Event response for a shared pool of configurable computing resources which uses a set of dynamically-assigned resources

• US 9,619,293 B1
• Filed: 01/03/2016
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Cropper, Joseph W., Mulsow, Jennifer D., Peoples, Taylor D., Tenner, Jeffrey W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ho, Andy
• Application Number:
  US14/986,699
• Publication Number:
  US 20170116040A1
• Time in Patent Office: 464 Days
• Field of Search: 718 1, 719318
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/4557 Distribution of virtual machine instances; Migration and load balancing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45595 Network integration; Enabling network access in virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5077 Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5088 involving task migration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/821 Prioritising resource allocation or reservation requests

Abstract

Disclosed aspects manage a shared pool of configurable computing resources. A triggering event is detected. The triggering event may be related to a resource utilization on a host of the shared pool of configurable computing resources. Based on a set of profile data, it is determined to perform an event response. The event response includes initiating a resource action or initiating an asset action. The resource action may include distributing a set of dynamically-assigned resources. The asset action corresponds to a set of assets (e.g., migrating a set of virtual machines). To change the resource utilization on the host, the event response is performed.

Claims

1. A system for managing a shared pool of configurable computing resources, the system comprising:

a memory having a set of computer readable computer instructions, and

a processor for executing the set of computer readable instructions, the set of computer readable instructions including;

detecting a triggering event related to a resource utilization on a host of the shared pool of configurable computing resources;

determining, based on a set of profile data, to perform an event response which is selected from a group consisting of at least one of;

selecting, with respect to a temporal period during which to perform the event response, a resource action in response to the set of profile data indicating to avoid a first virtual machine migration during the temporal period,

selecting, with respect to the temporal period during which to perform the event response, an asset action in response to the set of profile data indicating to avoid use of a set of dynamically-assigned resources during the temporal period,

selecting, with respect to a workload of a virtual machine on the host, the asset action in response to both;

the set of profile data indicating to avoid a second virtual machine migration of the virtual machine from the host, and a determination that the resource action is impractical based on a group of factors,

selecting, with respect to both the set of dynamically-assigned resources and a donor host, the resource action in response to the set of profile data indicating an assigned resource value exceeds a target resource value for the donor host, and

selecting, with respect to the resource action and the asset action, the resource action in response to the set of profile data indicating an expected burden of executing the asset action exceeds an expected burden of executing the resource action; and

performing the event response to change the resource utilization on the host.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the triggering event includes the resource utilization exceeding a threshold resource utilization;

the host includes a set of assets;

the set of assets include a set of virtual machines;

an x86 processor is absent with respect to the set of dynamically-assigned resources; and

detecting, determining, and performing each occur in an automated fashion without user intervention.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the event response includes distributing the set of dynamically-assigned resources to the host.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the event response includes migrating a set of virtual machines from the host to a new host.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein determining, based on the set of profile data, to perform the event response includes:

computing whether to initiate the resource action or whether to initiate the asset action.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the set of profile data includes a selection from a group consisting of at least one of:

a temporal factor;

a physical location factor;

an unassigned resource availability factor;

an assigned resource availability factor;

a weighted resource availability factor;

an asset priority factor;

an expected performance factor;

a historical usage factor; and

a user-provided factor.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the set of profile data includes both:

a set of user input data, and

a set of computing environment data.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein determining, based on the set of profile data, to perform the event response includes:

selecting the resource action in response to the set of profile data indicating a first parameter value for a parameter, and

selecting the asset action in response to the set of profile data indicating a second parameter value for the parameter.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein determining, based on the set of profile data, to perform the event response includes:

selecting, with respect to the host, the resource action in response to the set of profile data indicating to avoid a third virtual machine migration from the host.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein determining, based on the set of profile data, to perform the event response includes:

selecting, with respect to a virtual machine on the host, the resource action in response to the set of profile data indicating to avoid a fourth virtual machine migration of the virtual machine from the host.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein determining, based on the set of profile data, to perform the event response includes:

selecting, with respect to the set of dynamically-assigned resources, the resource action in response to the set of profile data indicating an unassigned resource value exceeds a threshold unassigned resource value.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

metering use of the event response; and

generating an invoice based on the metered use.

13. A computer program product for managing a shared pool of configurable computing resources, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

detecting a triggering event related to a resource utilization on a host of the shared pool of configurable computing resources;

determining, based on a set of profile data, to perform an event response which is selected from a group consisting of at least one of;

selecting, with respect to a temporal period during which to perform the event response, a resource action in response to the set of profile data indicating to avoid a first virtual machine migration during the temporal period,

selecting, with respect to the temporal period during which to perform the event response, an asset action in response to the set of profile data indicating to avoid use of a set of dynamically-assigned resources during the temporal period,

selecting, with respect to a workload of a virtual machine on the host, the asset action in response to both;

the set of profile data indicating to avoid a second virtual machine migration of the virtual machine from the host, and a determination that the resource action is impractical based on a group of factors,

selecting, with respect to both the set of dynamically-assigned resources and a donor host, the resource action in response to the set of profile data indicating an assigned resource value exceeds a target resource value for the donor host, and

selecting, with respect to the resource action and the asset action, the resource action in response to the set of profile data indicating an expected burden of executing the asset action exceeds an expected burden of executing the resource action; and

performing the event response to change the resource utilization on the host.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein at least one of:

the program instructions are stored in the computer readable storage medium in a data processing system, and wherein the program instructions were downloaded over a network from a remote data processing system;

or

the program instructions are stored in the computer readable storage medium in a server data processing system, and wherein the program instructions are downloaded over a network to the remote data processing system for use in a second computer readable storage medium with the remote data processing system.

15. A system for managing a shared pool of configurable computing resources, the system comprising:

a memory having a set of computer readable computer instructions, and

a processor for executing the set of computer readable instructions, the set of computer readable instructions including;

detecting a triggering event related to a resource utilization on a host of the shared pool of configurable computing resources;

determining, based on a set of profile data, to perform an event response which includes;

selecting, with respect to a resource action and an asset action, the asset action in response to the set of profile data indicating an expected burden of executing the resource action exceeds an expected burden of executing the asset action; and

performing the event response to change the resource utilization on the host.