Patent ID: 9218207
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: determining historical resource metrics for a host of a plurality of hosts; determining a workload forecast for the host based on the historical resource metrics, wherein determining the workload forecast comprises predicting future resource metrics for the host; determining a first series of virtual resource configurations based on the workload forecast, wherein each virtual resource configuration corresponds to a respective virtual machine of a plurality of virtual machines from the host, and each virtual resource configuration comprises: configuring each respective virtual machine according to each corresponding virtual resource configuration in the first series of virtual resource configurations; formatting for display the first series of virtual resource configurations; receiving an input indicative of an intent to decrease a re-configuration cost; determining a second series of virtual resource configurations by modifying each virtual resource configuration of the first series of virtual resource configurations such that each respective time interval is increased; and configuring each respective virtual machine according to each corresponding virtual resource configuration in the second series of virtual resource configurations.