Qualitative assignment of resources to a logical partition in a multipartitioned computer system

摘要

A qualitative resource assignment wizard receives qualitative information for a logical partition (LPAR) and calculates computer resource assignments for the LPAR based on the qualitative information and a set of conversion functions. For example, the qualitative resource assignment wizard may calculate a processing unit assignment, a memory assignment, and an I/O slot assignment for the LPAR. The qualitative information may be input by a user, for example, utilizing a graphical user interface (GUI). In one embodiment, the conversion functions are calculated during a training phase, in which a user periodically provides qualitative information while resource usage data is gathered. The wizard may reside in a hardware management console (HMC) or other administrative console and/or may be a component of a hypervisor or other partition management code. Software code associated with the wizard may be provided by a network server application to a client system for enabling a user to remotely input the qualitative information.

主权项

1. A computer system, comprising:
at least one processor; a memory coupled to the at least one processor; a qualitative resource assignment wizard executed by one or more of the at least one processor, the qualitative resource assignment wizard receiving qualitative information for a given logical partition and calculating a computer resource assignment for the given logical partition based on the qualitative information and a conversion function, wherein the qualitative information is input by a user, and wherein the qualitative information input by the user includes at least one usage constraint selected from a group consisting of a number of customers, a number of transactions per unit time, an identity of a human user, a title of a human user, a grade point average of a human user attending school, and an energy cost; wherein the calculating a computer resource assignment includes calculating at least one of a processing unit assignment, a memory assignment, an I/O slot assignment for the given logical partition, and energy; and wherein the qualitative resource assignment wizard includes a validation/feedback mechanism that, before the calculated assignment is implemented, at least one of validates the executability of the calculated assignment, validates the advisability of the calculated assignment, and provides feedback to the user regarding the calculated assignment.