Network Resources Management by a Cloud Consumer

A computer program product for managing network resources by a cloud consumer, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, and wherein the program code is readable and executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

• receiving, by a cloud service provider hypervisor server that supports a cloud service provider hypervisor, a cloud consumer's management information base (MIB) from a cloud consumer, wherein the cloud consumer's MIB is a portable MIB that is capable of being loaded into multiple cloud service provider hypervisors;
• receiving, by a trap receiver in the cloud service provider hypervisor server, a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap from a resource described by the cloud consumer's MIB, wherein the SNMP trap is an unsolicited SNMP message, from the resource, that describes an event in the resource, and wherein the SNMP trap bypasses the cloud service provider hypervisor;
• and
• transferring, by the cloud service provider hypervisor server, the SNMP trap to the cloud consumer without any interpretation of the SNMP trap by the cloud service provider hypervisor.

A hardware device comprising:

• a hardware processor, a computer readable memory, and a computer readable storage medium;
• first program instructions to receive, by a cloud service provider hypervisor server that supports a cloud service provider hypervisor, a cloud consumer's management information base (MIB) from a cloud consumer, wherein the cloud consumer's MIB is a portable MIB that is capable of being loaded into multiple cloud service provider hypervisors;
• second program instructions to receive, by a trap receiver in the cloud service provider hypervisor server, a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap from a resource described by the cloud consumer's MIB, wherein the SNMP trap is an unsolicited SNMP message, from the resource, that describes an event in the resource, and wherein the SNMP trap bypasses the cloud service provider hypervisor;
• and
• third program instructions to transfer, by the cloud service provider hypervisor server, the SNMP trap to the cloud consumer without any interpretation of the SNMP trap by the cloud service provider hypervisor;
• and wherein
• the first, second, and third program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium and executed by the processor via the computer readable memory.