AUTOMATIC RECONFIGURATION OF A PRE-CONFIGURED HYPER-CONVERGED COMPUTING DEVICE

• US 20150331693A1
• Filed: 05/15/2014
• Published: 11/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vmware LLC (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: VMware, Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: SHANLEY, Dave, VAN DER WALT, Mornay, RIEWRANGBOONYA, Wit
• Granted Patent: US 10,402,217 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1484 involving virtual machines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2028 eliminating a faulty processor or activating a spare
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/30 Monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45562 Creating, deleting, cloning virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45591 Monitoring or debugging support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45595 Network integration; Enabling network access in virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/63 Image based installation; Cloning; Build to order
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4401 Bootstrapping security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4405 Initialisation of multiprocessor systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45533 Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing

Abstract

In a computer-implemented method for automatic reconfiguration of a computing device for supporting a virtualization infrastructure, wherein the computing device comprises independent server nodes, upon initialization of the computing device, functioning independent server nodes of the independent server nodes self-register with one another, wherein one of the independent server nodes is a default primary independent server node comprising virtualization infrastructure management software. In response to the default primary independent server node not self-registering with the functioning independent server nodes, one of the functioning independent server nodes is automatically reconfigured as a new primary independent server node.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for automatic reconfiguration of a computing device for supporting a virtualization infrastructure, wherein said computing device comprises independent server nodes, comprising:

upon initialization of said computing device, self-registering functioning independent server nodes of said independent server nodes with one another, wherein one of said independent server nodes is a default primary independent server node comprising virtualization infrastructure management software; and

in response to said default primary independent server node not self-registering with said functioning independent server nodes, automatically reconfiguring one of said functioning independent server nodes as a new primary independent server node.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing an image of said virtualization infrastructure management software in each of said independent server nodes.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said new primary independent server node is one of said functioning independent server nodes that is the furthest distance from said default primary independent server node.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said new primary independent server node is one of said functioning independent server nodes that is the furthest distance horizontally and vertically from said default primary independent server node.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said automatically reconfiguring one of said functioning independent server nodes as a new primary independent server node further comprises:

deploying said virtualization infrastructure management software to said new primary independent server node.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said new primary independent server node is reconfigured in response to said default primary independent server node not self-registering within a pre-determined amount of time.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically recognizing said reconfigured one of said functioning independent server nodes as said new primary independent server node.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving instructions, at said new primary independent server node, from a user, for configuring said computing device via said new primary independent server node.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said computing device is a pre-configured hyper-converged computing device.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said computing device is a two rack unit-four node (2U/4N) device.

11. A computer-implemented method for automatic reconfiguration of a computing device in a network of computing devices for supporting a virtualization infrastructure, wherein said computing device comprises independent server nodes, comprising:

upon initialization of said computing device, determining that a default primary independent server node is non-functional, wherein said default primary independent server node comprises virtualization infrastructure management software; and

automatically promoting a functioning independent server node of one of said computing devices as a new primary independent server node.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein said automatically promoting a functioning independent server node of one of said computing devices as a new primary independent server node further comprises:

automatically deploying said virtualization infrastructure management software at said new primary independent server node.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein other functioning independent server nodes in said network automatically recognize said new primary independent server node.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein said computing device is a pre-configured hyper-converged computing device.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein said computing device is a two rack unit-four node (2U/4N) device.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising:

storing an image of said virtualization infrastructure management software in each of said independent server nodes in said network of computing devices.

17. A computer-implemented method for resetting a pre-configured hyper-converged computing device for supporting a virtualization infrastructure, comprising:

accessing a plurality of independent server nodes of said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device for supporting a virtualization infrastructure, wherein said independent server nodes are configured from a first configuration to a second configuration; and

in response to user input, resetting said plurality of independent server nodes such that they are reconfigured from said second configuration to said first configuration.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17, wherein said first configuration is an image of virtualization infrastructure management software stored on each of said independent server nodes.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 17, wherein said first configuration is an initial factory set configuration.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 17, wherein said first configuration is an updated configuration stored on each of said independent server nodes.