Allocating a task to a computer based on determined resources
    1.
    发明授权
    Allocating a task to a computer based on determined resources 有权
    根据确定的资源将任务分配到计算机

    公开(公告)号:US09396026B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-07-19

    申请号:US13877696

    申请日:2010-12-16

    IPC分类号: G06F9/46 G06F9/50 G06F9/48

    摘要: A processing control method whereby a management server: assigns work to and executes said work on a computer; sets the processing start time and the processing end time for the aforementioned work as task execution information; sets a first physical resource amount, which is the amount of the physical resources of the aforementioned computer needed for execution of the aforementioned processing; acquires a second physical resource amount, which is the amount of the physical resources of the aforementioned computer that are being used; updates the processing start time for the aforementioned work to a time that is close to the current time when the aforementioned computer has the physical resources of the sum of the aforementioned first physical resource amount and the aforementioned second physical resources; and instructs the aforementioned computer to begin the aforementioned processing when the current time reaches the aforementioned processing start time.

    摘要翻译: 一种处理控制方法,其中管理服务器:在计算机上分配工作并执行所述工作; 将上述工作的处理开始时间和处理结束时间设定为任务执行信息; 设置第一物理资源量,其为执行上述处理所需的上述计算机的物理资源量; 获取作为正在使用的上述计算机的物理资源量的第二物理资源量; 将上述工作的处理开始时间更新为当上述计算机具有上述第一物理资源量和上述第二物理资源之和的物理资源时接近当前时间的时间; 并且当当前时间达到上述处理开始时间时,指示上述计算机开始上述处理。

    RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND MANAGEMENT SERVER
    2.
    发明申请
    RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND MANAGEMENT SERVER 有权
    资源管理方法与管理服务器

    公开(公告)号:US20140019624A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-01-16

    申请号:US14007848

    申请日:2011-04-01

    IPC分类号: H04L12/911

    摘要: In order to effectively use the resources on a network, there is provided a management server (200) for selecting each resource of a resource information table (211) as a test resource, if the extraction probability for each resource is equal to or greater than the random numbers probability generated by a random number generation part (221), forming a test server by combining the selected resources, performing the job by using the formed test server, and applying the test server as the server of the particular network if the execution result of the job meets the job determination method.

    摘要翻译: 为了有效地使用网络上的资源,提供了一种用于选择资源信息表(211)的每个资源作为测试资源的管理服务器(200),如果每个资源的提取概率等于或大于 由随机数生成部件生成的随机数概率,通过组合所选择的资源形成测试服务器,通过使用形成的测试服务器执行作业,以及如果执行该应用,则将测试服务器应用于特定网络的服务器 工作结果符合工作决定方法。

    COMPUTER RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION METHOD BASED ON PREDICTION
    3.
    发明申请
    COMPUTER RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION METHOD BASED ON PREDICTION 审中-公开
    基于预测的计算机资源分配方法

    公开(公告)号:US20120215924A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-08-23

    申请号:US13461999

    申请日:2012-05-02

    IPC分类号: G06F15/173

    摘要: A resource distribution method capable of lending surplus resources among a plurality of services and reducing the maintenance cost of the surplus resources is provided. Computer resources in the standby system have a dead standby state in which at least an application is not installed. A plurality of services or a plurality of users share the computer resources in the standby system. As a result, improvement of the utilization factor of idle computer resources and server integration are implemented, and the cost required to maintain the computer resources is reduced. Furthermore, load prediction is conducted as regards individual services by using past operation history. Idle computer resources secured from services having surplus and maintained are thrown in according to a result of the prediction.

    摘要翻译: 提供了能够在多个服务中借出剩余资源并降低剩余资源的维护成本的资源分配方法。 备用系统中的计算机资源具有至少未安装应用程序的死待命状态。 多个服务或多个用户共享备用系统中的计算机资源。 结果,实现了空闲计算机资源利用率的提高和服务器集成,降低了维护计算机资源所需的成本。 此外,通过使用过去的操作历史来进行关于个体服务的负载预测。 根据预测的结果,投入了从具有剩余和维护的服务中获得的空闲计算机资源。

    Information processing system and power-save control method for use in the system
    4.
    发明授权
    Information processing system and power-save control method for use in the system 有权
    信息处理系统和节电控制方法用于系统中

    公开(公告)号:US08200995B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-12

    申请号:US12388710

    申请日:2009-02-19

    IPC分类号: G06F11/00

    摘要: A technique for determining task allocation for reducing power consumption of an entire system is disclosed. This system includes physical computers, a cooling apparatus for cooling the physical computers, and a power-saving control server for controlling the physical computers and cooling apparatus. The power-saving control server includes a virtual server layout generator which sets up a plurality of sets of task allocations with respect to the physical computers, a server power calculator for calculating power consumption of the physical computers in each task allocation, a physical computer profile used to estimate a heat release amount of the physical computers in each task allocation, a cooling power calculator which computes power consumption of the cooling apparatus, and a virtual server relocator which determines a task allocation with a total of calculated values of the server/cooling power calculators being minimized to be the optimum task allocation for the physical computers.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于确定用于降低整个系统的功耗的任务分配的技术。 该系统包括物理计算机,用于冷却物理计算机的冷却装置,以及用于控制物理计算机和冷却装置的节电控制服务器。 节电控制服务器包括虚拟服务器布局生成器,其针对物理计算机设置多组任务分配,服务器功率计算器,用于计算每个任务分配中的物理计算机的功耗;物理计算机简档 用于估计每个任务分配中的物理计算机的散热量,计算冷却装置的功率消耗的冷却功率计算器,以及用服务器/冷却的计算值的总计确定任务分配的虚拟服务器重定位器 功率计算器被最小化为物理计算机的最佳任务分配。

    Computer resource distribution method based on prediction
    5.
    发明授权
    Computer resource distribution method based on prediction 有权
    基于预测的计算机资源分配方法

    公开(公告)号:US08195800B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-05

    申请号:US12334736

    申请日:2008-12-15

    摘要: A resource distribution method capable of lending surplus resources among a plurality of services and reducing the maintenance cost of the surplus resources is provided. Computer resources in the standby system have a dead standby state in which at least an application is not installed. A plurality of services or a plurality of users share the computer resources in the standby system. As a result, improvement of the utilization factor of idle computer resources and server integration are implemented, and the cost required to maintain the computer resources is reduced. Furthermore, load prediction is conducted as regards individual services by using past operation history. Idle computer resources secured from services having surplus and maintained are thrown in according to a result of the prediction.

    摘要翻译: 提供了能够在多个服务中借出剩余资源并降低剩余资源的维护成本的资源分配方法。 备用系统中的计算机资源具有至少未安装应用程序的死待命状态。 多个服务或多个用户共享备用系统中的计算机资源。 结果,实现了空闲计算机资源利用率的提高和服务器集成,降低了维护计算机资源所需的成本。 此外,通过使用过去的操作历史来进行关于个体服务的负载预测。 根据预测的结果,投入了从具有剩余和维护的服务中获得的空闲计算机资源。

    Method of booting an operating system
    6.
    发明授权
    Method of booting an operating system 有权
    引导操作系统的方法

    公开(公告)号:US08190717B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-29

    申请号:US12361680

    申请日:2009-01-29

    IPC分类号: G06F15/177

    CPC分类号: G06F9/4416

    摘要: For use in a system where a plurality of servers are connected to an external disk device, a method is provided for a server to boot an operating system from the external disk device. The method includes the steps of searching for the port of a network switch to which the server is connected; establishing a network to which only the server and a management server belong; sending a server information acquisition program from the management server to the server via a network boot operation; acquiring, by the server information acquisition program, unique information owned by the storage interface of the server for transfer to the management server; and setting, by the management server, a disk within the external disk device accessible from the server based on the unique information.

    摘要翻译: 为了在多个服务器连接到外部磁盘设备的系统中使用,提供了一种用于服务器从外部磁盘设备引导操作系统的方法。 该方法包括搜索服务器连接到的网络交换机的端口的步骤; 建立只有服务器和管理服务器所属的网络; 通过网络引导操作将服务器信息获取程序从管理服务器发送到服务器; 由所述服务器信息获取程序获取由所述服务器的存储接口所拥有的唯一信息以传送到所述管理服务器; 以及由所述管理服务器基于所述唯一信息从所述服务器可访问的所述外部磁盘设备内的盘。

    I/O device switching method
    7.
    发明授权
    I/O device switching method 有权
    I / O设备切换方式

    公开(公告)号:US08156367B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-04-10

    申请号:US12872713

    申请日:2010-08-31

    IPC分类号: G06F11/00

    摘要: An I/O device management table that manages the types of I/O devices connected to an I/O switch is provided, and one or plural unallocated I/O devices are defined and registered as standby I/O devices. When a failure occurs in any of I/O devices, the I/O device management table is used to select an I/O device of the same type as the failed I/O device from the standby I/O devices, and the selected I/O device is allocated to a computer to which the failed I/O device is connected. I/O device management can be eased at failure in a computer including an I/O switch device.

    摘要翻译: 提供了管理连接到I / O交换机的I / O设备类型的I / O设备管理表,并且定义了一个或多个未分配的I / O设备并将其注册为备用I / O设备。 任何I / O设备发生故障时,I / O设备管理表用于从待机I / O设备中选择与故障I / O设备相同类型的I / O设备,并选择 I / O设备被分配给已连接故障的I / O设备的计算机。 在包括I / O开关设备的计算机中,I / O设备管理可能会发生故障。

    Restarting method using a snapshot
    8.
    发明授权
    Restarting method using a snapshot 有权
    使用快照重新启动方法

    公开(公告)号:US08024601B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-09-20

    申请号:US12633962

    申请日:2009-12-09

    IPC分类号: G06F11/00

    摘要: The active server A101 notifies its own operating status to the administration server 106, and the administration server 106 acquires a snapshot and copies a disk according to the policy established by a user. When the active server A101 or the active disk 113 fails, the administration server 106 chooses a backup server A104 and a status storage disk A114 to be booted and restarts them by using the snapshot according to the policy.

    摘要翻译: 活动服务器A101向管理服务器106通知其自身的运行状态,管理服务器106根据用户建立的策略取得快照并拷贝磁盘。 当活动服务器A101或活动盘113发生故障时,管理服务器106选择备份服务器A104和状态存储盘A114进行引导,并根据策略使用快照来重新启动它们。

    VIRTUAL COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME
    9.
    发明申请
    VIRTUAL COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME 有权
    虚拟计算机系统及其控制方法

    公开(公告)号:US20110197192A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-11

    申请号:US13091554

    申请日:2011-04-21

    IPC分类号: G06F9/455

    摘要: In the environment of a virtual server, there is a problem in that the contents in a disk area released correspondingly with the deletion of the virtual server may be read. According to the present invention, in a virtual computer system controlling a disk volume and a virtual server which is connected to the disk volume, to which the area of the disk volume is allocated as a virtual disk and which executes a process using the allocated virtual disk, the virtual computer system erases information stored in the virtual disk allocated to the virtual server to be deleted correspondingly with the deletion of the virtual server. According to another embodiment of the present invention, an administrative serve is provided to select a server system which is low in load from among plural server systems controlling virtual servers as a server system for erasing information stored in the virtual disk allocated to the virtual server to be deleted.

    摘要翻译: 在虚拟服务器的环境中,存在可以读取与删除虚拟服务器相应地释放的磁盘区域中的内容的问题。 根据本发明,在控制磁盘卷的虚拟计算机系统和连接到磁盘卷的虚拟服务器中,将磁盘卷的区域分配给该磁盘卷作为虚拟磁盘并执行使用所分配的虚拟磁盘的处理 磁盘,虚拟计算机系统将删除分配给虚拟服务器的虚拟磁盘中存储的信息,并相应删除虚拟服务器。 根据本发明的另一实施例,提供一种管理服务,用于从控制虚拟服务器的多个服务器系统中选择低负载的服务器系统,作为用于擦除分配给虚拟服务器的虚拟盘中存储的信息的服务器系统 被删除。

    Controlling method, computer system, and processing program of booting up a computer
    10.
    发明授权
    Controlling method, computer system, and processing program of booting up a computer 有权
    控制方法,计算机系统和启动计算机的处理程序

    公开(公告)号:US07966386B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-06-21

    申请号:US12501824

    申请日:2009-07-13

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    摘要: A computer system having computers executing programs, a management computer managing said computers, and a storage system which can be accessed from said computers via a network, wherein said management computer includes: a storage unit for storing network identity information of said network which is allocated to said computers, application identity information indicating said programs, and area identity information indicating areas in said storage system in which said programs are stored, said network identity information and said area identity information being related to said application identity information, a control unit for sending to said computers said network identity information and said area identity information corresponding to said application identity information, in order to boot programs indicated by said application identity information, in response to entry of a boot request including said application identity information.

    摘要翻译: 具有计算机执行程序的计算机系统,管理所述计算机的管理计算机以及可经由网络从所述计算机访问的存储系统,其中所述管理计算机包括:存储单元,用于存储所分配的所述网络的网络身份信息 指示所述程序的应用程序标识信息和指示存储所述程序的所述存储系统中的区域的区域标识信息,所述网络身份信息和所述区域身份信息与所述应用程序身份信息相关,控制单元,用于发送 对于所述计算机,响应于包括所述应用程序身份信息的引导请求的输入,显示与所述应用程序身份信息相对应的所述网络身份信息和所述区域身份信息,以便引导由所述应用程序身份信息指示的程序。