SERVICE LEVEL BASED CATEGORIZATION OF VIRTUAL MACHINES

摘要

The present subject matter relates to categorizing virtual machines of a virtual machine environment into predefined service level buckets. The predefined service level buckets are indicative of different levels of application based services that are to be applied to the virtual machines. In one implementation, specifications of information technology (IT) resources allocated to each of the virtual machines are obtained. A weighted average score for each virtual machine with respect to each of the specifications of IT resources is determined. The weighted average score is indicative of a relative level of importance of the corresponding virtual machine with respect to the corresponding specification of IT resource for providing at least one business service using the virtual machine environment. Each virtual machine is assigned to one of the predefined service level buckets based on a total weighted average score for the each virtual machine.

主权项

1. A method of categorizing each of a plurality of virtual machines of a virtual machine environment into one of predefined service level buckets, the method comprising:
obtaining, by a computing device, specifications of information technology (IT) resources allocated to each of the plurality of virtual machines; determining a weighted average score for each virtual machine with respect to each of the specifications of IT resources, wherein the weighted average score is indicative of a relative level of importance of the corresponding virtual machine with respect to the corresponding specification of IT resource for providing at least one business service using the virtual machine environment; and assigning the each virtual machine to one of the predefined service level buckets based on a total weighted average score for the each virtual machine, wherein the predefined service level buckets are indicative of different levels of application based services that are to be applied to the plurality of virtual machines, wherein the total weighted average score for a virtual machine is computed based on weighted average scores for the virtual machine with respect to the specifications of IT resources.