Patent ID: 9047135
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer system, comprising: at least one processor; a memory coupled to the at least one processor; a qualitative resource assignment wizard executed by one or more of the at least one processor, the qualitative resource assignment wizard receiving qualitative information for a given logical partition and calculating a computer resource assignment for the given logical partition based on the qualitative information and a conversion function, wherein the qualitative information is input by a user, and wherein the qualitative information input by the user includes at least one usage constraint selected from a group consisting of a number of customers, a number of transactions per unit time, an identity of a human user, a title of a human user, a grade point average of a human user attending school, and an energy cost; wherein the calculating a computer resource assignment includes calculating at least one of a processing unit assignment, a memory assignment, an I/O slot assignment for the given logical partition, and energy; and wherein the qualitative resource assignment wizard includes a validation/feedback mechanism that, before the calculated assignment is implemented, at least one of validates the executability of the calculated assignment, validates the advisability of the calculated assignment, and provides feedback to the user regarding the calculated assignment.