Policy management framework in managed systems environment

A system for implementing policies for heterogeneous entities in a managed systems environment, comprising:

• a policy management module operational in the managed systems environment, the policy management module adapted for organizing a plurality of the heterogeneous entities into a system resource group (SRG), each of the plurality of the heterogeneous entities visible to an application operable on the managed systems environment;
• wherein the system resource group:
• is subject to at least one membership requirement,
• defines a relationship between at least two of the heterogeneous entities,
• contains at least one policy defining an operation as to be performed on the system resource group for a domain of the managed systems environment, and
• defines at least a portion of a policy framework between the system resource group and an additional system resource group organized from an additional plurality of the heterogeneous entities, wherein all of the heterogeneous entities in the managed systems environment are provided a level of service in the policy framework for tiered management.

A computer program product for implementing policies for heterogeneous entities in a managed systems environment, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

• a first executable portion for organizing a plurality of the heterogeneous entities into a system resource group (SRG), each of the plurality of the heterogeneous entities visible to an application operable on the managed systems environment;
• wherein the system resource group:
• is subject to at least one membership requirement,
• defines a relationship between at least two of the heterogeneous entities,
• contains at least one policy defining an operation as to be performed on the system resource group for a domain of the managed systems environment, and
• defines at least a portion of a policy framework between the system resource group and an additional system resource group organized from an additional plurality of the heterogeneous entities, wherein all of the heterogeneous entities in the managed systems environment are provided a level of service in the policy framework for tiered management.