Methods and apparatuses for remote application provisioning automation over virtualized IT infrastructure

• US 9,571,332 B2
• Filed: 03/11/2013
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ADARA Networks, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ADARA Networks, Inc.
• Inventors: Subramaniam, Karthikeyan
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Wing F
• Assistant Examiner(s): MANIWANG, JOSEPH R
• Application Number:
  US13/794,596
• Publication Number:
  US 20130275596A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,436 Days
• Field of Search: 709/226, 718/1
• 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 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/04 Network management architectures or arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for remote application provisioning over a virtual machine are described. A request to move an application from a source is received. In response to the request, a target virtual machine for the application is created. The application is moved to the target virtual machine. For an embodiment, the application image is moved and well defined automation is performed to launch the application. For an embodiment, the application is loaded over the template virtual machine, which is available in a target hypervisor.

Claims

1. A method to provide a remote application provisioning, comprising:

receiving a request to move an application from a source device to a target device over a network;

identifying an operating system image available on a target hypervisor on the target device based on the request;

creating a target virtual machine using the identified operating system image for the application; and

moving the application from the source device to the target virtual machine over the network.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising

determining if the operating system image is in a template virtual machine library on the target hypervisor;

and

moving the operating system image from the template virtual machine library to the target hypervisor, if the operating system image is in the template virtual machine library.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein creating the target virtual machine further comprises

configuring the target virtual machine;

and

launching the target virtual machine.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising

determining application prerequisites in an application prerequisites library to move onto the target virtual machine.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising

determining the application in an application library to move to the target virtual machine.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising

configuring the application for the target virtual machine.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the request comprises at least one of an application transport parameter, an application launch parameter;

an operating system parameter;

a networking parameter;

a security parameter, an infrastructure parameter;

a provisioning schedule data; and

application post-launch validation and notification parameters.

8. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium containing executable program instructions which when executed by a data processing system cause the system to provide an application provisioning over hypervisors, comprising:

receiving a request to move an application from a source device to a target device over a network;

identifying an operating system image available on a target hypervisor on the target device based on the request;

creating a target virtual machine using the identified operating system image for the application; and

moving the application from the source device to the target virtual machine over the network.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8, further comprising instructions that cause the system to perform operations comprising:

determining if the operating system image is in a template virtual machine library on the target hypervisor; and

moving the operating system image from the template virtual machine library to the target hypervisor, if the operating system image is in the template virtual machine library.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein creating the target virtual machine further comprises

configuring the target virtual machine;

and

launching the target virtual machine.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8, further comprising instructions to cause the data processing system to perform operations comprising determining application prerequisites in an application prerequisites library to move onto the target virtual machine.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8, further comprising

determining the application in an application library to move to the target virtual machine.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8, further comprising

configuring the application for the target virtual machine.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the request comprises at least one of an application transport parameter, an application launch parameter;

an operating system parameter;

a networking parameter;

a security parameter, an infrastructure parameter;

a provisioning schedule data; and

application post-launch validation and notification parameters.

15. A data processing system to provide an application provisioning over hypervisors, comprising:

a memory; and

an application virtualization manager unit comprising a processor coupled to the memory, the processor to receive a request to move an application from a source device to a target device over a network, the processor to identify an operating system image available on a target hypervisor on the target device based on the request;

the processor to create a target virtual machine using the identified operating system image for the application; and

the processor to move the application from the source to the target virtual machine over the network.

16. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the processor is to determine if the operating system image is a template virtual machine library on the target hypervisor;

and to move the operating system image from the template virtual machine library to the target hypervisor, if the operating system image is in the template virtual machine library.

17. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the processor is to configure the target virtual machine;

and to launch the target virtual machine.

18. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to identify application prerequisites in an application prerequisites library to move onto the target virtual machine.

19. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the processor is to identify the application in an application library to move to the target virtual machine.

20. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the processor is to configure the application for the target virtual machine.

21. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the request comprises at least one of an application transport parameter, an application launch parameter;

an operating system parameter;

a networking parameter;

a security parameter, an infrastructure parameter;

a provisioning schedule data; and

application post-launch validation and notification parameters.

22. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the application virtualization manager unit is configured to operate over a host operating system based hypervisor.

23. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the application virtualization manager unit is configured to operate on a guest virtual machine over a bare metal hypervisor.

24. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the application virtualization manager unit is configured to operate alongside of a hypervisor on a host operating system.

25. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the application virtualization manager unit is configured to operate directly on a hardware.

26. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the application virtualization manager unit is configured to operate as a part of a bare metal hypervisor.

27. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the application virtualization manager unit is configured to operate as a part of a host operating system based hypervisor.

28. The data processing system of claim 15, further comprising one or more management interfaces to connect to a user device.

29. The data processing system of claim 15, further comprising the application prerequisites library coupled to the memory.

30. The data processing system of claim 15, further comprising the application library coupled to the memory.

31. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the application virtualization manager unit is configured to operate in a centralized manner from a single device.

32. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the application virtualization manager unit is configured to operate in a distributed manner from a plurality of devices.