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2007-04-24

2011-11-22

Wu, Qing (Department: 2196)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual mac

Virtual machine task or process management

C718S104000, C709S226000

Reexamination Certificate

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08065676

ABSTRACT:
An automated provisioning system provisions computing resources for shared services in a resource-on-demand system. A number of virtual machines needed for a virtual machine production pool for a period of time to satisfy the computing demand for the shared services is determined from a policy. Also, a number of unassigned virtual machines needed for a virtual machine buffer pool is determined from the policy. Servers and virtual machines are automatically provisioned for the virtual machine production pool and the virtual machine buffer pool based on the determined number of virtual machines needed for the virtual machine production pool, the determined number of unassigned virtual machines needed for the virtual machine buffer pool, and a changing computing demand of the shared services during the period of time.

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