COLLABORATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE SCHEDULING

• US 20150242801A1
• Filed: 02/26/2014
• Published: 08/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Global Technologies International Ltd. (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Cudak, Gary D., Do, Lydia M., Hardee, Christopher J., Roberts, Adam
• Granted Patent: US 9,881,269 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063116 Schedule adjustment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06393 Score-carding, benchmarking or key performance indicator [KPI] analysis

Abstract

A method, system, and/or computer program product manages update operations for a hardware resource. A time, date, and location of the future meeting for which a predetermined feature from a hardware resource has been designated as being required for the future meeting is retrieved from a calendar. A determination is made as to whether or not the predetermined feature of the hardware resource is scheduled for updating during the time and date of the future meeting at said location. A level of detriment that will occur to the future meeting if the future meeting proceeds without the updating of the predetermined feature from the hardware resource is determined. A schedule for updating the hardware resource is then adjusted according to the level of detriment that will occur to the future meeting if the future meeting proceeds without the updating of the predetermined feature from the hardware resource.

Claims

1. A method to manage update operations for an infrastructure resource, the method comprising:

identifying, by one or more processors and from a calendar of scheduled attendees to a future meeting, a time, date, and meeting location of the future meeting;

identifying, by one or more processors, an infrastructure between the meeting location and a hardware resource, wherein a predetermined feature of an infrastructure resource has been designated as being required for accessing the hardware resource during the future meeting;

determining, by one or more processors, whether the predetermined feature of the infrastructure resource is scheduled for updating during the time and date of the future meeting at said meeting location; and

in response to determining that the predetermined feature of the infrastructure resource is scheduled for updating during the time and date of the future meeting at said meeting location, rescheduling, by one or more processors, said updating of the predetermined feature of the infrastructure resource.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the infrastructure resource is a network system that connects a client device to a server, wherein the server is the hardware resource, and wherein the server has been predetermined to be required for the future meeting.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the server comprises a particular hardware subcomponent, and wherein the method further comprises:

scheduling, by one or more processors, an update to the server to occur during the future meeting;

determining, by one or more processors, whether or not the particular hardware subcomponent of the server has been designated as being required for the future meeting; and

in response to determining that the particular hardware subcomponent of the server has not been designated as being required for the future meeting, authorizing, by one or more processors, a scheduled update to the server to occur during the future meeting, wherein said scheduled update to the server updates the particular hardware subcomponent.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein a specific software application is stored within the server, and wherein the method further comprises:

scheduling, by one or more processors, an update to the server to occur during the future meeting;

in response to detecting that the update to the server is scheduled to occur during the future meeting, moving, by one or more processors, the specific software application to another server; and

transmitting, by one or more processors and to the scheduled attendees, a link to said another server to which the specific software application has been moved.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the specific software application generates a virtual machine that is used by the future meeting.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein specific data is stored within the server, and wherein the method further comprises:

scheduling, by one or more processors, an update to the server to occur during the future meeting;

in response to detecting that the update to the server is scheduled to occur during the future meeting, moving, by one or more processors, the specific data to another server; and

transmitting, by one or more processors and to the scheduled attendees, a link to said another server in which the specific data has been moved.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a client device is scheduled for use at the meeting location during the future meeting, and wherein the method further comprises:

determining, by one or more processors, a level of detriment that will occur to the future meeting if the future meeting proceeds without the updating of the predetermined feature from the infrastructure resource; and

adjusting, by one or more processors, a schedule for updating the infrastructure resource according to the level of detriment that will occur to the future meeting if the future meeting proceeds without the updating of the predetermined feature from the infrastructure resource.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the level of detriment is determined by determining a level of system collaboration capability between the client device and the infrastructure resource.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the level of detriment that will occur to the future meeting is based on a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) of system collaboration capability between the client device and the infrastructure resource, and wherein the method further comprises:

determining, by one or more processors, whether or not the level of detriment exceeds the KPI of the system collaboration capability between the client device and the infrastructure resource by a predefined amount; and

in response to determining that the level of detriment does not exceed the KPI of the system collaboration capability between the client device and the infrastructure resource, issuing, by one or more processors, an instruction to delay the updating of the infrastructure resource until after the future meeting.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the level of detriment to the future meeting is based on a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) of the infrastructure resource, and wherein the method further comprises:

determining, by one or more processors, whether or not the level of detriment to the future meeting exceeds the KPI of the infrastructure resource by a predefined amount; and

in response to determining that the level of detriment to the future meeting exceeds the KPI of the infrastructure resource by the predefined amount, issuing, by one or more processors, instructions to accelerate updating of the infrastructure resource to occur before the future meeting.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the level of detriment to the future meeting is based on a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) of a hardware resource from a server that is needed during the future meeting, wherein the hardware resource from the server is a portable resource, and wherein the method further comprises:

determining, by one or more processors, whether or not the level of the KPI of the hardware resource from the server meets a predefined level; and

in response to determining that the level of the KPI of the hardware resource from the server fails to meet the predefined level, issuing, by one or more processors, instructions to move the portable resource from said server to another server.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the infrastructure resource is a network system that connects the client device to a server that has been predetermined to be required for the future meeting, wherein the level of detriment is determined by determining a level of system collaboration capability between the client device and the infrastructure resource, and wherein the system collaboration capability is based on the infrastructure resource being capable of providing requisite data to the client device during the future meeting.

13. A computer program product for managing update operations for a hardware resource, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code readable and executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

identifying, from a calendar of scheduled attendees to a future meeting, a time, date, and meeting location of the future meeting;

identifying an infrastructure between the meeting location and a hardware resource, wherein a predetermined feature of an infrastructure resource has been designated as being required for accessing the hardware resource during the future meeting;

determining whether the predetermined feature of the infrastructure resource is scheduled for updating during the time and date of the future meeting at said meeting location; and

in response to determining that the predetermined feature of the infrastructure resource is scheduled for updating during the time and date of the future meeting at said meeting location, rescheduling said updating of the predetermined feature of the infrastructure resource.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the infrastructure resource is a network system that connects a client device to a server, wherein the server is the hardware resource, and wherein the server has been predetermined to be required for the future meeting.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the server comprises a particular hardware subcomponent, and wherein the method further comprises:

scheduling an update to the server to occur during the future meeting;

determining whether or not the particular hardware subcomponent of the server has been designated as being required for the future meeting; and

in response to determining that the particular hardware subcomponent of the server has not been designated as being required for the future meeting, authorizing a scheduled update to the server to occur during the future meeting, wherein said scheduled update to the server updates the particular hardware subcomponent.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein a specific software application is stored within the server, and wherein the method further comprises:

scheduling an update to the server to occur during the future meeting;

in response to detecting that the update to the server is scheduled to occur during the future meeting, moving the specific software application to another server; and

transmitting, to the scheduled attendees, a link to said another server to which the specific software application has been moved.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the specific software application generates a virtual machine that is used by the future meeting.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein specific data is stored within the server, and wherein the method further comprises:

scheduling an update to the server to occur during the future meeting;

in response to detecting that the update to the server is scheduled to occur during the future meeting, moving the specific data to another server; and

transmitting, to the scheduled attendees, a link to said another server in which the specific data has been moved.

19. A computer system comprising:

a processor, a computer readable memory, and a computer readable storage medium;

first program instructions to identify, from a calendar of scheduled attendees to a future meeting, a time, date, and location of the future meeting for which a predetermined feature from a hardware resource has been designated as being required for the future meeting;

second program instructions to determine whether the predetermined feature of the hardware resource is scheduled for updating during the time and date of the future meeting at said location;

third program instructions to determine a level of detriment that will occur to the future meeting if the future meeting proceeds without the updating of the predetermined feature from the hardware resource, wherein the level of detriment is determined by a client device determining a level of system collaboration capability between the client device and the hardware resource; and

fourth program instructions to adjust a schedule for updating the hardware resource according to the level of detriment that the client device determines will occur to the future meeting if the future meeting proceeds without the updating of the predetermined feature from the hardware resource; and

wherein the first, second, third, and fourth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium and executed by the processor via the computer readable memory.

20. The computer system of claim 19, wherein the level of detriment that will occur to the future meeting is based on a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) of the system collaboration capability between the client device and the hardware resource, and wherein the computer system comprises:

fifth program instructions to determine whether or not the level of detriment exceeds the KPI of the system collaboration capability between the client device and the hardware resource; and

sixth program instructions to, in response to determining that the level of detriment does not exceed the KPI of the system collaboration capability between the client device and the hardware resource, issue an instruction to delay the updating of the hardware resource until after the future meeting; and

wherein the fifth and sixth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium and executed by the processor via the computer readable memory.