Automating application provisioning for heterogeneous datacenter environments
AssigneeBMC Software, Inc.
InventorsSuhas A. Kelkar, Monish Darda, Manikantan Narender Nath
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method of managing computer resources in a dynamic computing environment. The method includes identifying available resources from an available pool based on an augmented model, the available pool including resources unallocated resources, allocating the identified available resources in accordance with the augmented model, identifying reserve resources from a reserve pool based on the augmented model, the reserve pool including resources not allocated and not configured, and upon determining the available pool includes a number of resources below a threshold, replenishing the available pool with the identified reserve resources.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- using an augmented model defining resources to support application provisioning requirements of a virtual server, and installation programs and configuration scripts that are used to configure application provisioning;
- identifying available resources from an available pool consistent with the augmented model, wherein the available pool includes resources that are not allocated;
- allocating the identified available resources from the available pool to an application in accordance with the augmented model;
- identifying reserve resources substantially similar to the identified and allocated resources in a reserve pool, wherein the reserve pool includes resources not allocated to the application and not configured in accordance with the augmented model;
- and
- replenishing the available pool with the identified reserve resources.
A method comprising:
- using an augmented model defining resources to support application provisioning requirements of a virtual server, and installation programs and configuration scripts that are used to configure application provisioning;
- maintaining an allocated resources pool identifying resources configured in accordance with the augmented model and allocated to support an application provisioning request;
- maintaining an available resources pool identifying resources at least partially configured in accordance with the augmented model to support a future application provisioning request;
- maintaining a reserve resources pool identifying resources unallocated by the application provisioning request and unconfigured in accordance with the augmented model;
- receiving a request for a provisioned application based on the augmented model;
- selecting resources from the available resources pool in accordance with the augmented model;
- allocating the selected resources to the provisioned application;
- and
- updating the available resources pool by allocating, from the reserve pool to the available pool, at least a portion of substantially matching resources from the reserve resources pool in order to replenish the available resources pool for utilization by the provisioned application.
A method comprising:
- using an augmented model defining resources to support application provisioning requirements, and installation programs and configuration scripts that are used to configure application provisioning;
- identifying available resources from an available pool in a dynamic and heterogeneous computing environment consistent with the augmented model, wherein the available pool includes resources that are not allocated;
- allocating the identified available resources from the available pool to an application in accordance with the augmented model;
- identifying reserve resources substantially similar to the identified and allocated resources in a reserve pool, wherein the reserve pool includes resources not allocated to the application and not configured in accordance with the augmented model;
- and
- replenishing the available pool with the identified reserve resources.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.