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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019324820-A1
Application number	US-201816047869-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 27, 2018
Priority date	Apr 20, 2018
Publication date	Oct 24, 2019
Grant date	—

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; and
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.

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 , further including 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 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 firmware handler is to decompose the first virtualized server when the first virtualized server cannot be upgraded.

6 . 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.

7 . The apparatus of claim 6 , 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.

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; 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 further including instructions which, 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 , further including instructions which, 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 , further including instructions which, when executed, cause the machine to at least:
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 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 , further including instructions which, when executed, cause the machine to at least decompose the first virtualized server when the first virtualized server cannot be upgraded.

13 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the workload is a first workload, and further including instructions which, 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.

14 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the third virtualized server has the first firmware version, and further including instructions which, 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.

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; 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:
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; and 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 , further including decomposing the first virtualized server when the first virtualized server cannot be upgraded.

20 . 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.

21 . The method of claim 20 , wherein the third virtua

Assignees

• Vmware Inc

Inventors

• Krishnan Santhana
• Sridhar Thayumanavan
• Seshadri Chitrank

Classifications

• G06F2209/5022

  Workload threshold · CPC title

• G06F9/5088

  involving task migration · CPC title

• G06F9/45558 Primary

  Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects · CPC title

• G06F8/65

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

• G06F2009/45562

  Creating, deleting, cloning virtual machine instances · CPC title