US 8,914,789 B2Granted

Systematic migration of workload based on classification

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorsJames Barros, Kamal Bhattacharya, Brian L. Peterson, Birgit Pfitzmann, John Rofrano, Kunwadee Sripanidkulchai, Christopher Ward

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Abstract

Data characterizing a source computing environment having at least one hardware resource and at least one workload is obtained, as is a specification of a target computing environment to which the at least one workload is to be migrated in a migration. Based on the data characterizing the source computing environment and the specification of the target computing environment, the migration is categorized into one of a plurality of categories; and the migration is specified in accordance with a migration technique selected based on the categorizing step. Techniques to identify suitable migration candidates are also provided.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

obtaining data characterizing a source computing environment having at least one hardware resource and at least one workload;
obtaining a specification of a target computing environment to which said at least one workload is to be migrated in a migration;
based on said data characterizing said source computing environment and said specification of said target computing environment, categorizing said migration into one of a plurality of categories;
and
specifying said migration in accordance with a migration technique selected based on said categorizing step,
wherein said categorizing of said migration comprises:
determining whether an operating system version upgrade is required;
determining whether at least one of a middleware upgrade and an application upgrade is required;
determining whether an internet protocol address change is required,
categorizing said migration into a first category if said operating system version upgrade is not required, said at least one of a middleware upgrade and an application upgrade is not required, and said internet protocol address change is not required;
categorizing said migration into a second category if said operating system version upgrade is not required, said at least one of a middleware upgrade and an application upgrade is not required, and said internet protocol address change is required;
if said operating system version upgrade is not required, and said at least one of a middleware upgrade and an application upgrade is required, determining whether a new server build is required;
if said operating system version upgrade is not required, and said at least one of a middleware upgrade and an application upgrade is required, and said new server build is not required, categorizing said migration into a third category;
and
if at least one of:
said operating system version upgrade is not required, and said at least one of a middleware upgrade and an application upgrade is required, and said new server build is required;
and
said operating system version upgrade is required;
categorizing said migration into a fourth category.

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An article of manufacture comprising a computer program product, said computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer readable program code, the computer readable program code comprising:
computer readable program code configured to obtain data characterizing a source computing environment having at least one hardware resource and at least one workload;
computer readable program code configured to obtain a specification of a target computing environment to which said at least one workload is to be migrated in a migration;
computer readable program code configured to, based on said data characterizing said source computing environment and said specification of said target computing environment, categorize said migration into one of a plurality of categories;
and
computer readable program code configured to specify said migration in accordance with a migration technique selected based on said categorizing step,
wherein said computer readable program code configured to categorize said migration comprises:
computer readable program code configured to determine whether an operating system version upgrade is required,
computer readable program code configured to determine whether at least one of a middleware upgrade and an application upgrade is required,
computer readable program code configured to determine whether an internet protocol address change is required,
computer readable program code configured to categorize said migration into a first category if said operating system version upgrade is not required, said at least one of a middleware upgrade and an application upgrade is not required, and said internet protocol address change is not required;
computer readable program code configured to categorize said migration into a second category if said operating system version upgrade is not required, said at least one of a middleware upgrade and an application upgrade is not required, and said internet protocol address change is required;
computer readable program code configured to, if said operating system version upgrade is not required, and said at least one of a middleware upgrade and an application upgrade is required, determine whether a new server build is required;
computer readable program code configured to, if said operating system version upgrade is not required, and said at least one of a middleware upgrade and an application upgrade is required, and said new server build is not required, categorize said migration into a third category;
and
computer readable program code configured to, if at least one of:
said operating system version upgrade is not required, and said at least one of a middleware upgrade and an application upgrade is required, and said new server build is required;
and
said operating system version upgrade is required;
categorize said migration into a fourth category.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.