Methods and apparatus to manage workload domains in virtual server racks

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor to:
• determine a number of requested resources necessary to satisfy a request for resources;
• determine available resources from an inventory;
• and
• remove a resource from the available resources based on a health of the resource;
• and
• a deployment manager to:
• when an availability selection corresponds to a first resource allocation technique, reserve the requested resources by using all available resources of a first physical rack before using second available resources of a second physical rack;
• and
• when the availability selection corresponds to a second resource allocation technique, reserve the requested resources using a portion of the first available resource of the first physical rack and using a portion of the second available resources of the second physical rack.

A tangible computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed cause a machine to at least:

• determine a number of requested resources necessary to satisfy a request for resources;
• determine available resources from an inventory;
• remove a resource from the available resources based on a health of the resource;
• when an availability selection corresponds to a first resource allocation technique, reserve the requested resources by exhausting first available resources of a first physical nick before using second available resources of a second physical rack;
• and
• when the availability selection corresponds to a second resource allocation technique, reserve second available resources in the first physical rack, the first physical rack including a number of available resources to satisfy the number of requested resources without needing to use the second physical rack to satisfy the number of requested resources.