Patent ID: 8972982
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A virtual machine allocation method, comprising: responsive to receiving a request to execute or allocate a virtual machine, determining a first geophysical location of a host for the virtual machine by acquiring geophysical data from one of: verifying the first geophysical location corresponds to a second geophysical location of the host as indicated by second geophysical data stored on the host; responsive to verifying that the first geophysical location corresponds to the second geophysical location, determining a geophysical policy for the virtual machine which indicates a geophysical location where the virtual machine may be executed or allocated; determining whether the geophysical policy for the virtual machine corresponds to the geophysical location of the host for the virtual machine; responsive to determining that the geophysical policy for the virtual machine corresponds to the geophysical location of the host, executing or allocating the virtual machine; and determining and re-verifying the first geophysical location of the host in response to a clock adjustment of the host.