Managing a set of assets of a shared pool of configurable computing resources

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016373377-A1
Application number	US-201514752916-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 27, 2015
Priority date	Jun 22, 2015
Publication date	Dec 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed aspects manage a set of assets of a shared pool of configurable computing resources. A set of usage data is established by the shared pool of configurable computing resources. The set of usage data corresponds to usage of the set of assets by a set of users. The shared pool of configurable computing resources determines an asset load-order based on the set of usage data. An operation associated with the set of assets is performed by the shared pool of configurable computing resources. In response to performing the operation associated with the set of assets, the set of assets is loaded based on the asset load-order by the shared pool of configurable computing resources.

First claim

1 . A system for managing a set of assets of a shared pool of configurable computing resources, the system comprising:
a memory having a set of computer readable computer instructions, and a processor for executing the set of computer readable instructions, the set of computer readable instructions including: establishing, by the shared pool of configurable computing resources, a set of usage data which corresponds to usage of the set of assets by a set of users; generating, using a machine learning technique, a user-pattern which is based on the set of usage data and configured to predict future asset allocation; determining, by the shared pool of configurable computing resources, an asset load-order based on the set of usage data and the user-pattern; performing, by the shared pool of configurable computing resources, an operation associated with the set of assets, wherein the operation includes a migration operation:
copying, from a first location to a second location, a particular asset of the set of assets, and
removing, from the first location, the particular asset of the set of assets; and
loading, by the shared pool of configurable computing resources in response to performing the operation associated with the set of assets, the set of assets based on the asset load-order.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the set of assets includes a virtual machine.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the set of assets includes a plurality of virtual machines which cooperate to provide a computing capability.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the operation includes a capture operation, the capture operation including:
capturing both a first state of a first asset of the set of assets and a second state of a second asset of the set of assets; executing a first process on the first asset; suspending a second process on the second asset, wherein the second process is dependent on the first process; and executing, in response to the first process achieving an execution threshold, the second process.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the operation includes a deploy operation, the deploy operation including:
creating a virtual machine; utilizing an immediacy factor to determine the asset load-order; and initiating deployment of the virtual machine.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the operation includes:
detecting a triggering event associated with the set of assets.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the operation includes a resize operation which changes a capacity of a virtual machine.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the operation includes a recovery operation, the recovery operation including:
generating a backup version of a particular asset of the set of assets; and launching, in response to a triggering event associated with the set of assets, the backup version of the particular asset.

9 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
collecting a set of profile information, wherein the set of profile information is selected from a group consisting of at least one of: an application log, a user history, usage of a virtual machine, an application dependency relationship, or a system dependency relationship; and analyzing, to determine the asset load-order, the set of profile information.

10 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a status of the set of users; determining, using the status of the set of users and the set of usage data, the asset load-order.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein determining, using the status of the set of users, the asset load-order includes predicting a status change with respect to one or more users of the set of users.

12 . (canceled)

13 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the asset load-order has a dependency relationship factor, a temporal period factor, and a user-indicated factor.

14 . The system of claim 1 , wherein loading the set of assets based on the asset load-order includes:
loading a proxy asset which loads a specific asset in response to a request for the specific asset.

15 . The system of claim 1 , wherein determining the asset load-order based on the set of usage data includes:
determining an asset demand score for the set of assets; determining an asset value weight for the set of assets; and determining, based on both the asset demand score and the asset value weight, the asset load-order.

16 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
metering use of the asset load-order; and generating an invoice based on the metered use.

17 . A computer program product for managing a set of assets of a shared pool of configurable computing resources, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
establishing, by the shared pool of configurable computing resources, a set of usage data which corresponds to usage of the set of assets by a set of users; generating, using a machine learning technique, a user-pattern which is based on the set of usage data and configured to predict future asset allocation; determining, by the shared pool of configurable computing resources, an asset load-order based on the set of usage data and the user-pattern; performing, by the shared pool of configurable computing resources, an operation associated with the set of assets, wherein the operation includes a migration operation:
copying, from a first location to a second location, a particular asset of the set of assets, and
removing, from the first location, the particular asset of the set of assets; and
loading, by the shared pool of configurable computing resources in response to performing the operation associated with the set of assets, the set of assets based on the asset load-order.

18 . The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the program instructions are stored in a computer readable storage medium in a data processing system, and wherein the program instructions were downloaded over a network from a remote data processing system.

19 . The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the program instructions are stored in a computer readable storage medium in a server data processing system, and wherein the program instructions are downloaded over a network to a remote data processing system for use in a computer readable storage medium with the remote data processing system.

20 . The system of claim 1 , wherein loading the set of assets based on the asset load-order includes:
waiting for completion of a previously-scheduled load of a specific asset.

21 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the user-pattern includes a compilation of user inputs.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Cao Bin
• Carey James E
• Manning Bradley L

Classifications

• G06F9/45533 Primary

  Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors · CPC title

• G06F9/45558

  Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects · CPC title

• G06F2009/45562

  Creating, deleting, cloning virtual machine instances · CPC title

• H04L47/822 Primary

  Collecting or measuring resource availability data · CPC title

• H04L47/821

  Prioritising resource allocation or reservation requests · CPC title