System and method for resizing a virtual desktop infrastructure using virtual desktop infrastructure monitoring tools

• US 9,804,881 B2
• Filed: 02/05/2016
• Issued: 10/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Alessio, Ed, Kelly, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Qing
• Application Number:
  US15/017,164
• Publication Number:
  US 20160154670A1
• Time in Patent Office: 634 Days
• Field of Search: 718 1
• 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 9/455 Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45533 Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors
• 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 9/5077 Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455

Abstract

A method includes launching a virtual machine based upon an image on a virtualization host, associating the virtual machine with a user, monitoring a metric of the virtual machine that measures usage of a resource of the virtual machine, determining that the metric has exceeded a threshold more than an allowable number of times in a time period, determining an additional amount of the resource to increase in the virtual machine, updating the image to include the additional amount of the resource, launching a second virtual machine based upon the updated image, and associating the second virtual machine with the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

associating, by a virtualization host of a virtual desktop system, a first virtual machine on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system with a first user of the virtual desktop system, and a second virtual machine on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system with a second user of the virtual desktop system, wherein both the first and second virtual machines are based upon a first image;

determining, by a virtual desktop management system of the virtual desktop system, that a first metric of both the first and second virtual machines has exceeded a first threshold more than a first allowable number of times on both the first and second virtual machines, wherein the first metric of both the first and second virtual machines is a measurement of usage of the first resource on both the first and second virtual machines;

determining, by the virtual desktop management system of the virtual desktop system, a first additional amount of a first resource to increase on both the first and second virtual machines in response to determining that the first metric of both the first and second virtual machines has exceeded the first threshold more than the first allowable number of times on both the first and second virtual machines;

updating, by the virtual desktop management system of the virtual desktop system, the first image into a second image, wherein the second image includes the first additional amount of the first resource on both the first and second virtual machines;

launching, on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system, a third virtual machine and a fourth virtual machine based upon the second image; and

associating, by the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system, the third virtual machine with the first user of the virtual desktop system and the fourth virtual machine with the second user of the virtual desktop system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the first additional amount of the first resource to increase on both the first and second virtual machines is in further response to determining that the first metric of both the first and second virtual machines has exceeded the first threshold more than the first allowable number of times on both the first and second virtual machines in a first time period on both the first and second virtual machines.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the virtual desktop management system of the virtual desktop system, a second additional amount of a second resource to increase on the first virtual machine in response to determining that a second metric of the first virtual machine has exceeded a second threshold more than a second allowable number of times on the first virtual machine, wherein the second metric of the first virtual machine is a measurement of usage of the second resource on the first virtual machine;

updating, by the virtual desktop management system of the virtual desktop system, the first image into a third image, wherein the third image includes the second additional amount of the second resource on the first virtual machine;

launching, on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system, a fifth virtual machine based upon the third image; and

associating, by the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system, the fifth virtual machine with the first user of the virtual desktop system.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein determining the second additional amount of the second resource to increase on the first virtual machine is in further response to determining that the second metric of the first virtual machine has exceeded the second threshold more than the second allowable number of times on the first virtual machine in a first time period on the first virtual machine.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first metric of both the first and second virtual machines is associated with an issue received by a support team of the virtual desktop system from the first and second users.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the virtual desktop management system of the virtual desktop system, a second additional amount of a second resource to increase on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system in response to determining that a second metric of the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system has exceeded a second threshold more than a second allowable number of times on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system, wherein the second metric of the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system is a measurement of usage of the second resource on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system; and

upgrading, by the virtual desktop management system of the virtual desktop system, the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system to include the second additional amount of the second resource on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein determining the second additional amount of the second resource to increase on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system is in further response to determining that the second metric of the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system has exceeded the second threshold more than the second allowable number of times on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system in a first time period on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the second resource on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system comprises a processor of the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for performing a method, the method comprising:

associating, by a virtualization host of a virtual desktop system, a first virtual machine on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system with a first user of the virtual desktop system, and a second virtual machine on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system with a second user of the virtual desktop system, wherein both the first and second virtual machines are based upon a first image;

determining, by a virtual desktop management system of the virtual desktop system, that a first metric of both the first and second virtual machines has exceeded a first threshold more than a first allowable number of times on both the first and second virtual machines, wherein the first metric of both the first and second virtual machines is a measurement of usage of the first resource on both the first and second virtual machines;

determining, by the virtual desktop management system of the virtual desktop system, a first additional amount of a first resource to increase on both the first and second virtual machines in response to determining that the first metric of both the first and second virtual machines has exceeded the first threshold more than the first allowable number of times on both the first and second virtual machines;

updating, by the virtual desktop management system of the virtual desktop system, the first image into a second image, wherein the second image includes the first additional amount of the first resource on both the first and second virtual machines;

launching, on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system, a third virtual machine and a fourth virtual machine based upon the second image; and

associating, by the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system, the third virtual machine with the first user of the virtual desktop system and the fourth virtual machine with the second user of the virtual desktop system.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein determining the first additional amount of the first resource to increase on both the first and second virtual machines is in further response to determining that the first metric of both the first and second virtual machines has exceeded the first threshold more than the first allowable number of times on both the first and second virtual machines in a first time period on both the first and second virtual machines.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, the method further comprising:

determining, by the virtual desktop management system of the virtual desktop system, a second additional amount of a second resource to increase on the first virtual machine in response to determining that a second metric of the first virtual machine has exceeded a second threshold more than a second allowable number of times on the first virtual machine, wherein the second metric of the first virtual machine is a measurement of usage of the second resource on the first virtual machine;

updating, by the virtual desktop management system of the virtual desktop system, the first image into a third image, wherein the third image includes the second additional amount of the second resource on the first virtual machine;

launching, on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system, a fifth virtual machine based upon the third image; and

associating, by the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system, the fifth virtual machine with the first user of the virtual desktop system.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein determining the second additional amount of the second resource to increase on the first virtual machine is in further response to determining that the second metric of the first virtual machine has exceeded the second threshold more than the second allowable number of times on the first virtual machine in a first time period on the first virtual machine.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the first metric of both the first and second virtual machines is associated with an issue received by a support team of the virtual desktop system from the first and second users.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, the method further comprising:

determining, by the virtual desktop management system of the virtual desktop system, a second additional amount of a second resource to increase on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system in response to determining that a second metric of the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system has exceeded a second threshold more than a second allowable number of times on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system, wherein the second metric of the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system is a measurement of usage of the second resource on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system; and

upgrading, by the virtual desktop management system of the virtual desktop system, the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system to include the second additional amount of the second resource on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein determining the second additional amount of the second resource to increase on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system is in further response to determining that the second metric of the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system has exceeded the second threshold more than the second allowable number of times on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system in a first time period on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the second resource on the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system comprises a processor of the virtualization host of the virtual desktop system.

17. A virtual desktop system comprising:

a virtualization host, comprising a processor and a memory, that;

associates a first virtual machine on the virtualization host with a first user of the virtual desktop system; and

associates a second virtual machine on the virtualization host with a second user of the virtual desktop system, wherein both the first and second virtual machines are based upon a first image; and

a virtual desktop management system, comprising a processor and a memory, that;

determines that a first metric of both the first and second virtual machines has exceeded a first threshold more than a first allowable number of times on both the first and second virtual machines, wherein the first metric of both the first and second virtual machines is a measurement of usage of the first resource on both the first and second virtual machines;

determines a first additional amount of a first resource to increase on both the first and second virtual machines in response to determining that the first metric of both the first and second virtual machines has exceeded the first threshold more than the first allowable number of times on both the first and second virtual machines; and

updates the first image into a second image, wherein the second image includes the first additional amount of the first resource on both the first and second virtual machines;

the virtualization host further;

launches a third virtual machine and a fourth virtual machine based upon the second image; and

associates the third virtual machine with the first user of the virtual desktop system and the fourth virtual machine with the second user of the virtual desktop system.

18. The virtual desktop system of claim 17, wherein:

the virtual desktop management system further;

determines a second additional amount of a second resource to increase on the first virtual machine in response to determining that a second metric of the first virtual machine has exceeded a second threshold more than a second allowable number of times on the first virtual machine, wherein the second metric of the first virtual machine is a measurement of usage of the second resource on the first virtual machine; and

updates the first image into a third image, wherein the third image includes the second additional amount of the second resource on the first virtual machine; and

the virtualization host further;

launches a fifth virtual machine based upon the third image; and

associates the fifth virtual machine with the first user of the virtual desktop system.

19. The virtual desktop system of claim 17, wherein:

the virtual desktop management system further;

determines a second additional amount of a second resource to increase on the virtualization host in response to determining that a second metric of the virtualization host has exceeded a second threshold more than a second allowable number of times on the virtualization host, wherein the second metric of the virtualization host is a measurement of usage of the second resource on the virtualization host; and

upgrades the virtualization host to include the second additional amount of the second resource on the virtualization host.

20. The virtual desktop system of claim 17, wherein determining the second additional amount of the second resource to increase on the virtualization host is in further response to determining that the second metric of the virtualization host has exceeded the second threshold more than the second allowable number of times on the virtualization host in a first time period on the virtualization host.