Patent ID: 9058239
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A processor-implemented method for providing a concurrent software service upgrade, the method comprising: receiving, by a management tool, a type of service request corresponding to the software service upgrade; determining, by the management tool, the type of service request; invoking, by the management tool, a control program subpartition configured to apply the service request to a plurality of subpartitions based on the type of service request, wherein the plurality of subpartitions includes at least one upgradeable micro hypervisor kernel module, micro hypervisor I/O offload subpartition and micro hypervisor host subpartition; applying the service request to at least one subpartition within the plurality of subpartitions, wherein applying the service request to at least one subpartition comprises: balancing a plurality of system resources among the plurality of subpartitions upon the applying of the service request to the at least one subpartition.