RESOURCE BROKER SYSTEM FOR DEPLOYING AND MANAGING SOFTWARE SERVICE IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT

• US 20100125844A1
• Filed: 11/13/2009
• Published: 05/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Ghosh, Sutanu, Ostlund, Helena Aberg, Spotswood, Mark, Mousseau, Richard P., Herendeen, John, Akella, Ravi Sankar
• Granted Patent: US 9,542,222 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/501 Performance criteria
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/503 Resource availability
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/508 Monitor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/455 Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45504 Abstract machines for programme code execution, e.g. Java virtual machine [JVM], interpreters, emulators
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/50 Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]

Abstract

A system and method can deploy and manage software services in virtualized and non-virtualized environments. The system provides an enterprise application virtualization solution that allows for centralized governance and control over software and Java applications. The system includes a plurality of resource broker agents. Each resource broker agent resides on one of the plurality of virtualized and non-virtualized machines in the computing environment and can be used to manage the software processes and compute resources running in the computing environment. Each resource broker agent is responsible for starting a set of Virtual Machines running on a specific compute resource and performing resource metering control. The system also includes a virtual machine pool that communicates with the plurality of resource broker agents to create and manage the set of virtual machines for each resource broker agent and collect data.

Claims

1. A system for deploying and managing software services, comprising:

a computing environment that includes a plurality of virtualized and non-virtualized machines to which services and applications can be deployed;

a plurality of resource broker agents, wherein each resource broker agent resides on one of the plurality of virtualized and non-virtualized machines in the computing environment and can be used to manage the software processes and compute resources running in the computing environment, wherein each resource broker agent is responsible for starting a set of Virtual Machines running on a specific compute resource and performing resource metering control; and

a virtual machine pool that communicates with the plurality of resource broker agents to create and manage the set of virtual machines of each resource broker agent and collect data.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein:

each resource broker agent communicates with the virtual machine pool using web services.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein:

both the virtual machine pool and the resource broker agents implement a same set of standard interfaces.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein:

the virtual machine pool resides in a system controller that supports at least one of;

explicitly configured agent discovery; and

dynamic agent discovery.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein:

the virtual machine pool is utilized to broker allocation requests based upon constraints and requirements associated with a service to be deployed .

6. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

the virtual machine pool supports multiple placement algorithms to determine the allocation of an appropriate compute resource to satisfy a deployment of a service, wherein the multiple placement algorithms includes;

a best-fit placement algorithm;

a worst-fit placement algorithm;

a first-fit placement algorithm; and

a random-select placement algorithm.

7. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

the virtual machine pool creates and manages a virtual machine, and supports a resource agreement.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein:

the virtual machine pool supports computer resources with extended capabilities that includes;

resource control and isolation;

resource limits;

virtual file system;

suspend and resume virtual machines; and

live migration of virtual machines.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein:

each one of the resource broker agent is one of;

a plain agent; and

a virtualized agent.

10. A method for deploying and managing software services, comprising the steps of:

providing a computing environment that includes a plurality of virtualized and non-virtualized machines to which services and applications can be deployed;

providing a plurality of resource broker agents, wherein each resource broker agent resides on one of the plurality of virtualized and non-virtualized machines in the computing environment and can be used to manage the software processes and compute resources running in the computing environment, wherein each resource broker agent is responsible for starting a set of Virtual Machines running on a specific compute resource and performing resource metering control;

creating and managing, via a virtual machine pool, the set of virtual machines of each resource broker agent and collecting data.

11. A system for deploying and managing software services, comprising:

a virtualized computing environment that includes a plurality of virtualized and non-virtualized machines to which services and applications can be deployed;

a plurality of resource broker agents, wherein each system agent resides on one of the plurality of virtualized and non-virtualized machines in the virtualized computing environment and can be used to manage the software processes and compute resources running in the computing environment using one or more resource broker agents, wherein each resource broker agent is responsible for starting a set of Virtual Machines running on a specific compute resource and performing resource metering control; and

a communication layer that is capable of

directing an operation of the resource broker agent upon receiving a request from a node manager, wherein the node manager operates to manage a set of application servers in a non-virtualized environment; and

allowing the node manager to monitor an operation of the resource broker agent after receiving a notification of the operation from the resource broker agent.

12. The system according to claim 11, further comprising:

a virtual machine pool that communicates with the one or more resource broker agents of each system agent to create and manage the set of virtual machines of each resource broker agent and collect data.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein:

each resource broker agent communicates with the virtual machine pool using web services.

14. The system according to claim 12, wherein:

the virtual machine pool resides in a system controller that supports at least one of;

explicitly configured agent discovery; and

dynamic agent discovery.

15. The system according to claim 12, wherein:

the virtual machine pool is utilized to broker allocation requests based upon constraints and requirements associated with a service to be deployed.

16. The system according to claim 12, further comprising:

the virtual machine pool supports multiple placement algorithms to determine the allocation of an appropriate compute resource to satisfy a deployment of a service, wherein the multiple placement algorithms includes;

a best-fit placement algorithm;

a worst-fit placement algorithm;

a first-fit placement algorithm; and

a random-select placement algorithm.

17. The system according to claim 12, wherein:

the virtual machine pool supports a resource agreement.

18. The system according to claim 12, wherein:

the virtual machine pool supports computer resources with extended capabilities that includes;

resource control and isolation;

resource limits;

virtual file system;

suspend and resume Virtual Machines; and

live migration of Virtual Machines.

19. The system according to claim 11, wherein:

each one of the resource broker agent is one of;

a plain agent; and

a virtualized agent.

20. A method for deploying and managing software services, comprising the steps of:

providing a computing environment that includes a plurality of virtualized and non-virtualized machines to which services and applications can be deployed;

providing an agent on each of the plurality of virtualized and non-virtualized machines, wherein each agent can be used to manage the software processes and resources running on the machine on which it resides;

using the one or more resource broker agents of each system agent to start a set of Virtual Machines running on a specific compute resource and performing resource metering control;

directing an operation of the resource broker agent upon receiving a request from the node manager; and

allowing the node manager to monitor an operation of the resource broker agent after receiving a notification of the operation from the resource broker agent.