Methods and apparatus to generate and manage workload domains in virtual server racks

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018343170-A1
Application number	US-201715655678-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 20, 2017
Priority date	May 23, 2017
Publication date	Nov 29, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a requirement translator to map a requirement to a hardware resource to execute an application in a workload domain, a cost calculator to calculate a cost for the hardware resource based on a demand for the hardware resource, an option generator to determine whether the cost exceeds a cost budget, and a resource allocator to add the hardware resource to the workload domain when the cost does not exceed the cost budget.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An apparatus comprising:
a requirement translator to map a requirement to a hardware resource to execute an application in a workload domain; a cost calculator to calculate a cost for the hardware resource based on a demand for the hardware resource; an option generator to determine whether the cost exceeds a cost budget; and a resource allocator to add the hardware resource to the workload domain when the cost does not exceed the cost budget.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein calculating the cost includes adjusting a weight factor for a hardware resource type of the hardware resource based on an availability of the hardware resource type.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the demand for the hardware resource includes calculating an availability metric corresponding to a pool of hardware resources.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein adding the hardware resource to the workload domain is done after the workload domain has been deployed.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further including a user interface to prompt a user to adjust the requirement when the option generator is unable to determine one or more options for the hardware resource without exceeding the cost budget.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further including an option ranker to:
rank one or more options generated by the option generator based on the cost budget; and select the hardware resource to be added to the workload domain based on the hardware resource being included in a highest ranked one of the options.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the requirement translator is to map the requirement via an automated execution.

8 . A method comprising:
mapping a requirement to a first hardware resource to execute an application in a workload domain; calculating a cost for the first hardware resource based on a demand for the first hardware resource; determining whether the cost exceeds a cost budget; and adding the first hardware resource to the workload domain when the cost does not exceed the cost budget.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein calculating the cost includes adjusting a weight factor for a hardware resource type of the first hardware resource based on an availability of the hardware resource type.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the demand for the first hardware resource is based on an availability metric corresponding to a pool of hardware resources.

11 . The method of claim 8 , wherein adding the first hardware resource to the workload domain is done after the workload domain has been deployed.

12 . The method of claim 8 , further including prompting a user to adjust the requirement when the cost exceeds the cost budget.

13 . The method of claim 8 , further including:
ranking one or more generated options based on the cost budget; and selecting the hardware resource to be added to the workload domain based on the hardware resource being included in a highest ranked one of the options.

14 . The method of claim 8 , further including replacing the first hardware resource with a second hardware resource of the same hardware resource type when the first hardware resource is determined to be non-responsive.

15 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the mapping is completed via an automated execution.

16 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
map a requirement to a first hardware resource to execute an application in a workload domain; calculate a cost for the first hardware resource based on a demand for the first hardware resource; determine whether the cost exceeds a cost budget; and add the first hardware resource to the workload domain when the cost does not exceed the cost budget.

17 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein calculating the cost includes adjusting a weight factor for a hardware resource type of the first hardware resource based on an availability of the hardware resource type.

18 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the demand for the first hardware resource is based on an availability metric corresponding to a pool of hardware resources.

19 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein adding the first hardware resource to the workload domain is done after the workload domain has been deployed.

20 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , further including instructions which, when executed, cause the machine to at least prompt a user to adjust the requirement when the cost exceeds the cost budget.

21 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , further including instructions which, when executed, cause the machine to at least:
rank one or more generated options based on a cost budget; and select the hardware resource to be added to the workload domain based on the hardware resource being included in a highest ranked one of the options.

22 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , further including instructions which, when executed, cause the machine to at least replace the first hardware resource with a second hardware resource of the same hardware resource type when the first hardware resource is determined to be non-responsive.

23 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the mapping is completed via an automated execution.

Assignees

• Vmware Inc

Inventors

• Sridhar Thayumanavan
• Yavatkar Raj
• Seshadri Chitrank

Classifications

• H04L41/5096

  wherein the managed service relates to distributed or central networked applications · CPC title

• H04L43/0805

  by checking availability · CPC title

• H04L41/24

  using dedicated network management hardware · CPC title

• H04L41/0668

  by dynamic selection of recovery network elements, e.g. replacement by the most appropriate element after failure · CPC title

• H04L43/0817

  by checking functioning · CPC title