Patent ID: 8516217
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of managing partitionable resources in a logically partitioned computing system, the method comprising: associating each of a plurality of partitionable resources in the logically partitioned computing system with a respective file entry in a virtual file system, wherein the plurality of partitionable resources includes a first partitionable resource, and wherein the first partitionable resource comprises a partitionable processor resource; associating each of a plurality of logical partitions in the logically partitioned computing system with a respective directory in the virtual file system; allocating the first partitionable resource to a first logical partition among the plurality of logical partitions in response to a file system operation directed to the virtual file system to organize a respective file entry for the first partitionable resource within the respective directory for the first logical partition; wherein the plurality of partitionable resources comprises a plurality of partitionable processor resources and a plurality of partitionable memory resources, and wherein the respective directory of each logical partition includes a processor directory and a memory directory, the processor directory for each logical partition including a file entry for each partitionable processor resource allocated to such logical partition, and the memory directory for each logical partition including a file entry for each partitionable memory resource allocated to such logical partition.