Predictively provisioning cloud computing resources for virtual machines
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- predictively provisioning, by one or more processor, cloud computing resources of a cloud computing environment for at least one virtual machine, wherein the predictively provisioning includes receiving historical utilization information of multiple virtual machines of the cloud computing environment, the multiple virtual machines having similar characteristics to the at least one virtual machine, and determining the cloud computing resources for the at least one virtual machine using the historical utilization information of the multiple virtual machines;
triggering, by the one or more processor, initializing the at least one virtual machine with the provisioned cloud computing resources of the cloud computing environment; and
wherein the predictively provisioning cloud computing resources of a cloud computing environment for at least one virtual machine includes predictively provisioning a certain virtual machine running a certain program, wherein the determining provisioning resources for the certain virtual machine includes, prior to receiving a provisioning request to provision the certain virtual machine, determining and storing trend information based on first information for use in provisioning the certain virtual machine, wherein determining the trend information based on the first information includes using the historical utilization information of an historical virtual machine of a type running the certain program, wherein the historical virtual machine is no longer operating in the environment, wherein the method includes receiving the provisioning request to provision the certain virtual machine, and wherein the method includes responding to the provisioning request to provision the certain virtual machine using the trend information determined prior to the receiving the provisioning request.
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Abstract
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: predictively provisioning, by one or more processor, cloud computing resources of a cloud computing environment for at least one virtual machine; and initializing, by the one or more processor, the at least one virtual machine with the provisioned cloud computing resources of the cloud computing environment. In one embodiment, the predictively provisioning may include: receiving historical utilization information of multiple virtual machines of the cloud computing environment, the multiple virtual machines having similar characteristics to the at least one virtual machine; and determining the cloud computing resources for the at least one virtual machine using the historical utilization information of the multiple virtual machines. In another embodiment, the predictively may include updating a provisioning database with the historical utilization information of the multiple virtual machines of the cloud computing environment.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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predictively provisioning, by one or more processor, cloud computing resources of a cloud computing environment for at least one virtual machine, wherein the predictively provisioning includes receiving historical utilization information of multiple virtual machines of the cloud computing environment, the multiple virtual machines having similar characteristics to the at least one virtual machine, and determining the cloud computing resources for the at least one virtual machine using the historical utilization information of the multiple virtual machines; triggering, by the one or more processor, initializing the at least one virtual machine with the provisioned cloud computing resources of the cloud computing environment; and wherein the predictively provisioning cloud computing resources of a cloud computing environment for at least one virtual machine includes predictively provisioning a certain virtual machine running a certain program, wherein the determining provisioning resources for the certain virtual machine includes, prior to receiving a provisioning request to provision the certain virtual machine, determining and storing trend information based on first information for use in provisioning the certain virtual machine, wherein determining the trend information based on the first information includes using the historical utilization information of an historical virtual machine of a type running the certain program, wherein the historical virtual machine is no longer operating in the environment, wherein the method includes receiving the provisioning request to provision the certain virtual machine, and wherein the method includes responding to the provisioning request to provision the certain virtual machine using the trend information determined prior to the receiving the provisioning request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage medium readable by one or more processor and storing instructions for execution by the one or more processor for performing a method comprising; predictively provisioning, by the one or more processor, cloud computing resources of a cloud computing environment for at least one virtual machine, wherein the predictively provisioning includes receiving historical utilization information of multiple virtual machines of the cloud computing environment, the multiple virtual machines having similar characteristics to the at least one virtual machine, and determining the cloud computing resources for the at least one virtual machine using the historical utilization information of the multiple virtual machines; triggering, by the one or more processor, initializing the at least one virtual machine with the provisioned cloud computing resources of the cloud computing environment; and wherein the predictively provisioning cloud computing resources of a cloud computing environment for at least one virtual machine includes predictively provisioning a certain virtual machine running a certain program, wherein the determining provisioning resources for the certain virtual machine includes determining predicted resource needs of the certain virtual machine based on a growth rate of the certain virtual machine determined using a historical growth rate of machines of the multiple virtual machines running the certain program. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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a memory; one or more processor in communication with the memory; and program instructions executable by the one or more processor via the memory to perform a method, the method comprising; predictively provisioning, by one or more processor, cloud computing resources of a cloud computing environment for at least one virtual machine, wherein the predictively provisioning includes receiving historical utilization information of multiple virtual machines of the cloud computing environment, the multiple virtual machines having similar characteristics to the at least one virtual machine, and determining the cloud computing resources for the at least one virtual machine using the historical utilization information of the multiple virtual machines; triggering, by the one or more processor, initializing the at least one virtual machine with the provisioned cloud computing resources of the cloud computing environment; and wherein the predictively provisioning cloud computing resources of a cloud computing environment for at least one virtual machine includes predictively provisioning a certain virtual machine for running a certain program, wherein the receiving historical utilization information of multiple virtual machines of the cloud computing environment includes receiving historical utilization information of multiple virtual machines miming the certain program, wherein the determining the cloud computing resources for the at least one virtual machine includes determining provisioning resources for the certain virtual machine, wherein the triggering initializing the at least one virtual machine includes triggering initializing the certain virtual machine with the provisioning resources for the certain virtual machine, wherein the determining provisioning resources for the certain virtual machine includes determining predicted disk utilization resource needs of the certain virtual machine. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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