Methods and apparatus to improve workload domain management in virtualized server systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10831555-B2
Application number	US-201816047869-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 27, 2018
Priority date	Apr 20, 2018
Publication date	Nov 10, 2020
Grant date	Nov 10, 2020

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to improve workload domain management of virtualized server systems. An example apparatus includes a resource status analyzer to determine a health status of a first virtualized server of a workload domain, compare the health status to a decomposition threshold based on a policy, and transfer a workload of the first virtualized server to a second virtualized server of the workload domain when the health status satisfies the decomposition threshold. The example apparatus further includes a resource deallocator to deallocate the first virtualized server from the workload domain to a pool of virtualized servers to execute the workload using the second virtualized server.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a resource status analyzer to:
determine a health status of a first virtualized server of a workload domain;
compare the health status to a decomposition threshold based on a policy; and
transfer a workload of the first virtualized server to a second virtualized server of the workload domain when the health status satisfies the decomposition threshold;

a resource deallocator to deallocate the first virtualized server from the workload domain to a pool of virtualized servers to execute the workload using the second virtualized server; and
a firmware handler to:
identify a first firmware version of the first virtualized server;
determine whether the first virtualized server can be upgraded based on the first firmware version; and
decompose the first virtualized server when the first virtualized server cannot be upgraded.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the health status is a first health status and the workload domain is a first workload domain, the resource status analyzer to determine a second health status of a third virtualized server of a second workload domain, and further including a resource allocator to allocate the first virtualized server to the second workload domain when the second health status satisfies to a threshold.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , further including a resource pool handler to decompose the first virtualized server when the second health status does not satisfy the threshold.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the firmware handler is to
upgrade the first virtualized server from the first firmware version to a second firmware version when the first virtualized server is determined to be upgradeable.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the workload is a first workload, and further including:
a resource allocator to allocate the first virtualized server to the workload domain, the resource status analyzer to transfer a second workload from a third virtualized server to the first virtualized server, and the resource deallocator to deallocate the third virtualized server to the pool.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the third virtualized server has the first firmware version, and the firmware handler is to:
determine whether the third virtualized server can be upgraded; and
upgrade the third virtualized server from the first firmware version to the second firmware version when the third virtualized server is determined to be upgradeable.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the firmware handler is to decompose the third virtualized server when the third virtualized server cannot be upgraded.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
determine a health status of a first virtualized server of a workload domain;
compare the health status to a decomposition threshold based on a policy;
transfer a workload of the first virtualized server to a second virtualized server of the workload domain when the health status satisfies the decomposition threshold;
deallocate the first virtualized server from the workload domain to a pool of virtualized servers;
identify a first firmware version of the first virtualized server;
determine whether the first virtualized server can be upgraded based on the first firmware version;
decompose the first virtualized server when the first virtualized server cannot be upgraded; and
execute the workload using the second virtualized server.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the health status is a first health status and the workload domain is a first workload domain, and the instructions, when executed, cause the machine to at least:
determine a second health status of a third virtualized server of a second workload domain; and
allocate the first virtualized server to the second workload domain when the second health status satisfies to a threshold.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the machine to at least decompose the first virtualized server when the second health status does not satisfy the threshold.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the machine to at least:
upgrade the first virtualized server from the first firmware version to a second firmware version when the first virtualized server is determined to be upgradeable.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the workload is a first workload, and the instructions, when executed, cause the machine to at least:
allocate the first virtualized server to the workload domain;
transfer a second workload from a third virtualized server to the first virtualized server; and
deallocate the third virtualized server to the pool.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the third virtualized server has the first firmware version, and further including the instructions, when executed, cause the machine to at least:
determine whether the third virtualized server can be upgraded; and
upgrade the third virtualized server from the first firmware version to the second firmware version when the third virtualized server is determined to be upgradeable.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the machine to at least decompose the third virtualized server when the first virtualized server cannot be upgraded.

15. A method, comprising:
determining a health status of a first virtualized server of a workload domain;
comparing the health status to a decomposition threshold based on a policy;
transferring a workload of the first virtualized server to a second virtualized server of the workload domain when the health status satisfies the decomposition threshold;
deallocating the first virtualized server from the workload domain to a pool of virtualized servers;
identifying a first firmware version of the first virtualized server;
determining whether the first virtualized server can be upgraded based on the first firmware version;
decomposing the first virtualized server when the first virtualized server cannot be upgraded; and
executing the workload using the second virtualized server.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the health status is a first health status and the workload domain is a first workload domain, and further including:
determining a second health status of a third virtualized server of a second workload domain; and
allocating the first virtualized server to the second workload domain when the second health status satisfies to a threshold.

17. The method of claim 16 , further including decomposing the first virtualized server when the second health status does not satisfy the threshold.

18. The method of claim 15 , further including:
upgrading the first virtualized server from the first firmware version to a second firmware version when the first virtualized server is determined to be upgradeable.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the workload is a first workload, and further including:
allocating the first virtualized server to the workload domain;
transferring a second workload from a third virtualized server to the first virtualized server; and
deallocating the third virtualized server to the pool.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the third virtualized

Assignees

• Vmware Inc

Inventors

• Krishnan Santhana
• Sridhar Thayumanavan
• Seshadri Chitrank

Classifications

• G06F9/5022

  Mechanisms to release resources · CPC title

• G06F8/65

  Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) · CPC title

• G06F2209/503

  Resource availability · CPC title

• G06F9/505

  considering the load · CPC title

• G06F9/45558 Primary

  Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects · CPC title