Automated scheduling of software defined data center (sddc) upgrades at scale through optimized graphical user interface

A system for automatically scheduling resource-aware software-defined data center (SDDC) upgrades, comprising:

• at least one memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory, the at least one processor and the at least one memory configured to:
• receive, via a user interface (UI), user input indicating one or more constraints related to automatically scheduling a plurality of upgrade phases for upgrading components of a plurality of computing devices across a plurality of SDDCs;
• receive, via the UI, a user selection of a first UI control, wherein the first UI control is configured to, when selected, initiate an automatic assignment of the plurality of upgrade phases to particular time slots based on the one or more constraints;
• display, via the UI, a depiction of a schedule for the plurality of upgrade phases based on the automatic assignment;
• and
• display, via the UI, and proximate to the depiction of the schedule for the plurality of upgrade phases:
• a second UI control configured to, when selected, cause the automatic assignment to be finalized;
• and
• a third UI control configured to, when selected, initiate a new automatic assignment of the plurality of upgrade phases to respective time slots.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• receive, via a user interface (UI), user input indicating one or more constraints related to automatically scheduling a plurality of upgrade phases for upgrading components of a plurality of computing devices across a plurality of SDDCs;
• receive, via the UI, a user selection of a first UI control, wherein the first UI control is configured to, when selected, initiate an automatic assignment of the plurality of upgrade phases to particular time slots based on the one or more constraints;
• display, via the UI, a depiction of a schedule for the plurality of upgrade phases based on the automatic assignment;
• and
• display, via the UI, and proximate to the depiction of the schedule for the plurality of upgrade phases:
• a second UI control configured to, when selected, cause the automatic assignment to be finalized;
• and
• a third UI control configured to, when selected, initiate a new automatic assignment of the plurality of upgrade phases to respective time slots.