NETWORK-BASED SIGNALING TO CONTROL VIRTUAL MACHINE PLACEMENT

摘要

A virtualized computing environment includes a plurality of host computers, each host being connected to a physical network and having a hypervisor executing therein. To provision a virtual machine requiring a connection to a virtual network in one of the hosts, a candidate host for hosting the virtual machine, the candidate host having the virtual network configured therein, is selected. A request is then made for a status of the virtual network to the candidate host. The status of the virtual network is then received from the candidate host. If the virtual network is available, then the virtual machine is deployed to the candidate host. If the virtual network is not available, then a second candidate host is selected for hosting the virtual machine.

主权项

1. In a virtualized computing environment comprising a plurality of host computers, each host being connected to a physical network and having a hypervisor executing therein, a method of provisioning in a host computer a virtual machine requiring a connection to a virtual network, the method comprising:
selecting a candidate host having the virtual network configured therein; requesting a status of the virtual network to the candidate host; receiving the status of the virtual network from the candidate host; if the virtual network is available, deploying the virtual machine to the candidate host; and if the virtual network is not available, selecting a second candidate host for hosting the virtual machine.