SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES OF A SERVER TO A VIRTUAL MACHINE

• US 20120158923A1
• Filed: 05/29/2009
• Published: 06/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Inventors: Mohamed, Ansari, Santhana-Krishman, Kumaran
• Application Number:
  US13/319,770
• Publication Number:
  US 20120158923A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/220
• 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 system and methods of allocating resources of a server to a virtual machine are disclosed. A method comprises discovering a system configuration of the server 104 using an automated probing module 102. A networking policy and/or a storage policy may be selected by a user for the virtual machine 106 to operate on the server 104. The virtual machine 106 can then be automatically configured to operate on the server 104 using an automated configuration module 150 based on the selected networking policy and storage policy and the system configuration.

Claims

1. A method of allocating resources of a server 104 to a virtual machine 106, comprising:

discovering a system configuration of the server 104 using an automated probing module 102;

selecting at least one of a networking policy and a storage policy for the virtual machine 106 to operate on the server 104; and

configuring the virtual machine 106 to operate on the server using an automated configuration module 150 based on the at least one selected networking policy and storage policy and the system configuration.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising provisioning a plurality of virtual machines to operate on a plurality of servers.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising creating a configuration map of system resources of the plurality of servers.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising determining a relationship of shared resources between the network servers using the configuration map.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein setting a networking policy further comprises setting a networking host interface on the server as at least one of a performance guest interface and a standard guest interface.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising setting a networking sub-policy wherein a user can select between using at least one of a single networking connection or an aggregate networking connection with the server.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein setting a storage policy further comprises selecting between using digital storage from a same or different host bus adapter.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein setting a storage policy further comprises selecting between using at least one of a standard storage device and a performance storage device on a host bus adapter.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein setting a storage policy further comprises setting a backing store policy for the virtual machine.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein setting the backing store policy further comprises selecting at least one of a whole disk, a logical volume, a partition, and a file for the backing store.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein setting a storage policy further comprises setting a guest disk exposure policy.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein setting the guest disk exposure policy further comprises selecting whether a storage area is accessible by at least one of a single guest and multiple guests.

13. The method as in claim 1, further comprising querying the user for input when the automated configuration module determines that a selected networking policy or a selected storage policy is in conflict with the system configuration of the server.

14. A system for allocating resources of a server 104 to a virtual machine 106, comprising:

a probing module 102 configured to determine a system configuration of the server 104;

a policy module 140 configured to interact with a user to enable the user to select at least one of a networking policy and a storage policy for the virtual machine 106 to operate on the server; and

a configuration module 150 operable to configure the virtual machine 106 to operate on the server 104 based on the at least one policy selected and the system configuration determined by the probing module 102.

15. A method of allocating resources of a server 104 to a virtual machine 106, comprising:

discovering a system configuration of the server 104 using an automated probing module 102;

selecting a networking policy 140 to configure the virtual machine 106 to use one of a performance networking interface and a standard networking interface;

selecting a storage policy 140 for the virtual machine to enable the virtual machine to use one of a performance host bus adapter and a standard host bus adapter; and

configuring the virtual machine 106 to operate on the server 104 using an automated configuration module 150 based on the selected networking policy and the selected storage policy and the system configuration.