UNIFIED RESOURCE MANAGER PROVIDING A SINGLE POINT OF CONTROL

• US 20120110588A1
• Filed: 11/02/2010
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bieswanger, Andreas, Callaghan, Patrick J., Gdaniec, Joseph M., Schroeder, Kurt N., Rogers, Paul E., Welter, Friedrich M., Osterndorf, Harm I., Valentine, Brian D., Weinmann, Eric A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,081,613 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/104
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45533 Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/50 Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5094 where the allocation takes into account power or heat criteria power management in computers in general G06F1/3203; thermal management in computers in general G06F1/206
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

An integrated hybrid system is provided. The hybrid system includes compute components of different types and architectures that are integrated and managed by a single point of control to provide federation and the presentation of the compute components as a single logical computing platform.

Claims

1. A computer program product for facilitating performing operations of a computing environment, said computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising;

receiving by a first component of a first computing system of a first system architecture a command from a resource manager of a second component of a second computing system of a second system architecture, said second system architecture being different from said first system architecture and said resource manager adhering to a management model of the second computing system; and

performing the command by the first component, the command used in performing an operation.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the second component comprises a support element and wherein the resource manager comprises firmware located within the support element.

3. The computer program product of claim 2, wherein the support element maintains state of the first computing system and the second computing system.

4. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the operation comprises loading a hypervisor on the first computing system, and wherein the receiving comprises receiving the command by a management module of the first computing system, the management module to load the hypervisor on the first computing system.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the operation comprises creating a virtual server within the first computing environment, and wherein the receiving comprises receiving the command by a hypervisor of the first computing system, the hypervisor to create the virtual server to be hosted by the hypervisor.

6. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the operation comprises performing one or more controls to manage energy consumption, and wherein the receiving comprises receiving the command by a management module of the first computing system, the management module to perform the one or more controls.

7. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the operation comprises monitoring one or more resources of the first computing system, and wherein the receiving comprises receiving the command by a management module of the first computing system, the management module to perform the monitoring.

8. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the first computing system comprises a blade extension and wherein the operation comprises updating a blade of the blade extension, wherein the updating uses state stored at the second computing system.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the updating comprises one of upgrading the blade or updating the blade responsive to blade replacement.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the updating comprises re-creating one or more virtual servers on the blade using the state stored at the second computing system.

11. A computer system for facilitating performing operations of a computing environment, said computer system comprising:

a memory; and

a processor in communications with the memory, wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method, said method comprising;

receiving by a first component of a first computing system of a first system architecture a command from a resource manager of a second component of a second computing system of a second system architecture, said second system architecture being different from said first system architecture and said resource manager adhering to a management model of the second computing system; and

performing the command by the first component, the command used in performing an operation.

12. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the second component comprises a support element that maintains state of the first computing system and the second computing system, and wherein the resource manager comprises firmware located within the support element.

13. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the operation comprises loading a hypervisor on the first computing system, and wherein the receiving comprises receiving the command by a management module of the first computing system, the management module to load the hypervisor on the first computing system.

14. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the operation comprises creating a virtual server within the first computing environment, and wherein the receiving comprises receiving the command by a hypervisor of the first computing system, the hypervisor to create the virtual server to be hosted by the hypervisor.

15. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the operation comprises performing one or more controls to manage energy consumption, and wherein the receiving comprises receiving the command by a management module of the first computing system, the management module to perform the one or more controls.

16. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the operation comprises monitoring one or more resources of the first computing system, and wherein the receiving comprises receiving the command by a management module of the first computing system, the management module to perform the monitoring.

17. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the first computing system comprises a blade extension and wherein the operation comprises updating a blade of the blade extension, wherein the updating uses state stored at the second computing system.

18. A method of facilitating performing operations of a computing environment, said method comprising:

receiving by a first component of a first computing system of a first system architecture a command from a resource manager of a second component of a second computing system of a second system architecture, said second system architecture being different from said first system architecture and said resource manager adhering to a management model of the second computing system; and

performing the command by the first component, the command used in performing an operation.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the second component comprises a support element that maintains state of the first computing system and the second computing system, and wherein the resource manager comprises firmware located within the support element.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the operation comprises one of the following:

the operation comprises loading a hypervisor on the first computing system, and wherein the receiving comprises receiving the command by a management module of the first computing system, the management module to load the hypervisor on the first computing system;

the operation comprises creating a virtual server within the first computing environment, and wherein the receiving comprises receiving the command by a hypervisor of the first computing system, the hypervisor to create the virtual server to be hosted by the hypervisor;

the operation comprises performing one or more controls to manage energy consumption, and wherein the receiving comprises receiving the command by a management module of the first computing system, the management module to perform the one or more controls;

or

the operation comprises monitoring one or more resources of the first computing system, and wherein the receiving comprises receiving the command by a management module of the first computing system, the management module to perform the monitoring.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein the first computing system comprises a blade extension and wherein the operation comprises updating a blade of the blade extension, wherein the updating uses state stored at the second computing system.