US 12,182,603 B2 · Automated analysis and dynamic resource configuration for hard provisioned virtual machines

Abstract

Methods and systems for managing provisioning of virtual machines. Virtual machines may host applications that may provide computer implemented services. Various hardware resources may be allocated to the virtual machines via a hypervisor. As the workloads of the applications change, the virtual machines may become over or under provisioned. To manage provisioning of virtual machines, various types of resource consumption estimates may be obtained. The resource consumption estimates may be used to ascertain how to provision various virtual machines to reduce or eliminate inefficient allocations of hardware resources for use by the virtual machines.

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A computer-implemented method for managing resources allocated to virtual machines, the method comprising:

obtaining a first resource consumption estimate for a hard provisioned virtual machine of the virtual machines, the first resource consumption estimate being obtained from a hypervisor that manages resource provisioning for the hard provisioned virtual machine;
obtaining a second resource consumption estimate for a hard provisioned virtual machine of the virtual machines, the second resource consumption estimate being obtained from an agent hosted by the hard provisioned virtual machine;
identifying:
a resource inefficiency for the hard provisioned virtual machine based on the first resource consumption estimate and the second resource consumption estimate, and
a new resource allocation based on the resource inefficiency;
and
remediating the identified resource inefficiency using the new resource allocation.

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A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for managing resources allocated to virtual machines, the operations comprising:

obtaining a first resource consumption estimate for a hard provisioned virtual machine of the virtual machines, the first resource consumption estimate being obtained from a hypervisor that manages resource provisioning for the hard provisioned virtual machine;
obtaining a second resource consumption estimate for a hard provisioned virtual machine of the virtual machines, the second resource consumption estimate being obtained from an agent hosted by the hard provisioned virtual machine;
identifying:
a resource inefficiency for the hard provisioned virtual machine based on the first resource consumption estimate and the second resource consumption estimate, and
a new resource allocation based on the resource inefficiency;
and
remediating the identified resource inefficiency using the new resource allocation.

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A data processing system, comprising:

a processor;
and
a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for managing resources allocated to virtual machines, the operations comprising:
obtaining a first resource consumption estimate for a hard provisioned virtual machine of the virtual machines, the first resource consumption estimate being obtained from a hypervisor that manages resource provisioning for the hard provisioned virtual machine;
obtaining a second resource consumption estimate for a hard provisioned virtual machine of the virtual machines, the second resource consumption estimate being obtained from an agent hosted by the hard provisioned virtual machine;
identifying:
a resource inefficiency for the hard provisioned virtual machine based on the first resource consumption estimate and the second resource consumption estimate, and
a new resource allocation based on the resource inefficiency;
and
remediating the identified resource inefficiency using the new resource allocation.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Automated analysis and dynamic resource configuration for hard provisioned virtual machines

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Automated analysis and dynamic resource configuration for hard provisioned virtual machines

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