one or more virtual machines, initiates build of the one or more virtual machines. The invention also provisions physical and virtual storage based on received parameters, provisions physical and virtual processing power based on received parameters, and manages power of resources during the build, the managing comprising managing power ups, power downs, standbys, idles and reboots of one or more physical components being used for the build.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 15, 2012
Publication date:
May 15, 2014
Applicant:
Bank of America Corporation
Inventors:
Prentice O. Dees, JR., Christopher Mills, Timothy Golden, William Rouse, Thomas H. Davies, John Becsi, Darren Sanders, Ron Engle, Christopher G. Lewis, Michael Shackelford, Eric Tykeson, Mingkui Song, Wayne Enseki, Charles Ebanks, Tauseef Khan, Schorschi Decker, John Van Ommen, Matthew Nolan