Provisioning of resources

• US 9,628,402 B2
• Filed: 09/21/2012
• Issued: 04/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Alabiso, Francoise, Boehler, Olivier, Buzzetti, Michael C., De Gilio, Frank J., Llaurency, Sebastien
• Primary Examiner(s): Joshi, Suraj
• Assistant Examiner(s): Woldemariam, Ayele
• Application Number:
  US14/239,891
• Publication Number:
  US 20140215080A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,670 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/501 Performance criteria
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5014 Reservation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5027 the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5051 Service on demand, e.g. definition and deployment of services in real time
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5054 Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/722 at the destination endpoint, e.g. reservation of terminal resources or buffer space
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/83 based on usage prediction
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

Reservation of resources for a service includes receiving a request for resources for a project duration with a start time and an end time; determining if the requested resources are available for the project duration; determining a utilization level of one or more resource provisioning components during a provisioning time prior to the start time of the project; and determining if the one or more resource provisioning components have capacity to handle the provisioning of resources for the request prior to the start time of the project. The one or more resource provisioning components can be reserved for a provisioning time prior to the start time of the project.

Claims

1. A method for reservation of resources for a service, comprising:

receiving a request for resources for a project duration with a start time and an end time;

determining, using a processor, if the requested resources are available for the project duration;

determining a utilization level of one or more resource provisioning components during a provisioning time prior to the start time of the project;

determining if the one or more resource provisioning components have capacity to handle the provisioning of resources for the request prior to the start time of the project; and

reserving the one or more resource provisioning components for a provisioning time prior to the start time of the project, and

a reservation component booking the resources required for a specified duration of each project;

determining a utilization level of one or more resource provisioning components during a de-provisioning time after the end time of the project;

determining if the one or more resource provisioning components have capacity to handle the de-provisioning of resources for the request after the end time of the project;

and reserving the one or more resource provisioning components for a de-provisioning time after the end time of the project.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, if it is determined that a first resource provisioning component does not have the required capacity, the method includes:

determining a utilization level of a second resource provisioning components during a provisioning time prior to the start time of the project.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, including:

estimating a provisioning time needed for a resource provisioning component to provision the requested resources.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, including:

estimating a de-provisioning time needed for a resource provisioning component to de-provision the requested resources.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more resource provisioning components are managed through servers for provisioning resources in the form of virtual servers on client machines.

6. A system comprising:

a processor coupled to a memory and programmed to initiate executable operations for reservation of resources for a service, the executable operations comprising;

receiving a request for resources for a project duration with a start time and an end time;

determining if the requested resources are available for the project duration;

determining a utilization level of one or more resource provisioning components during a provisioning time prior to the start time of the project;

determining if the one or more resource provisioning components have capacity to handle the provisioning of resources for the request prior to the start time of the project; and

reserving the one or more resource provisioning components for a provisioning time prior to the start time of the project, and

a reservation component booking the resources required for a specified duration of each project;

determining a utilization level of one or more resource provisioning components during a de-provisioning time after the end time of the project;

determining if the one or more resource provisioning components have capacity to handle the de-provisioning of resources for the request after the end time of the project;

and reserving the one or more resource provisioning components for a de-provisioning time after the end time of the project.

7. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein, if it is determined that a first resource provisioning component does not have the required capacity, the processor is further programmed to initiate executable operations including:

determining a utilization level of a second resource provisioning components during a provisioning time prior to the start time of the project.

8. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the processor is further programmed to initiate executable operations including:

estimating a provisioning time needed for a resource provisioning component to provision the requested resources.

9. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the processor is further programmed to initiate executable operations including:

estimating a de-provisioning time needed for a resource provisioning component to de-provision the requested resources.

10. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the one or more resource provisioning components are managed through servers for provisioning resources in the form of virtual servers on client machines.

11. A computer program product for reservation of resources for a service, comprising

a computer readable storage device having program code stored thereon, the program code executable by a processor to perform:

receiving, a request for resources for a project duration with a start time and an end time;

determining, using the processor, if the requested resources are available for the project duration;

determining, a utilization level of one or more resource provisioning components during a provisioning time prior to the start time of the project;

determining if the one or more resource provisioning components have capacity to handle the provisioning of resources for the request prior to the start time of the project using the processor; and

reserving, the one or more resource provisioning components for a provisioning time prior to the start time of the project, wherein the computer readable storage device does not consist of a transitory, propagating signal;

a reservation component booking the resources required for a specified duration of each project;

determining a utilization level of one or more resource provisioning components during a de-provisioning time after the end time of the project;

determining if the one or more resource provisioning components have capacity to handle the de-provisioning of resources for the request after the end time of the project;

and reserving the one or more resource provisioning components for a de-provisioning time after the end time of the project.

12. The computer program product as claimed in claim 11, wherein the program code is further executable by the processor to perform:

determining a utilization level of one or more resource provisioning components during a de-provisioning time after the end time of the project;

determining if the one or more resource provisioning components have capacity to handle the de-provisioning of resources for the request after the end time of the project; and

reserving the one or more resource provisioning components for a de-provisioning time after the end time of the project.

13. The computer program product as claimed in claim 11, wherein, if it is determined that a first resource provisioning component does not have the required capacity, the program code is further executable by the processor to perform:

determining a utilization level of a second resource provisioning components during a provisioning time prior to the start time of the project.

14. The computer program product as claimed in claim 11, wherein the program code is further executable by the processor to perform:

estimating a provisioning time needed for a resource provisioning component to provision the requested resources.

15. The computer program product as claimed in claim 11, where in the program code is further executable by the processor to perform:

estimating a de-provisioning time needed for a resource provisioning component to de-provision the requested resources.

16. The computer program product as claimed in claim 11, wherein the one or more resource provisioning components are managed through servers for provisioning resources in the form of virtual servers on client machines.