Pattern-based artificial intelligence planner for computer environment migration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020264919-A1
Application number	US-201916276774-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 15, 2019
Priority date	Feb 15, 2019
Publication date	Aug 20, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

An aspect of the invention includes a method for receiving, using a processor, a request to generate a migration plan for migrating an application from a source environment to a target environment. The request includes configuration parameters of the application. A set of possible actions that can be performed to migrate the application from the source environment to a target environment are identified, using the processor, based at least in part on the configuration parameters of the application. The migration plan is generated, using the processor, based at least in part on the request and the identified set of possible actions. The migration plan specifies a subset of the set of possible actions. The generating of the migration plan includes executing an artificial intelligence (AI) engine to identify patterns in the identified set of possible actions. The migration plan is output.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, using a processor, a request to generate a migration plan for migrating an application from a source environment to a target environment, the request comprising configuration parameters of the application; identifying, using the processor, based at least in part on the configuration parameters of the application, a set of possible actions that can be performed to migrate the application from the source environment to the target environment; generating, using the processor, the migration plan based at least in part on the request and the identified set of possible actions, the migration plan specifying a subset of the set of possible actions, the generating including executing an artificial intelligence (AI) engine to identify patterns in the identified set of possible actions; and outputting the migration plan.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving user input and updating the migration plan based at least in part on the user input.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the generating the AI engine includes an AI planner.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the source environment and the configuration parameters of the application are input to the AI planner as a problem file and the identified set of possible actions are input to the AI planner as a domain file.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the target environment comprises a cloud environment.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying comprises accessing a database of actions and selecting the set of possible actions from the database.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein the database is updated based on one or both of user input and actions performed in previous migrations.

8 . The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein the actions performed in previous migrations are automatically extracted and input to the database.

9 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a request for the migration plan to include actions to migrate at least one additional application from a source environment to a target environment.

10 . A system comprising:
a memory having computer readable instructions; and one or more processors for executing the computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions controlling the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, using a processor, a request to generate a migration plan for migrating an application from a source environment to a target environment, the request comprising configuration parameters of the application;
identifying, using the processor, based at least in part on the configuration parameters of the application, a set of possible actions that can be performed to migrate the application from the source environment to the target environment;
generating, using the processor, the migration plan based at least in part on the request and the identified set of possible actions, the migration plan specifying a subset of the set of possible actions, the generating including executing an artificial intelligence (AI) engine to identify patterns in the identified set of possible actions; and
outputting the migration plan.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving user input and updating the migration plan based at least in part on the user input.

12 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the generating the AI engine includes an AI planner.

13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the source environment and the configuration parameters of the application are input to the AI planner as a problem file and the identified set of possible actions are input to the AI planner as a domain file.

14 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the target environment comprises a cloud environment.

15 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the identifying comprises accessing a database of actions and selecting the set of possible actions from the database.

16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the database is updated based on one or both of user input and actions performed in previous migrations.

17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the actions performed in previous migrations are automatically extracted and input to the database.

18 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving a request for the migration plan to include actions to migrate at least one additional application from a source environment to a target environment.

19 . A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving, using a processor, a request to generate a migration plan for migrating an application from a source environment to a target environment, the request comprising configuration parameters of the application; identifying, using the processor, based at least in part on the configuration parameters of the application, a set of possible actions that can be performed to migrate the application from the source environment to the target environment; generating, using the processor, the migration plan based at least in part on the request and the identified set of possible actions, the migration plan specifying a subset of the set of possible actions; and outputting the migration plan.

20 . The computer program product of claim 19 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving user input and updating the migration plan based at least in part on the user input.

21 . The computer program product of claim 19 , wherein the generating the migration plan is performed by an artificial intelligence (AI) planner.

22 . The computer program product of claim 19 , wherein the target environment comprises a cloud environment.

23 . The computer program product of claim 19 , wherein the identifying comprises accessing a database of actions and selecting the set of possible actions from the database.

24 . The computer program product of claim 19 , wherein:
the database is updated based on one or both of user input and actions performed in previous migrations; and the actions performed in previous migrations are automatically extracted and input to the database.

25 . The computer program product of claim 19 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving a request for the migration plan to include actions to migrate at least one additional application from a source environment to a target environment.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Vukovic Maja
• Hwang Jinho
• Rofrano John
• Jackson Malik

Classifications

• G06F2218/12

  Classification; Matching · CPC title

• H04L41/0897

  by horizontal or vertical scaling of resources, or by migrating entities, e.g. virtual resources or entities · CPC title

• G06N20/00

  Machine learning · CPC title

• G06N5/02

  Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation · CPC title

• G06F9/4856 Primary

  resumption being on a different machine, e.g. task migration, virtual machine migration (G06F9/5088 takes precedence) · CPC title