Methods and apparatus to manage resources in a hybrid workload domain

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022138008-A1
Application number	US-202117143200-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 7, 2021
Priority date	Nov 4, 2020
Publication date	May 5, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

Methods and apparatus to manage resources in a hybrid workload domain are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a usage monitor to monitor resource utilization of a workload allocated within a hybrid workload domain, and an orchestrator to: determine a first type of the workload domain in the hybrid workload domain; in response to determining that under-utilized resources of the first type are not available, identify resources of a second type that are available; convert the resources from the first type to the second type; and allocate the converted resources to the workload.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An apparatus comprising:
a usage monitor to monitor resource utilization of a workload allocated within a hybrid workload domain; an orchestrator to:
determine a first type of a workload domain in the hybrid workload domain;
in response to determining that under-utilized resources of the first type are not available, identify resources of a second type that are available;
convert the resources from the first type to the second type; and
allocate the converted resources to the workload.

2 . An apparatus as defined in claim 1 , wherein the first type is a virtualized computing resource type and the second type is a bare metal resource type.

3 . An apparatus as defined in claim 1 , wherein the first type is a bare metal computing resource type and the second type is a virtualized metal resource type.

4 . An apparatus as defined in claim 1 , wherein the orchestrator is further to, in response to determining that under-utilized resources of the first type are available, allocate the identified resources to the workload.

5 . An apparatus as defined in claim 1 , further comprising a virtualizer to virtualize a bare metal resource.

6 . An apparatus as defined in claim 1 , further comprising a de-virtualizer to de-virtualize virtualized resources.

7 . An apparatus as defined in claim 1 , wherein the hybrid workload domain includes virtualized computing resources and bare metal computing resources.

8 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to at least:
monitor resource utilization of a workload allocated within a hybrid workload domain; determine a first type of a workload domain in the hybrid workload domain; in response to determining that under-utilized resources of the first type are not available, identify resources of a second type that are available; convert the resources from the first type to the second type; and allocate the converted resources to the workload.

9 . A non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in claim 8 , wherein the first type is a virtualized computing resource type and the second type is a bare metal resource type.

10 . A non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in claim 8 , wherein the first type is a bare metal computing resource type and the second type is a virtualized metal resource type.

11 . A non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the at least one processor to, in response to determining that under-utilized resources of the first type are available, allocate the identified resources to the workload.

12 . A non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the at least one processor to virtualize a bare metal resource.

13 . A non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the at least one processor to de-virtualize virtualized resources.

14 . A non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in claim 8 , wherein the hybrid workload domain includes virtualized computing resources and bare metal computing resources.

15 . A method comprising:
monitoring resource utilization of a workload allocated within a hybrid workload domain; determining a first type of a workload domain in the hybrid workload domain; in response to determining that under-utilized resources of the first type are not available, identifying resources of a second type that are available; converting the resources from the first type to the second type; and allocating the converted resources to the workload.

16 . A method as defined in claim 15 , wherein the first type is a virtualized computing resource type and the second type is a bare metal resource type.

17 . A method as defined in claim 15 , wherein the first type is a bare metal computing resource type and the second type is a virtualized metal resource type.

18 . A method as defined in claim 15 , further comprising in response to determining that under-utilized resources of the first type are available, allocating the identified resources to the workload.

19 . A method as defined in claim 15 , further comprising virtualizing a bare metal resource.

20 . A method as defined in claim 15 , further comprising de-virtualizing virtualized resources.

21 . A method as defined in claim 15 , wherein the hybrid workload domain includes virtualized computing resources and bare metal computing resources.

Assignees

• Vmware Inc

Inventors

• Lal Naren
• Srinivasan Ranganathan
• Chaudhary Vipul
• Veeraswamy Sairam

Classifications

• G06F9/45541

  Bare-metal, i.e. hypervisor runs directly on hardware · CPC title

• G06F9/5077 Primary

  Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources (specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455) · CPC title

• G06F9/5083

  Techniques for rebalancing the load in a distributed system · CPC title

• G06F2209/508

  Monitor · CPC title

• G06F9/505 Primary

  considering the load · CPC title