Cloud virtual machine defragmentation for hybrid cloud infrastructure

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by one or more computer hosts in a hybrid cloud computing system, where the instructions, when executed, cause the one or more computer hosts to carry out a method for managing a hybrid cloud computing system, the method comprising:

• determining communication affinity between virtual machines in a cluster of virtual machines, the cluster of virtual machines including a first virtual machine and a second virtual machine, wherein the first virtual machine is executing in a virtualized computing system, and the second virtual machine is executing in a cloud computing environment, wherein the virtualized computing system is managed by a tenant that accesses the cloud computing environment;
• determining a target location in the hybrid cloud computing system to host the cluster of virtual machines based on the communication affinity;
• and
• migrating at least one of the virtual machines in the cluster of virtual machines to the target location.

A hybrid cloud computing system, comprising:

• a virtualized computing system managed comprising a plurality of hosts;
• a cloud computing environment that executes on a cloud-based infrastructure platform, wherein the virtualized computing system is managed by a tenant that accesses the cloud computing environment;
• and
• a hybrid cloud management server that is programmed to carry out a method comprising:
• determining communication affinity between virtual machines in a cluster of virtual machines, the cluster of virtual machines including a first virtual machine and a second virtual machine, wherein the first virtual machine is executing in a virtualized computing system, and the second virtual machine is executing in the cloud computing environment;
• determining a target location in the hybrid cloud computing system to host the cluster of virtual machines based on the communication affinity;
• and
• migrating at least one of the virtual machines in the cluster of virtual machines to the target location.