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Controlling an availability policy for a virtual machine based on changes in a real world environment

US7966614B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Benjamin Evans Chodroff · York, US
Adam S Edelstein · Austin, US
Richard E. Harper · Chapel Hill, US
Mangesh Kanaskar · Mableton, US
Wayne Frederick Schildhauer · Cary, US
Megan Susanne Schneider · Morrisville, US
Lorrie A. Tomek · Durham, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 24, 2007
Grant date	Jun 21, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 19, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D10/00
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Management of a virtual machine is enhanced by establishing an initial availability policy for the machine. Once the virtual machine is invoked, the real environment for the virtual machine is monitored for the occurrence of predetermined events. If a real environment event is detected that could affect the availability of the virtual machine, the availability policy of the virtual machine is automatically adjusted to reflect the new or predicted state of the real environment.

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