Utilization zones for automated resource management

摘要

A client/server model is provided for automatically monitoring and assigning resources in a logically partitioned environment. Each partition includes a client application that monitors that partition's resource utilization. The client application gathers resource utilization metrics and sends resource status notifications to a server application on a periodic basis. The server application runs on either a partition or an outside workstation. The server application waits for resource status notifications from clients and, based on these notifications, categorizes the partitions into utilization zones. The server then reassigns resources from partitions in a low utilization zone to partitions in high utilization zones.