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2 Cloud Computing management

c) Management of policy: CSCs require the ability to set policies for which cloud services are
configured and managed i.e., controls over who has access to cloud assets, periodic and on-
demand logging and reporting.
d) Managing self-service portal: a self-service portal can be managed by a CSP to provide a product
catalogue and to take CSCs' requests and offer a degree of control.
e) Configuring: cloud services can be configured for provisioning and use.
f) Provisioning service: cloud service should be provisioned automatically according to CSCs'
requests.
g) Composition/orchestration of services: multiple cloud services may need to be composed into
a single cloud service.

h) Service decommissioning: for the best utilization of resources, when a cloud service (or
resource) is suspended, it should be managed by freeing the associated resources.
Decommissioning can be achieved on-demand, when a request from a CSC occurs or according
to a schedule.
i) Charging: according to the policy, time of use and service type, charging information can be
provided.
3) E2E cloud service lifecycle management system implemented by CSP1 can interact with E2E cloud
service lifecycle management system implemented by CSP2 through the SMIs between CSPs as
shown in Figure 6-1.

Figure 6-1 – E2E cloud service lifecycle management framework

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