Location-Based Management of Virtual Machines in Datacenters

摘要

Embodiments manage physical locations of virtual machines (VMs) in a datacenter. A computing device, such as a cloud management device, aggregates location information for the VMs executing on hosts. The computing device compares the aggregated location information with event data to identify VMs potentially affected by adverse events (e.g., severe weather, scheduled maintenance, natural disasters, etc.). The computing device initiates migration of the affected VMs from their hosts to unaffected hosts. In some embodiments, the location information includes global positioning system (GPS) coordinates obtained by the hosts and shared with the computing device.

主权项

1. A system for relocating virtual machines (VMs) in anticipation of adverse events, said system comprising:
a memory area associated with a computing device, said memory area storing an inventory of VMs in a virtualized datacenter; and a processor programmed to:
aggregate location information for a plurality of hosts in the virtualized datacenter, the hosts executing a plurality of the VMs;receive event data;compare the aggregated location information with the received event data to identify affected hosts;compare the affected hosts with the inventory of VMs stored in the memory area to identify affected VMs; andmigrate one or more of the affected VMs from the affected hosts to other hosts.