System and method for increased system availability in virtualized environments

An information handling system, comprising:

• a hypervisor embodied in non-transitory computer readable media, the hypervisor allowing multiple virtual machines to run on the information handling system, the hypervisor configured to dynamically assign to each of the multiple virtual machines at least one memory region based at least on an application requirement from the multiple virtual machines;
• an error detection system configured to detect an error, determine a physical memory address associated with the error, and report the physical memory address to the hypervisor;
• and
• the hypervisor further configured to:
• determine for each of the multiple virtual machines whether the at least one memory region assigned to that virtual machine includes the physical memory address associated with the error;
• shut down each virtual machine for which the at least one memory region assigned to that virtual machine includes the physical memory address associated with the error;
• and
• not shut down each virtual machine for which the at least one memory region assigned to that virtual machine does not include the physical memory address associated with the error.

A hypervisor allowing multiple virtual machines to run on an information handling system, the hypervisor configured to:

• dynamically assign to each of the multiple virtual machines at least one memory region based at least on an application requirement from the multiple virtual machines;
• receive from an error detection system a physical memory address associated with an error;
• determine, for each of the multiple virtual machines, whether the at least one memory region assigned to that virtual machine includes the physical memory address associated with the error;
• shut down each virtual machine for which the at least one memory region assigned to that virtual machine includes the physical memory address associated with the error;
• and
• not shut down each virtual machine for which the at least one memory region assigned to that virtual machine does not include the physical memory address associated with the error.