Physical resource management

• US 9,277,002 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2014
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Gupta, Manish, Pappe, Stefan, HongJin, Kim
• Primary Examiner(s): Bengzon, Greg C
• Application Number:
  US14/150,965
• Publication Number:
  US 20150195173A1
• Time in Patent Office: 782 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0876 Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1012 based on compliance of requirements or conditions with available server resources

Abstract

A method and system for resource management is provided. The method includes generating a physical server pool. Resources of the physical server pool and additional resources of additional physical server are monitored and monitored data is retrieved during the monitoring. A utilization rate of the additional physical server pools is determined to be less than a threshold value. In response a group of physical servers is migrated to a free server pool. The physical server pool is determined to need an additional server and each physical server pool is rated based on a calculated chance for required usage. A first physical server is allocated to the physical server pool.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating, by a computer processor of a computing system, a physical server pool defining a dedicated group of physical servers associated with a user;

monitoring, by said computer processor, resources of said physical server pool and additional resources of additional physical server pools defining additional groups of physical servers associated with additional users, wherein each physical server pool of said additional physical server pools is associated with a different user of said additional users;

consuming, by said computer processor, monitored data retrieved during said monitoring;

first determining, by said computer processor based on said monitoring data, that a utilization rate of said additional physical server pools is less than a specified threshold value;

selecting, by said computer processor based on said first determining, a group of physical servers of said additional physical server pools for providing to a logical free server pool, wherein said selecting said group of physical servers of said additional physical server pools for providing to said logical free server pool comprises;

generating a sorted list of free servers ordered in a descending order of ratings calculated for said group of physical servers;

migrating, by said computer processor, said group of physical servers to said free server pool;

determining, by said computer processor, that said physical server pool requires an additional server;

rating, by said computer processor, servers within said free server pool based on a calculated chance for required usage within an associated physical server pool of said additional physical server pools, wherein calculating each of said ratings comprises;

selecting choose a topmost free server of said sorted list;

deactivating said topmost free server;

scrubbing said topmost free server;

extending a vLAN for customers to said topmost free server;

registering said topmost free server with a target server pool; and

zoning storage pools to said topmost free server;

allocating, by said computer processor based on results of said rating, a first physical server of said free server pool to said physical server pool requesting a physical server;

determining, by said computer processor based on a cost analysis, a target configuration associated with allocating associated physical servers of said physical server pool and said additional physical server pools to associated free server pools.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said monitoring comprises monitoring metrics associated with said physical server pool and said additional physical server pools, and wherein said metrics comprise CPU utilization metrics for virtual machine processes associated with said physical server pool and said additional physical server pools, physical memory utilization metrics for virtual machine processes associated with said physical server pool and said additional physical server pools, and virtual machine to virtual machine network flows for virtual machines associated with said physical server pool and said additional physical server pools.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said first determining comprises:

determining a sum of utilization values for said metrics; and

running an optimization process with respect to associated virtual machines.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

computing, by said computer processor, a safety rating associated with using a first free server of said group of physical servers for providing to an additional user.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing at least one support service for at least one of creating, integrating, hosting, maintaining, and deploying computer-readable code in the computing system, said code being executed by the computer processor to implement;

said generating, said monitoring, said consuming, said first determining, said selecting, said migrating, said determining, said rating, and said allocating.

6. A computing system comprising a computer processor coupled to a computer-readable memory unit, said memory unit comprising instructions that when executed by the computer processor implements a method comprising:

generating, by said computer processor, a physical server pool defining a dedicated group of physical servers associated with a user;

monitoring, by said computer processor, resources of said physical server pool and additional resources of additional physical server pools defining additional groups of physical servers associated with additional users, wherein each physical server pool of said additional physical server pools is associated with a different user of said additional users;

consuming, by said computer processor, monitored data retrieved during said monitoring;

first determining, by said computer processor based on said monitoring data, that a utilization rate of said additional physical server pools is less than a specified threshold value;

selecting, by said computer processor based on said first determining, a group of physical servers of said additional physical server pools for providing to a logical free server pool, wherein said selecting said group of physical servers of said additional physical server pools for providing to said logical free server pool comprises;

generating a sorted list of free servers ordered in a descending order of ratings calculated for said group of physical servers;

migrating, by said computer processor, said group of physical servers to said free server pool;

determining, by said computer processor, that said physical server pool requires an additional server;

rating, by said computer processor, servers within said free server pool based on a calculated chance for required usage within an associated physical server pool of said additional physical server pools, wherein calculating each of said ratings comprises;

selecting choose a topmost free server of said sorted list;

deactivating said topmost free server;

scrubbing said topmost free server;

extending a vLAN for customers to said topmost free server;

registering said topmost free server with a target server pool; and

zoning storage pools to said topmost free server;

allocating, by said computer processor based on results of said rating, a first physical server of said free server pool to said physical server pool requesting a physical server;

determining, by said computer processor based on a cost analysis, a target configuration associated with allocating associated physical servers of said physical server pool and said additional physical server pools to associated free server pools.

7. The computing system of claim 6, wherein said monitoring comprises monitoring metrics associated with said physical server pool and said additional physical server pools, and wherein said metrics comprise CPU utilization metrics for virtual machine processes associated with said physical server pool and said additional physical server pools, physical memory utilization metrics for virtual machine processes associated with said physical server pool and said additional physical server pools, and virtual machine to virtual machine network flows for virtual machines associated with said physical server pool and said additional physical server pools.

8. The computing system of claim 7, wherein said first determining comprises:

determining a sum of utilization values for said metrics; and

running an optimization process with respect to associated virtual machines.

9. The computing system of claim 6, wherein said method further comprises:

computing, by said computer processor, a safety rating associated with using a first free server of said group of physical servers for providing to an additional user.

10. A computer program product, comprising a computer readable hardware storage device storing a computer readable program code, said computer readable program code comprising an algorithm that when executed by a computer processor of a computer system implements a method, said method comprising:

generating, by said computer processor, a physical server pool defining a dedicated group of physical servers associated with a user;

monitoring, by said computer processor, resources of said physical server pool and additional resources of additional physical server pools defining additional groups of physical servers associated with additional users, wherein each physical server pool of said additional physical server pools is associated with a different user of said additional users;

consuming, by said computer processor, monitored data retrieved during said monitoring;

first determining, by said computer processor based on said monitoring data, that a utilization rate of said additional physical server pools is less than a specified threshold value;

selecting, by said computer processor based on said first determining, a group of physical servers of said additional physical server pools for providing to a logical free server pool, wherein said selecting said group of physical servers of said additional physical server pools for providing to said logical free server pool comprises;

generating a sorted list of free servers ordered in a descending order of ratings calculated for said group of physical servers;

migrating, by said computer processor, said group of physical servers to said free server pool;

determining, by said computer processor, that said physical server pool requires an additional server;

rating, by said computer processor, servers within said free server pool based on a calculated chance for required usage within an associated physical server pool of said additional physical server pools, wherein calculating each of said ratings comprises;

selecting choose a topmost free server of said sorted list;

deactivating said topmost free server;

scrubbing said topmost free server;

extending a vLAN for customers to said topmost free server;

registering said topmost free server with a target server pool; and

zoning storage pools to said topmost free server;

allocating, by said computer processor based on results of said rating, a first physical server of said free server pool to said physical server pool requesting a physical server;

determining, by said computer processor based on a cost analysis, a target configuration associated with allocating associated physical servers of said physical server pool and said additional physical server pools to associated free server pools.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein said monitoring comprises monitoring metrics associated with said physical server pool and said additional physical server pools, and wherein said metrics comprise CPU utilization metrics for virtual machine processes associated with said physical server pool and said additional physical server pools, physical memory utilization metrics for virtual machine processes associated with said physical server pool and said additional physical server pools, and virtual machine to virtual machine network flows for virtual machines associated with said physical server pool and said additional physical server pools.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein said first determining comprises:

determining a sum of utilization values for said metrics; and

running an optimization process with respect to associated virtual machines.

13. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein said method further comprises:

computing, by said computer processor, a safety rating associated with using a first free server of said group of physical servers for providing to an additional user.