Integration of heterogeneous computing systems into a hybrid computing system
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1. A computer program product for integrating computing systems, said computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising;
coupling a first physical computing system of a first system hardware architecture with a second physical computing system of a second and different system hardware architecture via a management network to provide a hybrid system;
determining that a selection has been made to have a component of the second physical computing system managed from a single point of control residing at least partially within the first physical computing system and the second physical computing system;
installing a component of the single point of control on the component of the second physical computing system to have the component of the second physical computing system managed by the single point of control; and
controlling the first physical computing system and the second physical computing system from the single point of control, the single point of control comprising a unified resource manager which is a part of the management network, and the second physical computing system comprising a hypervisor managed by the unified resource manager by way of a component of the unified resource manager which is part of the hypervisor of the second physical computing system, wherein the unified resource manager adheres to a management model of the first system hardware architecture in controlling the first physical computing system and the second physical computing system, and wherein the controlling comprises the unified resource manager managing the first physical computing system and the hypervisor of the second physical computing system to, at least in part, present the first physical computing system and the second physical computing system as having a consistent resource configuration and system behavior.
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An integrated hybrid system is provided. The hybrid system includes compute components of different types and architectures that are integrated and managed by a single point of control to provide federation and the presentation of the compute components as a single logical computing platform.
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1. A computer program product for integrating computing systems, said computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising; coupling a first physical computing system of a first system hardware architecture with a second physical computing system of a second and different system hardware architecture via a management network to provide a hybrid system; determining that a selection has been made to have a component of the second physical computing system managed from a single point of control residing at least partially within the first physical computing system and the second physical computing system; installing a component of the single point of control on the component of the second physical computing system to have the component of the second physical computing system managed by the single point of control; and controlling the first physical computing system and the second physical computing system from the single point of control, the single point of control comprising a unified resource manager which is a part of the management network, and the second physical computing system comprising a hypervisor managed by the unified resource manager by way of a component of the unified resource manager which is part of the hypervisor of the second physical computing system, wherein the unified resource manager adheres to a management model of the first system hardware architecture in controlling the first physical computing system and the second physical computing system, and wherein the controlling comprises the unified resource manager managing the first physical computing system and the hypervisor of the second physical computing system to, at least in part, present the first physical computing system and the second physical computing system as having a consistent resource configuration and system behavior. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 16)
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9. A system for integrating computing systems, said system comprising:
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a first physical computing system of a first hardware system architecture; a second physical computing system of a second and different system hardware architecture; and a management network coupling the first physical computing system and the second physical computing system to provide a hybrid system, wherein the first physical computing system is configured to determine that a selection has been made to have a component of the second physical computing system managed from the single point of control residing at least partially within the first physical computing system and the second physical computing system, and is further configured to install a component of the single point of control on the component of the second physical computing system to have the component of the second physical computing system managed by the single point of control, wherein the management network comprises the single point of control, the single point of control comprising a unified resource manager, the unified resource manager controlling the first physical computing system and second physical computing system, wherein the second physical computing system comprises a hypervisor managed by the unified resource manager by way of a component of the unified resource manager which is part of the hypervisor of the second physical computing system, wherein the unified resource manager adheres to a management model of the first system hardware architecture in controlling the first physical computing system and the second physical computing system, and wherein the controlling comprises the unified resource manager managing the first physical computing system and the hypervisor of the second physical computing system to, at least in part, present the first physical computing system and the second physical computing system as having a consistent resource configuration and system behavior. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 15, 17)
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12. A computer program product of integrating computing systems, said computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising; coupling a first computing system of a first system architecture with a second computing system of a second and different system architecture via a management network to provide a hybrid system; controlling the first computing system and the second computing system from a single point of control, said single point of control being a part of the management network and adhering to a management model of the first system architecture; determining that a selection has been made to have a component of the second computing system managed from the single point of control; determining whether the component is entitled to be managed by the single point of control; and installing firmware on the component to have the component managed by the single point of control. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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