Hardware failure mitigation
First Claim
1. A method performed by a resource allocation device that allocates server resources for mitigating the effects of server hardware failure, the method comprising:
- detecting, by the resource allocation device, a failure of server hardware;
identifying a first agent device that is configured to utilize the server hardware, wherein the first agent device comprises a virtual device capable of configuration to utilize a different server hardware; and
taking at least one action to effect a reconfiguration of the first agent device in response to the server hardware failure and prior to the first agent device being impacted by the failure of the server hardware.
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Abstract
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: detecting, by a resource allocation device, a failure of server hardware; identifying a first agent device that is configured to utilize the server hardware; and taking at least one action to effect a reconfiguration of the first agent device in response to the server hardware failure. Various embodiments additionally include one or more of the following: identifying a second agent device that is configured to utilize the server hardware; and taking at least one action to effect a reconfiguration of the second agent device in response to the server hardware failure. Various embodiments additionally include one or more of the following: receiving, by the resource allocation device from a second agent device, an indication of the failure of server hardware, wherein the second agent device is different from the first agent device.
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30 Claims
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1. A method performed by a resource allocation device that allocates server resources for mitigating the effects of server hardware failure, the method comprising:
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detecting, by the resource allocation device, a failure of server hardware; identifying a first agent device that is configured to utilize the server hardware, wherein the first agent device comprises a virtual device capable of configuration to utilize a different server hardware; and taking at least one action to effect a reconfiguration of the first agent device in response to the server hardware failure and prior to the first agent device being impacted by the failure of the server hardware. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A resource allocation device comprising:
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an agent device definition storage that stores a first agent device definition, wherein the first agent device definition identifies a first agent device and an associated server hardware resource, wherein the first agent device comprises a virtual device capable of configuration to utilize a different server hardware resource; a hardware failure detector configured to detect a failure of the server hardware resource; and an agent device protection module configured to; identify, based on the agent device definition, the first agent device as an agent device that is configured to utilize the server hardware resource, and take at least one action to effect a reconfiguration of the first agent device in response to the server hardware failure and prior to the first agent device being impacted by the failure of the server hardware. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A tangible and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions for mitigating the effects of server hardware failure, the tangible and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising:
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instructions for detecting, by the resource allocation device, a failure of server hardware; instructions for identifying a first agent device that is configured to utilize the server hardware, wherein the first agent device comprises a virtual device capable of configuration to utilize a different server hardware resource; and instructions for taking at least one action to effect a reconfiguration of the first agent device in response to the server hardware failure and prior to the first agent device being impacted by the failure of the server hardware. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method performed by a hypervisor for mitigating the effects of hardware failure, the method comprising:
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detecting, by the hypervisor, a failure of server hardware; identifying a first virtual machine that is configured to utilize the server hardware, wherein the first virtual machine is capable of configuration to utilize a different server hardware resource; and taking at least one action to effect a reconfiguration of the first virtual machine in response to the server hardware failure and prior to the first virtual machine being impacted by the failure of the server hardware. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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