Virtual deployment

• US 9,304,819 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2007
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Faus, Lee
• Primary Examiner(s): SWIFT, CHARLES M
• Application Number:
  US11/754,520
• Publication Number:
  US 20080301674A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,234 Days
• Field of Search: 718/1, 709/203
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45562 Creating, deleting, cloning virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/4557 Distribution of virtual machine instances; Migration and load balancing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/455 Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/50 Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5005 to service a request

Abstract

An embodiment relates generally to a method of providing computer services. The method includes receiving at least one user-specified requirements for a computer system instantiation and developing a configuration file base on the at least one user-specified requirements. The method also includes instantiating a virtual machine based on the configuration file and providing the virtual machine as the instantiation of the computer system for remote access.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

establishing a first communication session with a service portal accessible over a network adapter to configure a virtual machine instantiation;

receiving, via the first communication session at the service portal and in relation to the virtual machine instantiation, an indication of a selection between an auto configuration mode to indicate a prompt for a requirement associated with the virtual machine instantiation and an assisted configuration mode to indicate that a technical support person is to provide the requirement associated with the virtual machine instantiation;

receiving the requirement, at the service portal, for the virtual machine instantiation, wherein the requirement specifies a number of users of a virtual machine corresponding to the virtual machine instantiation and is received via the first communication session in response to a selection of the auto configuration mode and wherein the requirement is received from the technical support person via a second communication session in response to a selection of the assisted configuration mode, wherein the second communication session is between the technical support person and the service portal;

generating a configuration file using;

the requirement received from the prompt via the first communication session and in view of a first graphical user interface when the auto configuration mode is selected; and

the requirement received from the technical support person via the second communication session in view of a second graphical user interface when the assisted configuration mode is selected via the first communication session; and

instantiating, by a processor, the virtual machine in view of the requirement that specifies the number of users of the virtual machine in the configuration file.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing another graphical user interface to allow the request for the virtual machine instantiation to be submitted to the service portal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the requirement comprises one of a software application or a hardware component.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing a third communication session between a system establishing the first communication session and the technical support person.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the third communication session is established in response to a selection of the assisted configuration mode.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the third communication session comprises an instant messaging session.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the third communication session comprises one of a video conference session and a voice-over-Internet protocol session.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing remote access to the virtual machine, wherein the remote access is one of a login via a virtual private network or a universal resource locater to a secure web-site.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a copy of the virtual machine.

10. A system comprising:

a memory; and

a processor operatively coupled to the memory and to;

establish a first communication session with a service portal to configure a virtual machine instantiation,

receive, via the first communication session and in relation to the virtual machine instantiation, an indication of a selection between an auto configuration mode to indicate a prompt for a requirement associated with the virtual machine instantiation and an assisted configuration mode to indicate that a technical support person is to provide the requirement associated with the virtual machine instantiation,

receive the requirement for the virtual machine instantiation, wherein the requirement specifies a number of users of a virtual machine corresponding to the virtual machine instantiation and is received via the first communication session in response to a selection of the auto configuration mode and wherein the requirement is received from the technical support person via a second communication session in response to a selection of the assisted configuration mode, wherein the second communication session is between the technical support person and the service portal,

generate a configuration file using;

the requirement received from the prompt via the first communication session and in view of a first graphical user interface when the auto configuration mode is selected, and

the requirement received from the technical support person via the second communication session and in view of a second graphical user interface when the assisted configuration mode is selected via the first communication session, and

instantiate the virtual machine in view of the requirement that specifies the number of users of the virtual machine in the configuration file.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is to provide another graphical user interface that allows the request for the virtual machine instantiation to be submitted to the service portal.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the requirement comprises one of a software application and a hardware component.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is to establish a third communication session between a system establishing the first communication session and the technical support person.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the processor is to establish the third communication session in response to a selection of the assisted configuration mode.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the third communication session comprises an instant messaging session.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the third communication session comprises one of a video conference session or a voice-over-Internet protocol session.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is to provide remote access to the virtual machine, wherein the remote access is one of a login via a virtual private network or a universal resource locater to a secure web-site.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the service portal is to provide a copy of the virtual machine.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed, cause a processor to:

establish a first communication session with a service portal accessible over a network adapter, to configure a virtual machine instantiation;

receive, via the first communication session at the service portal and in relation to the virtual machine instantiation, an indication of a selection between an auto configuration mode to indicate a prompt for a requirement associated with the virtual machine instantiation and an assisted configuration mode to indicate that a technical support person is to provide the requirement associated with the virtual machine instantiation;

receive the requirement, at the service portal, for the virtual machine instantiation, wherein the requirement specifies a number of users of a virtual machine corresponding to the virtual machine instantiation and is received via the first communication session in response to a selection of the auto configuration mode and wherein the requirement is received from the technical support person via a second communication session in response to a selection of the assisted configuration mode, wherein the second communication session is between the technical support person and the service portal;

generate a configuration file using;

the requirement received from the prompt via the first communication session and in view of a first graphical user interface when the auto configuration mode is selected; and

the requirement received from the technical support person via the second communication session and in view of a second graphical user interface when the assisted configuration mode is selected via the first communication session; and

instantiate, by the processor, a virtual machine in view of the requirement that specifies the number of users of the virtual machine in the configuration file.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the processor is further to provide another graphical user interface to allow the request for the computer system instantiation to be submitted to the service portal.

21. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the requirement comprises one of a software application or a hardware component.