Resource broker system for dynamically deploying and managing software services in a virtual environment based on resource usage and service level agreement

A method for deploying and managing software services operating on one or more micro-processors, comprising the steps of:

• providing a computing environment that includes a plurality of virtualized and non-virtualized platforms,
• wherein the computing environment comprises a plurality of resource pools that provide access to physical computing resources of the computing environment and pre-installed software for hosting a software service;
• a plurality of resource broker agents, wherein each resource broker agent is configured to
• access one or more resource pools of the plurality of resource pools, and
• start and manage virtual machines on the one or more resource pools;
• and
• providing a system controller that communicates with the plurality of resource broker agents to collect resource data from the plurality of resource broker agents, the resource data including
• resource pools accessible to the plurality of resource broker agents,
• physical computing resources and pre-installed software available to provided by each of the accessible resource pools,
• availability of the physical computing resources, and
• initial and ongoing utilization of the physical computing resources;
• wherein, in response to a request to deploy and manage a software service, the system controller determines one or more virtual machines required by the software service based on a set of policies,
• wherein the set of policies is at least partially defined by one or more service level agreements associated with the requested software service and software services already deployed to the computing environment;
• wherein the system controller is configured to communicate with the plurality of resource broker agents to dynamically allocate, based on the collected resource data and the set of policies, the one or more virtual machines to one or more resource pools to which the one or more virtual machines are to be deployed, via one or more of the plurality of resource broker agents, for hosting and managing the software service;
• and
• wherein the system controller communicates with the plurality of resource broker agents to dynamically reconfigure deployment of the software service at runtime, via one or more of the plurality of resource broker agents, based on the collected resource data related to the ongoing utilization of the physical computing resources and the set of policies.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, including instructions stored thereon which when read and executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform the steps comprising:

• providing a computing environment that includes a plurality of virtualized and non-virtualized platforms,
• wherein the computing environment comprises a plurality of resource pools that provide access to physical computing resources of the computing environment and pre-installed software for hosting a software service;
• a plurality of resource broker agents, wherein each resource broker agent is configured to
• access one or more resource pools of the plurality of resource pools, and
• start and manage virtual machines on the one or more resource pools;
• and
• providing a system controller that communicates with the plurality of resource broker agents to collect resource data from the plurality of resource broker agents, the resource data including
• resource pools accessible to the plurality of resource broker agents,
• physical computing resources and pre-installed software provided by each of the accessible resource pools,
• availability of the physical computing resources, and
• initial and ongoing utilization of the physical computing resources;
• wherein, in response to a request to deploy and manage a software service, the system controller determines one or more virtual machines required by the software service based on a set of policies,
• wherein the set of policies is at least partially defined by one or more service level agreements associated with the requested software service and software services already deployed to the computing environment;
• wherein the system controller is configured to communicate with the plurality of resource broker agents to dynamically allocate, based on the collected resource data and the set of policies, the one or more virtual machines to one or more resource pools to which the one or more virtual machines are to be deployed, via one or more of the plurality of resource broker agents, for hosting and managing the software service;
• wherein the system controller communicates with the plurality of resource broker agents to dynamically reconfigure deployment of the software service at runtime, via one or more of the plurality of resource broker agents, based on the collected resource data related to the ongoing utilization of the physical computing resources and the set of policies;
• directing an operation of the resource broker agent upon receiving a request from a node manager;
• and
• allowing the node manager to monitor the operation after receiving a notification of the operation from the resource broker agent.