INTEGRATED VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM

• US 20130198740A1
• Filed: 01/30/2012
• Published: 08/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Arroyo, Diana J., Castillo, Claris, Hanson, James E., Segmuller, Wolfgang, Spreitzer, Michael J., Steinder, Malgorzata, Tantawi, Asser N., Whalley, Ian N.
• Granted Patent: US 9,038,065 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45562 Creating, deleting, cloning virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/63 Image based installation; Cloning; Build to order
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0895 Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

A technique is provided for creating virtual units in a computing environment. A virtual system definition is received by a processor that is utilized to create the virtual units for a virtual system. Relationship constraints between the virtual units in the virtual system are received by the processor. The relationship constraints between the virtual units include a communication link requirement between the virtual units and/or a location requirement between the virtual units. The virtual units in the virtual system are deployed by the processor according to the relationship constraints between virtual units.

Claims

1. A method for creating virtual units in a computing environment, comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a virtual system definition that is utilized to create the virtual units for a virtual system;

receiving, by the processor, relationship constraints between the virtual units in the virtual system;

wherein the relationship constraints between the virtual units comprise at least one of a communication link requirement between the virtual units and a location requirement between the virtual units; and

deploying, by the processor, the virtual units in the virtual system according to the relationship constraints between the virtual units.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising deploying the virtual units in the virtual system according to the communication link requirement between the virtual units which comprises the processor at least one of satisfying a communication bandwidth requirement between the virtual units and satisfying a latency requirement between the virtual units.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein satisfying the communication bandwidth requirement between the virtual units and the latency requirement between the virtual units only applies within the computing environment.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising deploying the virtual units in the virtual system according to the location requirement between the virtual units which comprises the processor at least one of satisfying a collocation requirement between two or more virtual units and satisfying an anti-collocation requirement between two or more virtual units.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the collocation requirement causes the two or more virtual units to be instantiated in a same zone;

and

wherein the anti-collocation requirement causes the two or more virtual units to be instantiated in separates zones.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing, by the processor, a mechanism for a user to specify the virtual system definition that is utilized to create the virtual units;

and

providing, by the processor, the mechanism for the user to specify each of the relationship constraints between the virtual units in the virtual system.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising migrating the virtual units in the virtual system from one machine to another machine in the computing environment to meet performance requirements.

8. A system for creating virtual units in a computing environment, comprising:

memory configured to store a program; and

a processor, functionally coupled to the memory, the processor being responsive to computer-executable instructions contained in the program and operative to;

receive, by the processor, a virtual system definition that is utilized to create the virtual units for a virtual system;

receive, by the processor, relationship constraints between the virtual units in the virtual system;

wherein the relationship constraints between the virtual units comprise at least one of a communication link requirement between the virtual units and a location requirement between the virtual units; and

deploy, by the processor, the virtual units in the virtual system according to the relationship constraints between the virtual units.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising deploying the virtual units in the virtual system according to the communication link requirement between the virtual units which comprises the processor at least one of satisfying a communication bandwidth requirement between the virtual units and satisfying a latency requirement between the virtual units.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein satisfying the communication bandwidth requirement between the virtual units and the latency requirement between the virtual units only applies within the computing environment.

11. The system of claim 8, further comprising deploying the virtual units in the virtual system according to the location requirement between the virtual units which comprises the processor at least one of satisfying a collocation requirement between two or more virtual units and satisfying an anti-collocation requirement between two or more virtual units.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the collocation requirement causes the two or more virtual units to be instantiated in a same zone;

and

wherein the anti-collocation requirement causes the two or more virtual units to be instantiated in separates zones.

13. The system of claim 8, further comprising providing, by the processor, a mechanism for a user to specify the virtual system definition that is utilized to create the virtual units;

and

providing, by the processor, the mechanism for the user to specify each of the relationship constraints between the virtual units in the virtual system.

14. The system of claim 8, further comprising migrating the virtual units in the virtual system from one machine to another machine in the computing environment to meet performance requirements.

15. A computer program product for creating virtual units in a computing environment, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

receiving, by a processor, a virtual system definition that is utilized to create the virtual units for a virtual system;

receiving, by the processor, relationship constraints between the virtual units in the virtual system;

wherein the relationship constraints between the virtual units comprise at least one of a communication link requirement between the virtual units and a location requirement between the virtual units; and

deploying, by the processor, the virtual units in the virtual system according to the relationship constraints between the virtual units.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising deploying the virtual units in the virtual system according to the communication link requirement between the virtual units which comprises the processor at least one of satisfying a communication bandwidth requirement between the virtual units and satisfying a latency requirement between the virtual units.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein satisfying the communication bandwidth requirement between the virtual units and the latency requirement between the virtual units only applies within the computing environment.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising deploying the virtual units in the virtual system according to the location requirement between the virtual units which comprises the processor at least one of satisfying a collocation requirement between two or more virtual units and satisfying an anti-collocation requirement between two or more virtual units.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the collocation requirement causes the two or more virtual units to be instantiated in a same zone;

and

wherein the anti-collocation requirement causes the two or more virtual units to be instantiated in separates zones.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising providing, by the processor, a mechanism for a user to specify the virtual system definition that is utilized to create the virtual units;

and

providing, by the processor, the mechanism for the user to specify each of the relationship constraints between the virtual units in the virtual system.

21. A method for creating virtual units in a computing environment, comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a virtual system definition that is utilized to create at least one virtual unit for a virtual system;

receiving, by the processor, relationship constraints between the at least one virtual unit and at least one of;

another virtual unit of another virtual system and a component of the computing environment;

wherein the relationship constraints comprise at least one of a communication link requirement and a location requirement; and

deploying, by the processor, the at least one virtual unit in the virtual system according to the relationship constraints.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising deploying the at least one virtual unit in the virtual system according to the communication link requirement which comprises the processor at least one of satisfying a communication bandwidth requirement and satisfying a latency requirement.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the component of the computing environment is a service.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein component of the computing environment is hardware.