Patent ID: 9531639
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of managing online resource allocation between a plurality of virtual computers, the method comprising: providing a plurality of resources via a host server, the plurality of resources being accessible to the plurality of virtual computers, wherein each virtual computer in the plurality of virtual computers is linked to electronically communicate with the host server; defining a plurality of resource pools for the host server, wherein each resource pool in the plurality of resource pools defines an associated group of resources selected from the plurality of resources and excludes other resources in the plurality of resources; assigning each virtual computer in the plurality of virtual computers to an associated resource pool in the plurality of resource pools; then for each virtual computer in the plurality of virtual computers, automatically providing, by the host server, that virtual computer with access to the associated group of resources corresponding to the associated resource pool to which that virtual computer was assigned and excluding access to all other resources in the plurality of resources to that virtual computer, wherein excluding access to all other resources in the plurality of resources comprises excluding access by that virtual computer to all other resources in all other resource pools in the plurality of resource pools; and for each resource pool: storing the determined pool usage profile in a storage module accessible by the host server.