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Cloud
Management
Cloud Management ?
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Cloud Management
Goals
O Self-service refers to the flexibility achievedwhen
cloud users access cloud resources, create new
ones, monitor usage and cost, and adjust resource
allocations -- without the intervention of IT
professionals or cloud service providers.
O Workflow automation lets operations teams manage
cloud instances without human intervention. This is a
key element in any automation infrastructure used
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How does cloud management
work?
O Effective cloud management relies on two vital elements:
tools and
practices.
O Cloud management is conducted with software tools
designed to discover, provision, track utilization,
measure performance and produce reports on the
cloud resources and services used by an organization.
O The tools are often supplied by the cloud provider itself in
the form of a service
O Tools can also be purchased from a third-party provider
and deployed in a local data center or in the cloud
itself inside a cloud virtual machine
Tasks of Cloud Management

Auditing the System Backups

It is essential to perform audit backups in a specific
time frame to verify and restore the selected files of
multiple users. Below there are two methods for
performing backups.
O Performing the Backup files by the
organization’s on-site computers to the disks
available in the cloud.
O The second method is backing up the files by
the Cloud Service Provider.
 Tasks of Cloud
Management
Data Flow of the System
O The organization managers have the responsibility
to develop a figure for describing a detailed
workflow process flow.
O The workflow process explains the movement
of data belonging to the company through the
cloud solution.
Vendor Lock-In Awareness and its Solutions
O The method to exit from the service of a
specific cloud
provider must be informed to the IT managers.
O The methods are defined for authorizing the Cloud
Managers for exporting an organization’s data from
 Tasks of Cloud
Management
Gaining information about Providers Security Procedures
O It is essential to know the security plans of the
Cloud Provider for services like E-Commerce
Processing, Screening of an Employee and
Encrypted Policy
Monitoring Capability Planning and Scaling Capacities
O The IT manager must have the information
about the planning capacity for inspecting
whether the Cloud Service Provider can meet the
future business requirements or not.
O The IT manager must manage the scaling
capacities for ensuring the services which can
scale up or scale down according to the
 Tasks of Cloud
Management
Monitoring the Audit Log Usage
O For recognizing the errors in the system, the IT
managers must audit the logs regularly.

Solution Testing and Validation

O When the Cloud Service Provider provides the
solution, it is compulsory to test the particular
solution and check its final results for error-free
solutions. A system must be solid and reliable.
 Cloud Management
Platform
O A Cloud Management Platform (CMP) is a
comprehensive suite of tools designed to simplify
the management of cloud environments.
O CMPs offer a unified interface for streamlined
control, optimization, and orchestration of
resources.
O The cloud management platform basically
works like a consolidated platform which has
many APIs for deploying, integrating and even
scaling up an enterprise’s cloud ecosystem.
 Cloud Management
O
Platform
With a cloud management platform, the
companies can not only understand how every
cloud asset works; they can also evaluate their
performances.
O The chief executives can make use of the
dashboards to see compliance information.
O The CMP will also help businesses to
analyze costs depending on the applications,
providers or region. This information will give
useful insights into usage and expenditure of
cloud assets.
 How does Cloud Management
platform work?
A cloud management platform enables
organisations to manage cloud resources via
an orchestration suite that automates cloud
management tasks.

It monitors the usage of all a

company’s cloud resources in order to
ensure organizations are using them
efficiently.
 Why Cloud Management
Platform?
The Growing Complexity of Cloud Environments:
Statistics reveal the escalating complexity of
managing cloud environments:
O Over 90% of enterprises use multiple cloud
services (Source: Flexera).
O 85% of organizations operate in a
multi-cloud environment (Source: RightScale
State of the Cloud Report).
O 60% of IT decision-makers report that managing
multi-cloud environments is a top challenge
(Source: IBM).
 How does a cloud
management
A cloud platform platform
management work? enables
organizations to manage cloud resources via an
orchestration suite that automates cloud
management tasks.

The CMP allows for full visibility into each cloud

environment an enterprise is running – whether
that’s public, private, or both.

It monitors the usage of all a company’s cloud

resources in order to ensure organisations are using
them efficiently.
How does a cloud
management
platform work?
 Cloud Management Wheel

Cloud management is made functional

of seven areas and five cross-
functional attributes.
The functional areas are specific to one
use case, whereas the cross-functional
attributes aim at broader goals that are
common to multiple use cases.
 Cloud Cost Management

Cloud cost management, also known as

cloud cost optimization, is a technique used
to efficiently manage and track the usage of
cloud resources and optimize their use in the
best possible way.

It includes understanding of costs related

to cloud resources and removing unused
or unnecessary resources.
 Cloud Cost Management

The cloudcostsgrow less efficient as

the resources are not managed and
tracked properly.

can be virtual
Thereare many machine instances,
factors that affect
memoryand
cloud storage utilization,
cost which service
software licenses
network traffic, web s,
etc.
 Why is Cloud Cost Management
required?

Cloud Cost Management helps businesses

know their spending on the cloud
services and resources, analyze them and
make the best use of it.
resources, businesses can
also achieve the
By understanding their objectives
utilization accountabili
and
and spend
better visibility,
on cloud like security,ty,
goals strategic
planning etc.
 Why is Cloud Cost Management
required?

O Cloud Cost increases the management cost.

O Surveys indicate that companies waste
around 35% of the cloud.
O Which then demands getting the right
instance size, shutting down unused
resources, and scheduling the virtual
machines right.
Cloud Cost Management
Challenges
Cloud Cost Management
Benefits
O Scalability
O Control the spending on
Cloud O Best practices
implementations O Analyze
the resources usage
O Lower IT cost
O Balancing the need
O Scheduling time
Cloud Lifecycle Management
 Cloud Lifecycle
Management
Enterprise Manager allows you to manage the entire
Cloud lifecycle which includes the following:
O Planning
O Setting Up the Cloud
O Building the Cloud
O Testing and Deploying a Service
O Monitoring and Managing the Cloud
O Metering, Charging, and Optimization
Multi-Cloud
Management
Multi-cloud management is the ability to manage cloud-
based services across multiple vendors from a single,
centralized environment.

A multi-cloud management solution should create

consistent workflows that help to manage the
organization’s infrastructure provisioning across many
public cloud vendors.
Multi-Cloud
Management
Multi-cloud management is the process of tracking,
securing, and optimizing a multi-cloud deployment.

It should also provide the visibility necessary to create

seamless connectivity and security between components.
 Multi-Cloud Management
OFeatures
Self-Service Provisioning - it
provides businesses with the freedom of
choice
O Scheduled Tasks
O Workflow Automation
O Reliability and Flexibility
O Eliminating Vendor Lock in
O Cost
O Reporting Features
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