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Field	Value
Publication number	US-9612865-B2
Application number	US-201514739024-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2015
Priority date	Jun 15, 2015
Publication date	Apr 4, 2017
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017

Abstract

A method is provided for applying tasks. The method can include receiving a plurality of tasks for a plurality of applications, an application of the plurality of applications is hosted by a computing environment utilizing a monitoring agent, and a task is performed for an operation of the application during a first period of time. The method can also include determining a first resource type and a first resource amount from the computing environment for performing the task. The method can also include grouping the plurality of tasks into a set of tasks based on the first resource type, at least two tasks from the set of tasks being performable in parallel during the first period of time. The method can also include determining whether the first resource amount of the first resource type is present in the computing environment during the first period of time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for applying tasks, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing a program, which, when executed on the processor, performs an operation comprising:
receiving a plurality of tasks for a plurality of applications, the plurality of tasks including a first task and a second task, an application of the plurality of applications being hosted by a computing environment utilizing a monitoring agent, and a task being performed for an operation of the application during a first period of time;
determining, prior to processing the task, a first resource type and a first resource amount from the computing environment for performing the task;
grouping the plurality of tasks into a set of tasks based on the first resource type, at least two tasks from the set of tasks being performable in parallel during the first period of time, wherein grouping the plurality of tasks comprises:
determining a first resource requirement of the first task and a second resource requirement of the second task; and
grouping the first task and the second task into a first group based on the first resource requirement and the second resource requirement

determining whether the first resource amount of the first resource type is present in the computing environment during the first period of time;
determining, in response to the first resource amount of the first resource type not being present in the computing environment and prior to processing the task, a priority of computing environment and one or more prioritization factors;
performing the task in the set of tasks as a function of the priority;
determining that the first task and a third task require a same resource;

determining that the first task has a first priority, and the third task has a second priority;
processing the first group at a first time, wherein the processing the first group includes processing the first task and the second task in parallel; and
processing the third task at a second time, the second time being after the first time.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more prioritization factors is selected from:
a user request, an imported priority, a resource type, a resource amount, a time of the task, and node continuity.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operation performed further comprises:
determining, in response to the resource dependency being insufficient, whether the task can be rescheduled to a second period of time; and
rescheduling the task, responsive to the determining whether the task can be rescheduled, to the second period of time.

4. A system for applying tasks, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing a program, which, when executed on the processor, performs an operation comprising:
receiving a plurality of tasks for a plurality of applications, an application of the plurality of applications being hosted by a cloud computing environment utilizing a monitoring agent, and a task being performed on a first virtual machine for an operation of the application during a first period of time;
determining, prior to processing the task, a first resource type and a first resource amount from the computing environment for performing the task;
grouping the plurality of tasks into a set of tasks based on the first resource type, at least two tasks from the set of tasks being performable in parallel during the first period of time;
determining whether the first resource amount of the first resource type is present in the computing environment during the first period of time;
determining, in response to the first resource amount of the first resource type not being present in the computing environment and prior to processing the task, a priority of computing environment and one or more prioritization factors; and
performing the task in the set of tasks as a function of the priority;
determining whether a resource dependency is sufficient within the computing environment; and
requesting, in response to the resource dependency being insufficient, additional resources beyond the first resource amount from the computing environment, requesting additional resources comprising:
determining that the first virtual machine and a second virtual machine are operating on a host of the computing environment; and
allocating a first resource from the second virtual machine to the first virtual machine in response to the first virtual machine not having adequate resources to process the task.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the operation performed further comprises:
determining whether a particular task of the plurality of tasks fulfills a policy dependency for a particular host within the computing environment; and
requesting, in response to the particular task fulfilling the policy dependency, the particular host from the computing environment that fulfills the policy dependency for the task of the plurality of tasks.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the operation performed further comprises:
determining whether a particular task of the plurality of tasks fulfills a relationship dependency within the computing environment; and
requesting, in response to the particular task fulfilling the relationship dependency, a particular host from the computing environment that fulfills the relationship dependency for the task of the plurality of tasks.

7. A computer program product for applying tasks comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to:
receive a plurality of tasks for a plurality of applications, the plurality of tasks including a first task and a second task, an application of the plurality of applications is hosted by a computing environment utilizing a monitoring agent, and a task is performed for an operation of the application during a first period of time;
determine, prior to processing the task, a first resource type and a first resource amount from the computing environment for performing the task;
group the plurality of tasks into a set of tasks based on the first resource type, at least two tasks from the set of tasks being performable in parallel during the first period of time, wherein grouping the plurality of tasks comprising:
determining a first resource requirement of the first task and a second resource requirement of a second task; and
grouping the first task and the second task into a first group based on the first resource requirement and the second resource requirement

determine whether the first resource amount of the first resource type is present in the computing environment during the first period of time;
determine, in response to the first resource amount of the first resource type not being present in the computing environment and prior to processing the task, a priority of a task in the set of tasks based on both a second resource amount present in the computing environment and one or more prioritization factors;
perform the task in the set of tasks as a function of the priority;
determine that the first task and a third task require a same resource;
determine that the first task has a first priority, and the third task has a second priority;
process the first group at a first time, wherein processing the first group includes processing the first task and the second task in parallel; and
process the third task upon completing processing of the first group.

8. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the computing environment is a cloud computing environment.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the computer readable program further causes the computing device to:
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Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Cao Bin
• Hiebert Daniel L
• Muras Brian R
• Zubair Tanveer

Classifications

• G06F9/50

  Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU] · CPC title

• G06F9/5011

  the resources being hardware resources other than CPUs, Servers and Terminals · CPC title

• G06F9/4818 Primary

  Priority circuits therefor · CPC title

• G06F9/4881

  Scheduling strategies for dispatcher, e.g. round robin, multi-level priority queues · CPC title

• G06F9/5072 Primary

  Grid computing · CPC title