TRANSITIONING FROM DYNAMIC CLUSTER MANAGEMENT TO VIRTUALIZED CLUSTER MANAGEMENT

• US 20090216828A1
• Filed: 02/26/2008
• Published: 08/27/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Bozak, Erol, Gebhart, Alexander
• Granted Patent: US 8,156,211 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45562 Creating, deleting, cloning virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5077 Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for transitioning one or more aspect of a dynamic cluster of computers to one or more virtual machines. In one aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method. The method may include receiving information representative of a dynamic cluster system and receiving information representative of a virtual machine. A controller may initiate, based on the received information representative of the dynamic cluster system and the virtual machine, a transition of one or more aspects of the dynamic cluster system to the virtual machine. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving information representative of a dynamic cluster system;

receiving information representative of a virtual machine; and

initiating at a controller, based on the received information representative of the dynamic cluster system and a virtual machine, a transition of one or more aspects of the dynamic cluster system to the virtual machine.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein initiating at the controller further comprises:

transitioning, by the controller, the one or more aspects from the virtual machine to the dynamic cluster system or from a set of virtual machines to another set of virtual machines.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein initiating further comprises:

shutting down an application server of the dynamic cluster system and starting the application server at the virtual machine.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein initiating further comprises:

creating one or more virtual machines, at least one of the virtual machines created based on one or more of the following;

a processing speed of a physical machine previously hosting the application server being shut down;

a memory capacity of the physical machine previously hosting the application server being shut down;

a storage capacity of the physical machine previously hosting the application server being shut down; and

bandwidth from the network to the physical machine previously hosting the application server being shut down.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein initiating further comprises:

creating one or more virtual machines based on one or more templates, each of the templates specifying one or more of the following;

a processing speed, a memory capacity, a storage capacity, and a network bandwidth.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein receiving information representative of the dynamic cluster system further comprises:

receiving Internet Protocol addresses and Media Access Control addresses for one or more physical machines.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein receiving information representative of the virtual machine further comprises:

receiving Internet Protocol addresses for one or more virtual machines.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

implementing the virtual machine as a virtual appliance.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

implementing the controller as at least one of a hypervisor, a dynamic cluster controller, or a virtual machine management system.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

initiating, at the controller, the transition of one or more aspects of the dynamic cluster system from the virtual machine to a physical machine.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein initiating further comprises:

shutting down an application server and the virtual machine and starting the application server at the physical machine.

12. A computer-readable medium containing instructions to configure a processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving information representative of a dynamic cluster system;

receiving information representative of a virtual machine; and

initiating at a controller, based on the received information representative of the dynamic cluster system and a virtual machine, a transition of one or more aspects of the dynamic cluster system to the virtual machine.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein initiating at the controller further comprises:

transitioning, by the controller, the one or more aspects from the virtual machine to the dynamic cluster system or from a set of virtual machines to another set of virtual machines.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein initiating further comprises:

shutting down an application server of the dynamic cluster system and starting the application server at the virtual machine.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein initiating further comprises:

creating one or more virtual machines, at least one of the virtual machines created based on one or more of the following;

a processing speed of a physical machine previously hosting the application server being shut down;

a memory capacity of the physical machine previously hosting the application server being shut down;

a storage capacity of the physical machine previously hosting the application server being shut down; and

bandwidth from the network to the physical machine previously hosting the application server being shut down.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein initiating further comprises:

creating one or more virtual machines based on one or more templates, each of the templates specifying one or more of the following;

a processing speed, a memory capacity, a storage capacity, and a network bandwidth.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein receiving information representative of the dynamic cluster system further comprises:

receiving Internet Protocol addresses and Media Access Control addresses for one or more physical machines.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 further comprising:

receiving Internet Protocol addresses for one or more virtual machines;

implementing the virtual machine as a virtual appliance;

implementing the controller as at least one of a hypervisor or a dynamic cluster controller;

initiating, at the controller, the transition of one or more aspects of the dynamic cluster system from the virtual machine to a physical machine; and

shutting down an application server and the virtual machine and starting the application server at the physical machine.

19. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory, wherein the processor and the memory are configured to perform a method comprising;

receiving information representative of a dynamic cluster system;

receiving information representative of a virtual machine; and

initiating at a controller, based on the received information representative of the dynamic cluster system and a virtual machine, a transition of one or more aspects of the dynamic cluster system to the virtual machine.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein initiating further comprises:

transitioning, by the controller, the one or more aspects from the virtual machine to the dynamic cluster system or from a set of virtual machines to another set of virtual machines.