Patent ID: 9436496
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a request at a database to determine an amount of available physical memory storage; receiving an alert message indicating at least one virtual machine currently operating has exceeded a predetermined memory storage threshold value; identifying a percentage of total available physical memory storage by which the at least one virtual machine has exceeded the predetermined memory storage threshold value; determining an amount of memory for at least one new virtual hard disk as the percentage of total available physical memory storage; creating, via a processor, the at least one new virtual hard disk (VHD) to accommodate the exceeded predetermined memory storage threshold value; and allocating the physical memory storage to the at least one new VHD that is equal to an integer multiple of a difference between the amount of physical memory storage available and 100 percent of the physical memory storage available; wherein the request and the alert message are communicated over an established application programming interface (API).