Copying segments of virtual resource definition to create and deploy a virtual resource on a physical resource

A computer-implemented method for virtualization management, the method comprising the steps of:

• (A) displaying an existing virtual resource definition as a plurality of segments, where the virtual resource definitions define a virtual resource to allow the virtual resource to be created and deployed on a physical resource;
• (B) allowing a user to select and copy a segment from the plurality of segments;
• (C) pasting the selected segment into a second virtual resource definition;
• (D) using the second virtual resource definition to deploy a virtual resource on a physical resource;
• (E) allowing the user to determine how to resolve dependencies between segments when copying the selected segment into the second virtual resource definition;
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• (F) wherein the method steps are implemented in a computer software program stored in computer memory and executed by a computer processor.

A computer-implemented method for virtualization management, the method comprising the steps of:

• (A) displaying an existing virtual resource definition as a plurality of segments, where the virtual resource definitions define a virtual resource to allow the virtual resource to be created and deployed on a physical resource, wherein the segments contain at least one virtual resource element that is a parameter of a virtual resource associated with a logical resource, and where the segment contains more than one virtual resource element, the at least one virtual resource elements are logically related;
• (B) allowing a user to select and copy a segment from the plurality of segments;
• (C) pasting the selected segment into a second virtual resource definition;
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• (D) using the second virtual resource definition to deploy a virtual resource on a physical resource;
• (E) allowing the user to determine how to resolve dependencies between segments when copying the selected segment into the second virtual resource definition;
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• (F) wherein the method steps are implemented in a computer software program stored in computer memory and executed by a computer processor.

An article of manufacture comprising:

• a virtualization manager stored on a computer recordable media that when executed by a computer processor performs the steps of:
• (A) displaying an existing virtual resource definition as a plurality of segments, where the virtual resource definitions define a virtual resource to allow the virtual resource to be created and deployed on a physical resource;
• (B) allowing a user to select and copy a segment from the plurality of segments;
• (C) pasting the selected segment into a second virtual resource definition;
• (D) using the second virtual resource definition to deploy a virtual resource on a physical resource;
• and (E) allowing the user to determine how to resolve dependencies between segments when copying the selected segment into the second virtual resource definition.