RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREIN VIRTUAL MACHINE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, MANAGEMENT SERVER APPARATUS AND VIRTUAL MACHINE MANAGEMENT METHOD

• US 20090249354A1
• Filed: 03/24/2009
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki, Maeda, Takashi, Kojima, Yuta
• Application Number:
  US12/409,603
• Publication Number:
  US 20090249354A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/106
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45575 Starting, stopping, suspending or resuming virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/485 Task life-cycle, e.g. stopping, restarting, resuming execution G06F9/4881 takes precedence
• 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

A virtual machine managing method includes: virtual machine list generation step of detecting a plurality of virtual machines deployed on a physical machine; a dependency list generation step of detecting dependencies among the virtual machines deployed on the physical machine; a power-off order generation step of, based on table contents of the virtual machine list table and the dependency list table, generating a power-off order management table which manages a power-off order in which the same virtual machines are sequentially powered off in descending order of dependency, in units of the physical machine; and a target presentation step of, when an instruction for selecting the power-off target physical machine is detected, reading the power-off order corresponding to this power-off target physical machine from the power-off order management table, and visually presenting this read power-off order.

Claims

1. A recording medium having recorded therein a virtual machine management program for causing a computer apparatus which causes arbitrary virtual machines among a plurality of virtual machines deployed on a physical machine to execute a control process in cooperation with one another, to execute a process of managing the plurality of virtual machines, the virtual machine management program causing the computer apparatus to execute:

a virtual machine detection procedure for detecting the virtual machines deployed on the physical machine,

a virtual machine list generation procedure for, based on a result of the detection by the virtual machine detection procedure, generating a virtual machine list table which manages virtual machine identification information for identifying the virtual machines deployed on the physical machine;

a dependency detection procedure for detecting dependencies among the virtual machines deployed on the physical machine;

a dependency list generation procedure for, based on a result of detection by the dependency detection procedure, generating a dependency list table which manages the dependence of the virtual machine identification information;

a power-off order generation procedure for, based on table contents of the virtual machine list table and the dependency list table, from the virtual machines deployed on the physical machine of a power-off target and the virtual machines having the dependencies on these virtual machines, generating a power-off order management table which manages a power-off order in which the same virtual machines are sequentially powered off in descending order of dependency, in units of said physical machine; and

a target presentation procedure for, when an instruction for selecting the power-off target physical machine is detected, reading the power-off order corresponding to the power-off target physical machine from the power-off order management table, and visually presenting the read power-off order.

2. The recording medium having recorded therein the virtual machine management program according to claim 1, wherein said virtual machine management program causes said computer apparatus to execute a power-off execution procedure for, when an instruction for starting said power-off is detected while the power-off order corresponding to said power-off target physical machine is presented in said target presentation procedure, based on said power-off order, sequentially powering off the virtual machines on said power-off target physical machine and the virtual machines having the dependencies on these virtual machines, and subsequently, powering off this power-off target physical machine.

3. The recording medium having recorded therein the virtual machine management program according to claim 2, wherein said power-off order generation procedure causes said computer apparatus to execute:

a dependency determination procedure for, if there is a virtual machine deployed on another physical machine, among the virtual machines having the dependencies on the virtual machines deployed on said power-off target physical machine, determining whether or not this virtual machine deployed on another physical machine has the dependency on another virtual machine other than the virtual machines deployed on said power-off target physical machine; and

a power-off order exclusion procedure for, in this dependency determination procedure, if said virtual machine deployed on another physical machine has the dependency on another virtual machine other than the virtual machines deployed on said power-off target physical machine, excluding this virtual machine from said power-off target.

4. The recording medium having recorded therein the virtual machine management program according to claim 3, wherein said power-off order generation procedure causes said computer apparatus to execute:

a power-off order addition procedure for, in said dependency determination procedure, if said virtual machine deployed on another physical machine has no dependency on another virtual machine other than the virtual machines deployed on said power-off target physical machine, adding this virtual machine as said power-off target to said power-off order.

5. A management server apparatus which manages a physical machine, also manages a plurality of virtual machines deployed on this physical machine, and enables arbitrary virtual machines among the plurality of virtual machines to execute a control process in cooperation with one another, the server comprising:

a virtual machine detector for detecting the virtual machines deployed on the physical machine,

a virtual machine list generator for, based on a result of the detection by the virtual machine detector, generating a virtual machine list table which manages virtual machine identification information for identifying the virtual machines deployed on the physical machine;

a dependency detector for detecting dependencies among the virtual machines deployed on the physical machine;

a dependency list generator for, based on a result of detection by the dependency detector, generating a dependency list table which manages the dependence of the virtual machine identification information;

a power-off order generator for, based on table contents of the virtual machine list table and the dependency list table, from the virtual machines deployed on the physical machine of a power-off target and the virtual machines having the dependencies on these virtual machines, generating a power-off order management table which manages a power-off order in which the same virtual machines are sequentially powered off in descending order of dependency, in units of said physical machine; and

a target presentation unit for, when an instruction for selecting the power-off target physical machine is detected, reading the power-off order corresponding to the power-off target physical machine from the power-off order management table, and visually presenting the read power-off order.

6. The management server apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:

power-off execution unit for, when an instruction for starting said power-off is detected while the power-off order corresponding to the power-off target physical machine is presented by the target presentation unit, based on the power-off order, sequentially powers off the virtual machines on the power-off target physical machine and the virtual machines having the dependencies on these virtual machines, and subsequently, powers off this power-off target physical machine.

7. The management server apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the power-off order generator comprises:

dependency determination unit which, if there is a virtual machine deployed on another physical machine, among the virtual machines having the dependencies on the virtual machines deployed on said power-off target physical machine, determines whether or not this virtual machine deployed on another physical machine has the dependency on another virtual machine other than the virtual machines deployed on said power-off target physical machine; and

power-off order exclusion unit which, in this dependency determination means, if the virtual machine deployed on another physical machine has the dependency on another virtual machine other than the virtual machines deployed on said power-off target physical machine, excludes this virtual machine from said power-off target.

8. The management server apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said power-off order generation means further comprises:

power-off order addition unit which, in the dependency determination means, if the virtual machine deployed on another physical machine has no dependency on another virtual machine other than the virtual machines deployed on the power-off target physical machine, adds the virtual machine as the power-off target to the power-off order.

9. A virtual machine management method which enables arbitrary virtual machines among a plurality of virtual machines deployed on a physical machine to execute a control process in cooperation with one another, and manages said plurality of virtual machines, the method comprising:

a virtual machine detection procedure for detecting the virtual machines deployed on the physical machine,

a virtual machine list generation procedure for, based on a result of the detection by the virtual machine detection procedure, generating a virtual machine list table which manages virtual machine identification information for identifying the virtual machines deployed on the physical machine;

a dependency detection procedure for detecting dependencies among the virtual machines deployed on the physical machine;

a dependency list generation procedure for, based on a result of detection by the dependency detection procedure, generating a dependency list table which manages the dependence of the virtual machine identification information;

a power-off order generation procedure for, based on table contents of the virtual machine list table and the dependency list table, from the virtual machines deployed on the physical machine of a power-off target and the virtual machines having the dependencies on these virtual machines, generating a power-off order management table which manages a power-off order in which the same virtual machines are sequentially powered off in descending order of dependency, in units of said physical machine; and

a target presentation procedure for, when an instruction for selecting the power-off target physical machine is detected, reading the power-off order corresponding to the power-off target physical machine from the power-off order management table, and visually presenting the read power-off order.

10. The virtual machine management method according to claim 9, further comprising:

a power-off execute procedure, when an instruction for starting said power-off is detected while the power-off order corresponding to the power-off target physical machine is presented at the target presentation procedure, based on the power-off order, sequentially powering off the virtual machines on the power-off target physical machine and the virtual machines having the dependencies on these virtual machines, and subsequently, powering off this power-off target physical machine.