Autonomic creation of shared workflow components in a provisioning management system using multi-level resource pools

A computer readable medium encoded with software for designing workflows for a provisioning management system, said software when executed by a computer performing steps comprising:

• evaluating workflows used to realize a group of targeted computing systems to determine a common denominator of workflow steps among said group of targeted computing systems;
• producing a pseudo-clone workflow including said common denominator set of workflow steps which is executable by a provisioning management system to yield a pseudo-clone system;
• and
• producing a plurality of completion workflows each of which correspond to a specific targeted computing system, and which is executable by a provisioning management system on a pseudo-clone to yield a replacement computing system for a targeted computing system.

An apparatus for designing workflows for use by a provisioning management system, said apparatus comprising:

• a workflow analyzer adapted to evaluate workflows used to realize a group of targeted computing systems to determine a common denominator of workflow steps among said group of targeted computing systems;
• a pseudo-clone workflow generator configured to produce a pseudo-clone workflow including said common denominator set of workflow steps which is executable by a provisioning management system to yield a pseudo-clone system;
• and
• a completion workflow generator configured to produce a plurality of completion workflows each of which correspond to a specific targeted computing system, and which is executable by a provisioning management system on a pseudo-clone to yield a replacement computing system for a targeted computing system.