Authoring a virtualized data center

A computer program product, tangibly embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, comprising instructions being operable to cause a mobile computing device to:

• scan a first identification marker associated with a first information technology (IT) component;
• determine an identity of the first IT component based on the first identification marker;
• receive first position data indicating a position of the first IT component in the data center;
• associate the identity of the first IT component with the first position data;
• store the associated identity of the first IT component and the first position data as a first part of the virtual representation of the data center;
• scan a second identification marker associated with a second IT component;
• determine an identity of the second IT component based on the second identification marker;
• receive relative position data indicating a position of the second IT component relative to the first position data;
• determine second position data indicating a position of the second IT component in the data center based on the first position data and the relative position data;
• associate the identity of the second IT component with the second position data;
• and
• store the associated identity of the second IT component and the second position data as a second part of the virtual representation of the data center.

A mobile computing device comprising:

• a scanner;
• and
• a data center management module configured to:
• scan, with the scanner, a first identification marker associated with a first information technology (IT) component;
• determine an identity of the first IT component based on the first identification marker;
• receive first position data indicating a position of the first IT component in the data center;
• associate the identity of the first IT component with the first position data;
• store the associated identity of the first IT component and the first position data as a first part of the virtual representation of the data center;
• scan, with the scanner, a second identification marker associated with a second IT component;
• determine an identity of the second IT component based on the second identification marker;
• receive relative position data indicating a position of the second IT component relative to the first position data;
• determine second position data indicating a position of the second IT component in the data center based on the first position data and the relative position data;
• associate the identity of the second IT component with the second position data;
• and
• store the associated identity of the second IT component and the second position data as a second part of the virtual representation of the data center.