US 9,069,438 B2 · Allocating virtual machines according to user-specific virtual machine metrics

Abstract

The performance monitoring system allocates virtual machines to users or user sessions according to a user categorization that is determine using user session information and virtual machine metrics. A session monitor of the performance monitoring system is notified that a user session terminated, where the user session accessed a virtual machine. The session monitor responsively records the user session information and obtains virtual machine metrics for the virtual machine from a virtual machine performance monitor. The performance monitoring system updates a user workload profile using the user session information and the virtual machine metrics, and categorizes the user of the user session according to the user workload profile. Upon receiving a request from a user for a virtual machine, a virtual desktop infrastructure requests a virtual machine from a virtual machine manager. The virtual machine manager responsively allocates a virtual machine to the user according to the user's categorization.

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Dependent claims

A method of allocating a virtual machine via a computer network, comprising:

receiving, by a first computing device having a processor configured with a virtual desktop infrastructure, a request from a second computing device for a virtual machine corresponding to a user session having a user identifier;
determining, by a virtual machine manager configured on the first computing device, a categorization for the user identifier based on virtual machine performance metrics that quantify a load placed by a historical virtual machine on a device executing the historical virtual machine during a historical user session associated with the user identifier;
allocating, by the virtual machine manager, the virtual machine for the user identifier based on the categorization;
responsive to allocating the virtual machine, providing, by the virtual machine manager, a notification of the virtual machine to a performance monitoring system configured on the first computing device;
and
transmitting, by the first computing device, the virtual machine to the second computing device for use during the user session.

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Allocating virtual machines according to user-specific virtual machine metrics

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