Administering virtual machines in a distributed computing environment
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1. An apparatus for administering VMs in a distributed computing environment, the distributed computing environment comprising a plurality of hosts, one or more of the hosts executing a virtual machine monitor (‘
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), each VMM supporting execution of one or more VMs, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of;
assigning, by a VMM manager, the VMMs of the distributed computing environment to a logical tree topology, including assigning one of the VMMs as a root VMM of the tree topology, wherein assigning the VMMs of the distributed computing environment to a logical tree topology comprises assigning at least two VMMs as a parent-child pair based on a physical proximity of a network coupling between hosts executing the at least two VMMs; and
executing, in dependence upon an execution policy and responsive to an occurrence of one or more events specified in the execution policy, amongst the VMMs of the tree topology, a broadcast operation, including;
pausing, by the root VMM, execution of one or more VMs supported by the root VMM;
sending, by the root VMM, to other VMMs in the tree topology, a message indicating a pending transfer of the paused VMs; and
transferring the paused VMs from the root VMM to the other VMMs, wherein transferring the paused VMs from the root VMM to the other VMMs comprises transferring the paused VMs using multiple data communications messages sent between the VMMs of the tree topology;
wherein the execution policy specifies one or more actions to take upon the occurrence of the one or more events including duplicating all the one or more VMs of the root VMM on all the other VMMs if a workload executing within the one or more VMs of the root VMM has not completed within particular amount of time.
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In a distributed computing environment that includes hosts that execute a VMM, where each VMM supports execution of one or more VMs, administering VMs may include: assigning, by a VMM manager, the VMMs of the distributed computing environment to a logical tree topology, including assigning one of the VMMs as a root VMM of the tree topology; and executing, amongst the VMMs of the tree topology, a broadcast operation, including: pausing, by the root VMM, execution of one or more VMs supported by the root VMM; sending, by the root VMM, to other VMMs in the tree topology, a message indicating a pending transfer of the paused VMs; and transferring the paused VMs from the root VMM to the other VMMs.
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1. An apparatus for administering VMs in a distributed computing environment, the distributed computing environment comprising a plurality of hosts, one or more of the hosts executing a virtual machine monitor (‘
- VMM’
), each VMM supporting execution of one or more VMs, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of;assigning, by a VMM manager, the VMMs of the distributed computing environment to a logical tree topology, including assigning one of the VMMs as a root VMM of the tree topology, wherein assigning the VMMs of the distributed computing environment to a logical tree topology comprises assigning at least two VMMs as a parent-child pair based on a physical proximity of a network coupling between hosts executing the at least two VMMs; and executing, in dependence upon an execution policy and responsive to an occurrence of one or more events specified in the execution policy, amongst the VMMs of the tree topology, a broadcast operation, including; pausing, by the root VMM, execution of one or more VMs supported by the root VMM; sending, by the root VMM, to other VMMs in the tree topology, a message indicating a pending transfer of the paused VMs; and transferring the paused VMs from the root VMM to the other VMMs, wherein transferring the paused VMs from the root VMM to the other VMMs comprises transferring the paused VMs using multiple data communications messages sent between the VMMs of the tree topology; wherein the execution policy specifies one or more actions to take upon the occurrence of the one or more events including duplicating all the one or more VMs of the root VMM on all the other VMMs if a workload executing within the one or more VMs of the root VMM has not completed within particular amount of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12)
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9. A computer program product for administering VMs in a distributed computing environment, the distributed computing environment comprising a plurality of hosts, one or more of the hosts executing a virtual machine monitor (‘
- VMM’
), each VMM supporting execution of one or more VMs, the computer program product disposed upon a non-transitory computer readable medium the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of;assigning, by a VMM manager, the VMMs of the distributed computing environment to a logical tree topology, including assigning one of the VMMs as a root VMM of the tree topology, wherein assigning the VMMs of the distributed computing environment to a logical tree topology comprises assigning at least two VMMs as a parent-child pair based on a physical proximity of a network coupling between hosts executing the at least two VMMs; and executing, in dependence upon an execution policy and responsive to an occurrence of one or more events specified in the execution policy, amongst the VMMs of the tree topology, a broadcast operation, including; pausing, by the root VMM, execution of one or more VMs supported by the root VMM; sending, by the root VMM, to other VMMs in the tree topology, a message indicating a pending transfer of the paused VMs; and transferring the paused VMs from the root VMM to the other VMMs, wherein transferring the paused VMs from the root VMM to the other VMMs comprises transferring the paused VMs using multiple data communications messages sent between the VMMs of the tree topology; wherein the execution policy specifies one or more actions to take upon the occurrence of the one or more events including duplicating all the one or more VMs of the root VMM on all the other VMMs if a workload executing within the one or more VMs of the root VMM has not completed within particular amount of time. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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Current AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
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Original AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
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InventorsArcher, Charles J., Blocksome, Michael A., Carey, James E., Sanders, Philip J.
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Primary Examiner(s)Bates, Kevin
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Assistant Examiner(s)Huang, Chen-Liang
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Application NumberUS14/260,745Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,356 DaysField of Search709221US Class CurrentCPC Class CodesG06F 2009/45562 Creating, deleting, cloning...G06F 2009/4557 Distribution of virtual mac...G06F 2009/45575 Starting, stopping, suspend...G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific managem...G06F 9/5027 the resource being a machin...G06F 9/5077 Logical partitioning of res...H04L 67/10 in which an application is ...H04L 67/101 based on network conditionsH04L 67/1044 Group management mechanisms...
