Fine-Grained Cloud Management Control Using Nested Virtualization

A computer program product allocating resources within a computing organization, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium;
• computer readable program code configured to implement a hypervisor layer on an underlying hardware, the hypervisor layer comprising a set of virtual machines;
• computer readable program code configured to implement a first pseudo-hypervisor layer within a first one of the set of virtual machines of the hypervisor layer, the first pseudo-hypervisor layer comprising a second set of virtual machines;
• computer readable program code configured to locate a first software component within a first virtual machine of the second set of virtual machines of the first pseudo-hypervisor layer;
• and
• computer readable program code configured to collocate a second software component within a second virtual machine of the second set of virtual machines of the first pseudo-hypervisor layer;
• wherein the computer readable program code are stored on the computer readable storage medium.

A data processing system comprising:

• a storage having a computer program product encoded thereon for allocating resources within a computing organization:
• a bus connecting the storage to a processor;
• and
• a processor, wherein the processor executes the computer program product:
• to implement a hypervisor layer on an underlying hardware, the hypervisor layer comprising a set of virtual machines;
• to implement a first pseudo-hypervisor layer within a first one of the set of virtual machines of the hypervisor layer, the first pseudo-hypervisor layer comprising a second set of virtual machines;
• to locate a first software component within a first virtual machine of the second set of virtual machines of the first pseudo-hypervisor layer;
• and
• to collocate a second software component within a second virtual machine of the second set of virtual machines of the first pseudo-hypervisor layer.