| CPC G06F 11/3688 (2013.01) [G06F 11/3684 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A computer-implementable method for performing a data center management and monitoring operation, comprising:
receiving a plurality of system under test (SUT) test plans, each SUT test plan comprising a plurality of SUT test cases, each of the plurality of SUT test cases being associated with a component of a data center asset contained within a data center;
providing an analysis component, the analysis component analyzing the plurality of SUT test cases;
providing a continuous scheduler component, the continuous scheduler component generating a continuous schedule for the plurality of SUT test plans, the continuous schedule for the plurality of SUT test plans regularly updating a schedule for executing the plurality of SUT test plans, the continuous schedule for the plurality of SUT test plans being regularly updated based upon a plurality of program constraints, the continuous scheduler component using the plurality of program constraints to calculate relative priorities of the plurality of SUT test cases; and,
providing a continuous execution plan component, the continuous execution plan component continuously orchestrating the plurality of SUT test plans based upon the continuous schedule for the SUT test plan, the continuously orchestrating using the continuous schedule to apply each of the plurality of SUT test cases to the associated component of the data center asset contained within the data center based upon the plurality of SUT test plans.
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