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Cisco Virtual Infrastructure Manager (VIM) is a fully automated cloud lifecycle management system. VIM helps to bring up a fully functional cloud in hours, with integrated end-to-end control and data plane verification in place. Beyond day 0 cloud bring up and deployment, VIM offers fully automated day 1 to day n cloud lifecycle management. These include capabilities such as pod scaling, software update, upgrade, or reconfigure parameters, consolidated logging with rotation and export, software update and upgrade. These have been implemented in line with the operational and security best practices of service providers and enterprises.