Force provisioning using available resources
AssigneeVMware, Inc.
InventorsCormac Hogan, Frank Denneman, Duncan Epping
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Abstract
The present disclosure is related to methods, systems, and machine-readable media for force provisioning using available resources. A request can be received to provision a virtual computing instance by a software defined data center according to a storage policy specified as part of the request. An insufficiency of storage policy resources to satisfy the storage policy specified for the VCI can be determined. A best-match storage policy can be determined for the VCI based on available storage policy resources, and the VCI can be force provisioned according to the best-match storage policy using the available storage policy resources
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving a request to provision a virtual computing instance (VCI) by a software defined data center (SDDC) according to a storage policy specified as part of the request;
- determining an insufficiency of storage policy resources to satisfy the storage policy specified for the VCI;
- determining a best-match storage policy for the VCI based on available storage policy resources;
- and
- force provisioning the VCI according to the best-match storage policy using the available storage policy resources.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- receive a request to provision a virtual computing instance (VCI) by a software defined data center (SDDC) according to a storage policy specified as part of the request;
- determine an insufficiency of storage policy resources to satisfy the storage policy specified for the VCI;
- determine a best-match storage policy for the VCI based on available storage policy resources;
- and
- force provision the VCI according to the best-match storage policy using the available storage policy resources.
A system, comprising:
- a request engine configured to receive a request to provision a virtual computing instance (VCI) by a software defined data center (SDDC) according to a storage policy specified as part of the request;
- an insufficiency engine configured to determine an insufficiency of storage policy resources to satisfy the storage policy specified for the VCI;
- a best-match engine configured to determine a best-match storage policy for the VCI based on available storage policy resources;
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- a force provision engine configured to force provision the VCI according to the best-match storage policy using the available storage policy resources.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.