Allocating instantiated resources to an it-service

A computer program product for allocating one or more instances of one or more resources to an IT-service, each resource being of one of one or more resource types, each resource instance being provided by one of one or more resource managers of an IT-service management system, the computer program product comprising a storage medium including program instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute a method comprising:

• analyzing, by a management engine, a service model, the service model specifying the structure of an IT-service and comprising nodes respectively representing one of the resources and respectively being indicative of a resource type of said represented resource, the service model further comprising, for at least one of the nodes, one or more resource management rules specifying the management of said node's resource;
• and
• for each of the nodes, executing, by the management engine, at runtime of the IT-service management system:
• determining the resource type indicated by said node;
• determining one or more resource management rules assigned to said node;
• evaluating the resource management rules assigned to said node on a resource instance catalog and the determined resource type, wherein the resource instance catalog is indicative of all currently existing instances of the one or more resources and their respective allocation to said IT-service for computing selection criteria;
• applying the selection criteria on a service provider catalog for selecting one of the one or more resource managers, the service provider catalog being indicative of one or more of the resource managers respectively being operable to provide a resource instance of a given resource type to the IT-service;
• creating an instance of the resource provided by the selected resource manager;
• and
• allocating said instance to the IT-service.

A computer system for allocating one or more instances of one or more resources to an IT-service, each resource being of one of one or more resource types, each resource instance being provided by one of one or more resource managers of an IT-service management system, the computer system comprising a management engine being adapted for:

• analyzing a service model, the service model specifying the structure of an IT-service comprising nodes respectively representing one of the resources and respectively being indicative of a resource type of said represented resource, the service model further comprising, for at least one of the nodes, one or more resource management rules specifying the management of said node's resource;
• and
• for each of the nodes, executing at runtime of the IT-service management system:
• determining the resource type indicated by said node;
• determining one or more resource management rules assigned to said node;
• evaluating the resource management rules assigned to said node on a resource instance catalog and the determined resource type, wherein the resource instance catalog is indicative of all currently existing instances of the one or more resources and their respective allocation to said IT-service for computing selection criteria;
• applying the selection criteria on a service provider catalog for selecting one of the one or more resource managers, the service provider catalog being indicative of one or more of the resource managers respectively being operable to provide a resource instance of a given resource type to the IT-service;
• creating an instance of the resource provided by the selected resource manager;
• and
• allocating said instance to the IT-service.