Managing license keys

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therein, the program code readable/executable by a processor to:

• create a license key service object of a license key service class, wherein the license key service object comprises a plurality of management operations comprising a get all license keys operation that acquires a license key for licensing services;
• create a hosted license key service object of a hosted license key service class that comprises the license key service object;
• create a license key object of a license key class, wherein the license key object comprises the license key and employs the plurality of management operations;
• and
• manage the license key using the license key object, license key service object, and hosted license key service object.

A system to manage license keys, the system comprising:

• a storage system storing data;
• a computer in communication with the storage system and comprising:
• a license key service module creating a license key service object of a license key service class, wherein the license key service object comprises a plurality of management operations comprising a get all license keys operation that acquires a license key for licensing services;
• a hosted license key service module creating a hosted license key service object of a hosted license key service class that comprises the license key service object;
• a license key module creating a license key object of a license key class, wherein the license key object comprises the license key and employs the plurality of management operations;
• and
• a management module managing the license key using the license key object, license key service object, and hosted license key service object.

A method for deploying computer infrastructure, comprising integrating computer readable program into a computing system, wherein the program in combination with the computing system performs the following:

• creating a license key service object of a license key service class, wherein the license key service object comprises a plurality of management operations comprising a get all license keys operation that acquires a license key for licensing services;
• creating a hosted license key service object of a hosted license key service class that comprises the license key service object;
• creating a license key object of a license key class, wherein the license key object comprises the license key and employs the plurality of management operations;
• and
• managing the license key using the license key object, license key service object, and hosted license key service object in a storage system environment.