公开(公告)号：US20130204918A1

公开(公告)日：2013-08-08

申请号：US13368446

申请日：2012-02-08

申请人： Rohith K. Ashok ,  Michael J. Burr ,  Christine B. Chato ,  Adam R. Geiger ,  Matt R. Hogstrom ,  Michael S. Law ,  Matthew J. Sheard

发明人： Rohith K. Ashok ,  Michael J. Burr ,  Christine B. Chato ,  Adam R. Geiger ,  Matt R. Hogstrom ,  Michael S. Law ,  Matthew J. Sheard

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06F9/5061

摘要： According to one aspect of the present disclosure a method and technique for automatically configuring a set of resources for deployment as a computing environment is disclosed. The method includes: executing a configuration management application, the configuration management application configured to automatically connect to and discover each hardware element forming a networked set of resources; determine whether each discovered hardware element is specified for the computing environment; responsive to determining that each discovered hardware element is specified for the computing environment, determine a configuration setting for each respective discovered hardware element; responsive to determining that the configuration setting of the discovered hardware element conflicts with a desired configuration setting for deployment of the discovered hardware element, automatically configure the discovered hardware element to the desired configuration setting; and automatically load and configure a management interface to enable deployment of the networked set of resources as a computing environment.

摘要翻译： 根据本公开的一个方面，公开了一种用于自动配置用于部署的资源集合作为计算环境的方法和技术。 该方法包括：执行配置管理应用，所述配置管理应用被配置为自动连接并发现形成网络资源集合的每个硬件元素; 确定每个发现的硬件元素是否为计算环境指定; 响应于确定为所述计算环境指定每个发现的硬件元素，确定每个相应发现的硬件元件的配置设置; 响应于确定所发现的硬件元件的配置设置与用于部署所发现的硬件元件的期望的配置设置冲突，将所发现的硬件元件自动配置为所需的配置设置; 并自动加载和配置管理界面，以便将网络资源集合部署为计算环境。

公开(公告)号：US09021097B2

公开(公告)日：2015-04-28

申请号：US13466224

申请日：2012-05-08

申请人： Rohith K. Ashok ,  Thomas M. Brey ,  Raymond J. Harrington ,  Matt R. Hogstrom ,  Matthew J. Sheard

发明人： Rohith K. Ashok ,  Thomas M. Brey ,  Raymond J. Harrington ,  Matt R. Hogstrom ,  Matthew J. Sheard

IPC分类号： G06F15/173 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F9/50 ,  H04L29/08

CPC分类号： G06F9/5072 ,  H04L41/0803 ,  H04L41/5096 ,  H04L67/10

摘要： A method, system and computer program product for managing and deploying physical and virtual environments across multiple hardware platforms. A single unit, referred to herein as a cloud construction block, contains both the hardware and software components used to build a cloud computing environment. By having such a single unit contain both the hardware and software components needed to build a cloud computing environment, the user no longer needs to purchase and integrate different hardware and software components. Furthermore, the cloud construction block contains modular pieces of hardware, such as compute hardware, memory hardware, storage hardware and network hardware, that are integrated with management software configured to manage both the hardware and the cloud computing environment in a seamlessly integrated package. Since there is a single management system, the management software allows the user to manage the modular pieces of hardware via a single user interface.

公开(公告)号：US20130297773A1

公开(公告)日：2013-11-07

申请号：US13466224

申请日：2012-05-08

申请人： Rohith K. Ashok ,  Thomas M. Brey ,  Raymond J. Harrington ,  Matt R. Hogstrom ,  Matthew J. Sheard

发明人： Rohith K. Ashok ,  Thomas M. Brey ,  Raymond J. Harrington ,  Matt R. Hogstrom ,  Matthew J. Sheard

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： G06F9/5072 ,  H04L41/0803 ,  H04L41/5096 ,  H04L67/10

摘要： A method, system and computer program product for managing and deploying physical and virtual environments across multiple hardware platforms. A single unit, referred to herein as a cloud construction block, contains both the hardware and software components used to build a cloud computing environment. By having such a single unit contain both the hardware and software components needed to build a cloud computing environment, the user no longer needs to purchase and integrate different hardware and software components. Furthermore, the cloud construction block contains modular pieces of hardware, such as compute hardware, memory hardware, storage hardware and network hardware, that are integrated with management software configured to manage both the hardware and the cloud computing environment in a seamlessly integrated package. Since there is a single management system, the management software allows the user to manage the modular pieces of hardware via a single user interface.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在多个硬件平台上管理和部署物理和虚拟环境的方法，系统和计算机程序产品。 这里称为云构造块的单个单元包含用于构建云计算环境的硬件和软件组件。 通过使这样一个单元既包含构建云计算环境所需的硬件和软件组件，用户也不再需要购买和集成不同的硬件和软件组件。 此外，云构建块包含与被配置为以无缝集成的包管理硬件和云计算环境的管理软件集成的模块化硬件，例如计算硬件，存储器硬件，存储硬件和网络硬件。 由于存在单一管理系统，管理软件允许用户通过单个用户界面来管理模块化硬件。

公开(公告)号：US08984134B2

公开(公告)日：2015-03-17

申请号：US13465504

申请日：2012-05-07

申请人： Rohith K. Ashok ,  Thomas M. Brey ,  Raymond J. Harrington ,  Matt R. Hogstrom ,  Matthew J. Sheard

发明人： Rohith K. Ashok ,  Thomas M. Brey ,  Raymond J. Harrington ,  Matt R. Hogstrom ,  Matthew J. Sheard

IPC分类号： G06F15/173 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F9/50 ,  H04L29/08

CPC分类号： G06F9/5072 ,  H04L41/0803 ,  H04L41/5096 ,  H04L67/10

摘要： A method, system and computer program product for managing and deploying physical and virtual environments across multiple hardware platforms. A single unit, referred to herein as a cloud construction block, contains both the hardware and software components used to build a cloud computing environment. By having such a single unit contain both the hardware and software components needed to build a cloud computing environment, the user no longer needs to purchase and integrate different hardware and software components. Furthermore, the cloud construction block contains modular pieces of hardware, such as compute hardware, memory hardware, storage hardware and network hardware, that are integrated with management software configured to manage both the hardware and the cloud computing environment in a seamlessly integrated package. Since there is a single management system, the management software allows the user to manage the modular pieces of hardware via a single user interface.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在多个硬件平台上管理和部署物理和虚拟环境的方法，系统和计算机程序产品。 这里称为云构造块的单个单元包含用于构建云计算环境的硬件和软件组件。 通过使这样一个单元既包含构建云计算环境所需的硬件和软件组件，用户也不再需要购买和集成不同的硬件和软件组件。 此外，云构建块包含与被配置为以无缝集成的包管理硬件和云计算环境的管理软件集成的模块化硬件，例如计算硬件，存储器硬件，存储硬件和网络硬件。 由于存在单一管理系统，管理软件允许用户通过单个用户界面来管理模块化硬件。

公开(公告)号：US08930542B2

公开(公告)日：2015-01-06

申请号：US13356427

申请日：2012-01-23

申请人： Rohith K. Ashok ,  Roy F. Brabson ,  Hugh E. Hockett ,  Matt R. Hogstrom ,  Wolfgang Segmuller ,  Matthew J. Sheard

发明人： Rohith K. Ashok ,  Roy F. Brabson ,  Hugh E. Hockett ,  Matt R. Hogstrom ,  Wolfgang Segmuller ,  Matthew J. Sheard

IPC分类号： G06F15/173 ,  H04L29/08

CPC分类号： H04L67/1031 ,  G06F9/5072

摘要： A method, system and computer program product for dynamically building a set of compute nodes to host a user's workload. An administrative server receives workload definitions that include the types of workloads that are to be run in a cloud group as well as a number of instances of each workload the cloud group should support. These workload definitions are used to determine the virtual machine demands that the cloud group will place on the cloud environment. The administrative server further receives the demand constraints, placement constraints and license enforcement policies. The administrative server identifies a set of compute nodes to host the user's workload based on the virtual machines demands, the demand constraints, the placement constraints and the license enforcement policies. In this manner, a set of compute nodes is dynamically built for consideration in forming a cloud group without the user requiring knowledge of the cloud's composition.

摘要翻译： 一种用于动态构建一组计算节点以托管用户工作负载的方法，系统和计算机程序产品。 管理服务器接收工作负载定义，其中包括要在云组中运行的工作负载类型以及云组应支持的每个工作负载的多个实例。 这些工作负载定义用于确定云组将放置在云环境中的虚拟机需求。 管理服务器还接收需求约束，布局约束和许可证执行策略。 管理服务器基于虚拟机需求，需求约束，布局约束和许可证执行策略来识别一组计算节点来托管用户的工作负载。 以这种方式，一组计算节点被动态地构建用于形成云组而不需要知道云组成的用户。

公开(公告)号：US20130297772A1

公开(公告)日：2013-11-07

申请号：US13465504

申请日：2012-05-07

申请人： Rohith K. Ashok ,  Thomas M. Brey ,  Raymond J. Harrington ,  Matt R. Hogstrom ,  Matthew J. Sheard

发明人： Rohith K. Ashok ,  Thomas M. Brey ,  Raymond J. Harrington ,  Matt R. Hogstrom ,  Matthew J. Sheard

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： G06F9/5072 ,  H04L41/0803 ,  H04L41/5096 ,  H04L67/10

摘要： A method, system and computer program product for managing and deploying physical and virtual environments across multiple hardware platforms. A single unit, referred to herein as a cloud construction block, contains both the hardware and software components used to build a cloud computing environment. By having such a single unit contain both the hardware and software components needed to build a cloud computing environment, the user no longer needs to purchase and integrate different hardware and software components. Furthermore, the cloud construction block contains modular pieces of hardware, such as compute hardware, memory hardware, storage hardware and network hardware, that are integrated with management software configured to manage both the hardware and the cloud computing environment in a seamlessly integrated package. Since there is a single management system, the management software allows the user to manage the modular pieces of hardware via a single user interface.

公开(公告)号：US20130191527A1

公开(公告)日：2013-07-25

申请号：US13356427

申请日：2012-01-23

申请人： Rohith K. Ashok ,  Roy F. Brabson ,  Hugh E. Hockett ,  Matt R. Hogstrom ,  Wolfgang Segmuller ,  Matthew J. Sheard

发明人： Rohith K. Ashok ,  Roy F. Brabson ,  Hugh E. Hockett ,  Matt R. Hogstrom ,  Wolfgang Segmuller ,  Matthew J. Sheard

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： H04L67/1031 ,  G06F9/5072

摘要： A method, system and computer program product for dynamically building a set of compute nodes to host a user's workload. An administrative server receives workload definitions that include the types of workloads that are to be run in a cloud group as well as a number of instances of each workload the cloud group should support. These workload definitions are used to determine the virtual machine demands that the cloud group will place on the cloud environment. The administrative server further receives the demand constraints, placement constraints and license enforcement policies. The administrative server identifies a set of compute nodes to host the user's workload based on the virtual machines demands, the demand constraints, the placement constraints and the license enforcement policies. In this manner, a set of compute nodes is dynamically built for consideration in forming a cloud group without the user requiring knowledge of the cloud's composition.

公开(公告)号：US20140052945A1

公开(公告)日：2014-02-20

申请号：US13584964

申请日：2012-08-14

申请人： Rohith K. Ashok ,  Darryl E. Gardner ,  Ivan M. Heninger ,  Douglas A. Larson ,  Gerald F. McBrearty ,  Aaron J. Quirk ,  Matthew J. Sheard

发明人： Rohith K. Ashok ,  Darryl E. Gardner ,  Ivan M. Heninger ,  Douglas A. Larson ,  Gerald F. McBrearty ,  Aaron J. Quirk ,  Matthew J. Sheard

IPC分类号： G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F3/0608 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0649 ,  G06F3/067

摘要： A method, system and computer program product for optimizing storage system behavior in a cloud computing environment. An Input/Output (I/O) operation data is appended with a tag, where the tag indicates a class of data for the I/O operation data. Upon the storage controller reviewing the tag appended to the I/O operation data, the storage controller performs a table look-up for the storage policy associated with the determined class of data. The storage controller applies a map to determine a storage location for the I/O operation data in a drive device, where the map represents a logical volume which indicates a range of block data that is to be excluded for being stored on the drive device and a range of block data that is to be considered for being stored on the drive device. In this manner, granularity of storage policies is provided in a cloud computing environment.

摘要翻译： 一种用于优化云计算环境中存储系统行为的方法，系统和计算机程序产品。 输入/输出（I / O）操作数据附加标签，其中标签指示I / O操作数据的一类数据。 在存储控制器检查附加到I / O操作数据的标签时，存储控制器执行与确定的数据类别相关联的存储策略的表查找。 存储控制器应用映射来确定驱动设备中的I / O操作数据的存储位置，其中映射表示指示被排除以存储在驱动设备上的块数据的范围的逻辑卷，以及 将被考虑用于存储在驱动装置上的一系列块数据。 以这种方式，在云计算环境中提供存储策略的粒度。

公开(公告)号：US09116623B2

公开(公告)日：2015-08-25

申请号：US13584964

申请日：2012-08-14

申请人： Rohith K. Ashok ,  Darryl E. Gardner ,  Ivan M. Heninger ,  Douglas A. Larson ,  Gerald F. McBrearty ,  Aaron J. Quirk ,  Matthew J. Sheard

发明人： Rohith K. Ashok ,  Darryl E. Gardner ,  Ivan M. Heninger ,  Douglas A. Larson ,  Gerald F. McBrearty ,  Aaron J. Quirk ,  Matthew J. Sheard

IPC分类号： G06F3/06

CPC分类号： G06F3/0608 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0649 ,  G06F3/067

摘要： A method, system and computer program product for optimizing storage system behavior in a cloud computing environment. An Input/Output (I/O) operation data is appended with a tag, where the tag indicates a class of data for the I/O operation data. Upon the storage controller reviewing the tag appended to the I/O operation data, the storage controller performs a table look-up for the storage policy associated with the determined class of data. The storage controller applies a map to determine a storage location for the I/O operation data in a drive device, where the map represents a logical volume which indicates a range of block data that is to be excluded for being stored on the drive device and a range of block data that is to be considered for being stored on the drive device. In this manner, granularity of storage policies is provided in a cloud computing environment.

摘要翻译： 一种用于优化云计算环境中存储系统行为的方法，系统和计算机程序产品。 输入/输出（I / O）操作数据附加标签，其中标签指示I / O操作数据的一类数据。 在存储控制器检查附加到I / O操作数据的标签时，存储控制器执行与确定的数据类别相关联的存储策略的表查找。 存储控制器应用映射来确定驱动设备中的I / O操作数据的存储位置，其中映射表示指示被排除以存储在驱动设备上的块数据的范围的逻辑卷，以及 将被考虑用于存储在驱动装置上的一系列块数据。 以这种方式，在云计算环境中提供存储策略的粒度。

公开(公告)号：US20090210873A1

公开(公告)日：2009-08-20

申请号：US12032351

申请日：2008-02-15

申请人： Gennaro A. Cuomo ,  Matt R. Hogstrom ,  Sai G. Rathnam ,  Matthew J. Sheard ,  Brian L. White Eagle

发明人： Gennaro A. Cuomo ,  Matt R. Hogstrom ,  Sai G. Rathnam ,  Matthew J. Sheard ,  Brian L. White Eagle

IPC分类号： G06F9/455

CPC分类号： G06F9/5077

摘要： Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for virtualization of application lifecycles. In an embodiment of the invention, a virtualization data processing system can be provided. The system can include a hypervisor configured for execution in a host computing platform, a VM image managed by the hypervisor, and a configuration applied to the VM image. The configuration can specify a set of resources in the host computing platform accessible by applications executing in the VM image. Finally, the system can include re-tasking logic coupled to the hypervisor. The logic can include program code enabled to select a new role for the VM image, to determine a new configuration for the new role, and to apply the new configuration to the VM image.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例提供了一种用于应用生命周期的虚拟化的方法，系统和计算机程序产品。 在本发明的实施例中，可以提供虚拟化数据处理系统。 该系统可以包括配置为在主机计算平台中执行的管理程序，由管理程序管理的VM映像以及应用于VM映像的配置。 该配置可以指定在VM映像中执行的应用程序可访问的主机计算平台中的一组资源。 最后，系统可以包括耦合到管理程序的重新任务逻辑。 该逻辑可以包括启用以为VM映像选择新角色的程序代码，以确定新角色的新配置，以及将新配置应用于VM映像。