METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DEPLOY WORKLOAD DOMAINS IN VIRTUAL SERVER RACKS

• US 20170149880A1
• Filed: 09/29/2016
• Published: 05/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vmware LLC (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: VMware, Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Lochhead, Jason A., Reddy, Thirumalesh, Ankala, Shreekanth, Yavatkar, Raj
• Granted Patent: US 11,263,006 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/00 Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units program control for peripheral devices G06F13/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0894 Policy-based network configuration management
• 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

Methods and apparatus to deploy workload domains in virtual server racks are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a policy manager to determine an availability option and a performance option of the workload domain based on a domain type and determine capacity options based on a user selection of the availability option and a user selection of the performance option by a first user, a deployment manager to identify first ones of a plurality of computing resources to form a placement solution for the workload domain based on the user selection of the availability and performance options, and based on a user selection of one of the determined capacity options by the first user, the plurality of computing resources stored in a resource database accessible by the first user and a second user, and a resource manager to reserve the first ones of the plurality of computing resources to deploy the workload domain for the first user.

Claims

1. An apparatus to deploy a workload domain, the apparatus comprising:

a policy manager to;

determine an availability option and a performance option of the workload domain based on a domain type; and

determine capacity options based on a user selection of the availability option and a user selection of the performance option by a first user;

a deployment manager to identify first ones of a plurality of computing resources to form a placement solution for the workload domain based on the user selection of the availability and performance options, and based on a user selection of one of the determined capacity options by the first user, the plurality of computing resources stored in a resource database accessible by the first user and a second user; and

a resource manager to reserve the first ones of the plurality of computing resources to deploy the workload domain for the first user.

2. An apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the workload domain is a first workload domain and the placement solution is a first placement solution, wherein the deployment manager is to identify second ones of a plurality of computing resources different from the first ones of the plurality of computing resources to form a second placement solution for a second workload domain based on second user selections of the availability, performance, and capacity options by the second user, and wherein the resource manager is to reserve the second ones of the plurality of computing resources to deploy the second workload domain for the second user concurrently with deployment of the first workload domain.

3. An apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the domain type is at least one of an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) domain type, a platform as a service (PaaS) domain type, a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) domain type, a development domain type, a production domain type, a Cloud Native domain type, an Openstack domain type, and a Big Data domain type.

4. An apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the deployment manager is to deploy the workload domain based on a security option including at least one of a firewall option, a security group option, or a specified internet protocol address.

5. An apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the determined availability option is a level of redundancy that provide continuous operation expected for the workload domain, the determined performance option is at least one of a storage configuration, computer processing unit (CPU) operating speeds, or power efficiency settings, and the determined capacity option is a number of resources that provide the requirements defined by the determined availability option and the determined performance option.

6. An apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the deployment manager is to deploy the workload domain in a virtual server rack based on the user selection of the availability option by the first user, the virtual server rack including resources located across a plurality of physical racks.

7. An apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the deployment manager is to deploy the workload domain in a single physical rack based on the user selection of the availability option selected by the first user to isolate the workload domain.

8. A method to deploy a workload domain, the method comprising:

determining, by executing an instruction with a processor, an availability option and a performance option of the workload domain based on a domain type;

determining, by executing an instruction with the processor, a capacity option based on a user selection of the availability option and a user selection of the performance option by a first user;

identifying, by executing an instruction with the processor, first ones of a plurality of computing resources to form a placement solution for the workload domain based on the user selection of the availability and performance options, and based on a user selection of the capacity option by the first user, the plurality of computing resources stored in a resource database accessible by the first user and a second user; and

reserving, by executing an instruction with the processor, the first ones of the plurality of computing resources to deploy the workload domain for the first user.

9. A method as defined in claim 8, wherein the workload domain is a first workload domain and the placement solution is a first placement solution, and further including:

identifying second ones of a plurality of computing resources different from the first ones of the plurality of computing resources to form a second placement solution for a second workload domain based on second user selections of the availability, performance, and capacity options by the second user; and

reserving the second ones of the plurality of computing resources to deploy the second workload domain for the second user concurrently with deployment of the first workload domain.

10. A method as defined in claim 8, wherein the domain type is at least one of an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) domain type, a platform as a service (PaaS) domain type, a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) domain type, a development domain type, a production domain type, a Cloud Native domain type, an Openstack domain type, and a Big Data domain type.

11. A method as defined in claim 8, further including deploying the workload domain based on a security option including at least one of a firewall option, a security group option, or a specified internet protocol address.

12. A method as defined in claim 8, wherein the determined availability option is a level of redundancy that provide continuous operation expected for the workload domain, the determined performance option is at least one of a storage performance configuration, computer processing unit (CPU) operating speeds, or power efficiency settings, and the determined capacity option is a number of resources that provide the requirements defined by the determined availability option and the determined performance option.

13. A method as defined in claim 8, further including deploying the workload domain in a virtual server rack based on the user selection of the availability option by the first user, the virtual server rack including resources located across a plurality of physical racks.

14. A method as defined in claim 8, further including deploying the workload domain in a single physical rack based on the user selection of the availability option selected by the first user to isolate the workload domain.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:

determine an availability option and a performance option of the workload domain based on a domain type;

determine a capacity option based on a user selection of the availability option and a user selection of the performance option by a first user;

identify first ones of a plurality of computing resources to form a placement solution for the workload domain based on the user selection of the availability and performance options, and based on a user selection of the capacity option by the first user, the plurality of computing resources stored in a resource database accessible by the first user and a second user; and

reserve the first ones of the plurality of computing resources to deploy the workload domain for the first user.

16. A storage medium as defined in claim 15, wherein the workload domain is a first workload domain and the placement solution is a first placement solution, further including instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to:

identify second ones of a plurality of computing resources different from the first ones of the plurality of computing resources to form a second placement solution for a second workload domain based on second user selections of the availability, performance, and capacity options by the second user; and

reserve the second ones of the plurality of computing resources to deploy the second workload domain for the second user concurrently with deployment of the first workload domain.

17. A storage medium as defined in claim 15, wherein the domain type is at least one of an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) domain type, a platform as a service (PaaS) domain type, a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) domain type, a development domain type, a production domain type, a Cloud Native domain type, an Openstack domain type, and a Big Data domain type.

18. A storage medium as defined in claim 15, further including instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to deploy the workload domain based on a security option including at least one of a firewall option, a security group option, or a specified internet protocol address.

19. A storage medium as defined in claim 15, further including instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to deploy the workload domain in a virtual server rack based on the user selection of the availability option by the first user, the virtual server rack including resources located across a plurality of physical racks.

20. A storage medium as defined in claim 15, further including instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to deploy the workload domain in a single physical rack based on the user selection of the availability option selected by the first user to isolate the workload domain.