ORDERING OPTIMIZATION OF HOST MACHINES IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT BASED ON POLICIES

摘要

Dynamically setting the order of optimization of physical hosts allows more efficient and varied optimization. An ordering policy mechanism utilizes ordering policies to set an order for the optimizer to optimize physical the hosts. The ordering policy mechanism may allow a system administrator to create and/or select ordering policies. The ordering policies may include fixed ordering policies or dynamic ordering policies.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; a memory coupled to the at least one processor; on optimizer for optimizing placement of virtual machines on a plurality of physical hosts; and an ordering policy mechanism residing in the memory and executed by the at least one processor that provides an ordered list of physical hosts to the optimizer with an order for optimizing the physical hosts determined by at least one ordering policy wherein the at least one ordering policy is defined by a system administrator and when evaluated in conjunction with current conditions indicates a priority for optimizing the plurality of physical hosts.