Multitenant access to multiple desktops on host machine partitions in a service provider network

• US 10,698,739 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2016
• Issued: 06/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: VMware, Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: VMware, Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ringdahl, Kenneth, Davies, Charles, Biryukov, Andre
• Primary Examiner(s): Chau, Peter P
• Application Number:
  US15/269,691
• Publication Number:
  US 20170010921A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,380 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/504 Resource capping
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45537 Provision of facilities of other operating environments, e.g. WINE I/O emulation G06F13/105
• 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: H04L 12/4641 Virtual LANs, VLANs, e.g. virtual private networks [VPN] LAN interconnection over a bridge based backbone H04L12/462; encapsulation techniques H04L12/4633; routing of packets H04L45/00; packet switches H04L49/00; virtual private networks for security H04L63/0272
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/54 Organization of routing tables
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/586 of virtual routers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 49/70 Virtual switches
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

Routers and host machines can host desktops for two or more enterprises. A virtual local area network is established for each enterprise. Each virtual local area network is connected to a plurality of host machines for the enterprise, with each host machine supporting desktops for use by the enterprise. The desktops access computer resources on the enterprise network of the enterprise to which it is connected. Resources within a host machine are shared by having a virtual switch for each enterprise the host machine supports. The virtual switch for an enterprise is connected to the virtual local area network of the enterprise. Desktops in the host machine that are allocated to the enterprise are given network addresses that include the tag for that enterprise. Virtual desktops for different enterprises can be hosted on different partitions of the same host machine.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a plurality of host machines, each host machine being configured to host a plurality of virtual desktops,

the plurality of host machines including a first host machine, wherein the first host machine is partitioned to host a first group of virtual desktops allocated to a first enterprise and accessible by one or more computers associated with the first enterprise and a second group of virtual desktops allocated to a second enterprise and accessible by one or more computers associated with the second enterprise, the first host machine further comprising a first virtual switch coupled to a first virtual local area network (VLAN) for the first enterprise and a second virtual switch coupled to a second VLAN for the second enterprise, and wherein the first group of virtual desktops of the first enterprise hosted on the first host machine are assigned network addresses associated with the first virtual switch and the second group of virtual desktops of the second enterprise hosted on the first host machine are assigned network addresses associated with the second virtual switch such that communication packets from the first VLAN of the first enterprise to the first group of virtual desktops are isolated from communication packets from the second VLAN of the second enterprise and the second group of virtual desktops, and

wherein physical resources of the first host machine associated with the first group of virtual desktops are separate from physical resources of the first host machine that are associated with the second group of virtual desktops such that performance of the first group of virtual desktops of the first host machine and allocated to the first enterprise is not affected by resource usage by the second group of virtual desktops that share the first host machine and are allocated to the second enterprise.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more switches configured to route packets received from respective enterprise computers to corresponding virtual desktops, wherein a first switch includes a first virtual switch associated with the first enterprise and a second virtual switch associated with the second enterprise.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more routers, wherein each router couples two or more enterprise networks and wherein each router includes a corresponding virtual router for each enterprise.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein each virtual router includes a distinct routing table for each enterprise.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein each virtual router is configured to route traffic between virtual desktops allocated to a particular enterprise and computer resources on one or more computers associated with the particular enterprise.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a resource manager operating on a computer and configured to manage allocation of host machines to enterprises and virtual desktops to enterprises.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein allocating at least a portion of a host machine to a particular enterprise includes retrieving available host machines and determining a number of virtual desktops each available host machine can support.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein separating physical resources for virtual desktops associated with each enterprise includes allocating particular shares of CPU resources to each virtual desktop and adjusting shares of CPU resources based on monitored resource usage by each virtual desktop.

9. A method comprising:

allocating a first plurality of virtual desktops of a host machine to a first enterprise, wherein the host machine is partitioned to include a second plurality of virtual desktops associated with a second enterprise, the allocating including;

determining that the host machine has available resource to support the first plurality of virtual desktops;

allocating physical resources of the host machine to the first plurality of virtual desktops, wherein allocating physical resources of the host machine includes allocating distinct physical CPUs of the host machine to the first plurality of virtual desktops associated with the first enterprise that are different from physical CPUs of the host machine allocated to the second plurality of virtual desktops associated with the second enterprise such that performance of the second plurality of virtual desktops of the second enterprise is not affected by resource usage of the first plurality virtual desktops; and

associating each of the first plurality of virtual desktops with the first enterprise using a first virtual switch of the host machine including assigning each of the first plurality of virtual desktops network addresses associated with the first virtual switch and associating each of the second plurality of virtual desktops with the second enterprise using a second virtual switch of the host machine including assigning each of the second plurality of virtual desktops network addresses associated with the second virtual switch such that communication packets from the first enterprise to the first group of virtual desktops are isolated from communication packets from the second enterprise and the second group of virtual desktops.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the allocating the first plurality of virtual desktops further includes:

associating the first plurality of virtual desktops with one or more virtual switches configured to route packets between respective computers of the first enterprise and the first plurality of virtual desktops.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein determining that the host machine has available resource to support the first plurality of virtual desktops comprises retrieving a list of available host machines and determining a number of virtual desktops that can be supported by each host machine until enough host capacity has been identified.

12. The method of claim 9, comprising managing allocation of host machines to enterprises and virtual desktops to enterprises.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the first enterprise is associated with a desktop model quota, wherein the desktop model quota includes information associated with resources allocated to the first enterprise.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the desktop model quota is associated with an organization identifier of the first enterprise and a virtual local network identifier of the first enterprise so that the combination of the organization identifier, virtual local area network identifier, and host machine identifiers relate resources for the first enterprise.

15. The method of claim 14, comprising maintaining a mapping in memory of the organization identifier, virtual local area network identifier, and allocated resources from one or more host machines.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein each virtual desktop allocated to the first enterprise on the host machine is tagged with the virtual local network identifier for the first enterprise.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer program instructions that when executed by one or more processors are configured to perform operations comprising:

allocating a first plurality of virtual desktops of a host machine to a first enterprise, wherein the host machine is partitioned to include a second plurality of virtual desktops associated with a second enterprise, the allocating including;

determining that the host machine has available resource to support the first plurality of virtual desktops;

allocating physical resources of the host machine to the first plurality of virtual desktops, wherein allocating physical resources of the host machine includes allocating distinct physical CPUs of the host machine to the first plurality of virtual desktops associated with the first enterprise that are different from physical CPUs of the host machine allocated to the second plurality of virtual desktops associated with the second enterprise such that performance of the second plurality of virtual desktops of the second enterprise is not affected by resource usage of the first plurality virtual desktops; and

associating each of the first plurality of virtual desktops with the first enterprise using a first virtual switch of the host machine including assigning each of the first plurality of virtual desktops network addresses associated with the first virtual switch and associating each of the second plurality of virtual desktops with the second enterprise using a second virtual switch of the host machine including assigning each of the second plurality of virtual desktops network addresses associated with the second virtual switch such that communication packets from the first enterprise to the first group of virtual desktops are isolated from communication packets from the second enterprise and the second group of virtual desktops.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the allocating the first plurality of virtual desktops further includes:

associating the first plurality of virtual desktops with one or more virtual switches configured to route packets between respective computers of the first enterprise and the first plurality of virtual desktops.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein determining that the host machine has available resource to support the first plurality of virtual desktops comprises retrieving a list of available host machines and determining a number of virtual desktops that can be supported by each host machine until enough host capacity has been identified.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions when executed are further configured to perform operations comprising managing allocation of host machines to enterprises and virtual desktops to enterprises.