Patent ID: 9317319
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method executed by at least one processor for managing a networked computer system, the method comprising: running a plurality of virtual machine (VM) patterns in the networked computer system, where each of the plurality of VM patterns comprises a plurality of virtual objects that are managed as a single object, the plurality of virtual objects including a plurality of virtual machines; monitoring a plurality of metrics for the plurality of VM patterns; determining a plurality of potential VM patterns that are not running in the networked computer system and that have different configurations than the plurality of VM patterns running in the networked computer system; estimating at least one of the plurality of metrics on the plurality of potential VM patterns; determining when the estimated metrics on the plurality of potential VM patterns exceed a threshold value for at least one of the plurality of metrics for the plurality of VM patterns; and when the estimated metrics on the plurality of potential VM patterns exceed the threshold value, deploying the plurality of potential VM patterns to run on the networked computer system.