Optimizing virtual machine deployment time by temporarily allocating more processing resources during the initial deployment time of the virtual machine

A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for optimizing virtual machine deployment time, the computer program product comprising the programming instructions for:

• receiving a request to configure a virtual machine with a designated CPU capacity comprising R CPU cores, wherein said R is a positive real number;
• determining if said designated CPU capacity is less than or equal to a threshold, wherein said threshold comprises a single CPU core;
• in response to said designated CPU capacity being less than or equal to said threshold:
• provisioning said virtual machine on a hypervisor with a CPU configuration comprising said designated CPU capacity plus an additional CPU capacity;
• activating said virtual machine utilizing said designated CPU capacity plus said additional CPU capacity;
• and
• issuing commands to said hypervisor to restore the CPU configuration of said virtual machine to only said designated CPU capacity in response to a completion of said activation of said virtual machine.

A system, comprising:

• a memory unit for storing a computer program for optimizing virtual machine deployment time;
• and
• a processor coupled to said memory unit, wherein said processor, responsive to said computer program, comprises:
• circuitry for receiving a request to configure a virtual machine with a designated CPU capacity comprising R CPU cores, wherein said R is a positive real number;
• circuitry for determining if said designated CPU capacity is less than or equal to a threshold, wherein said threshold comprises a single CPU core;
• in response to said designated CPU capacity being less than or equal to said threshold:
• circuitry for provisioning said virtual machine on a hypervisor with a CPU configuration comprising said designated CPU capacity plus an additional CPU capacity;
• circuitry for activating said virtual machine utilizing said designated CPU capacity plus said additional CPU capacity;
• and
• circuitry for issuing commands to said hypervisor to restore the CPU configuration of said virtual machine to only said designated CPU capacity in response to a completion of said activation of said virtual machine.