Patent ID: 8065676
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of automated provisioning of computing resources for shared services in a resource-on-demand system, the method comprising: receiving at least one policy associated with virtual machines needed to satisfy a computing demand for the shared services; determining from the at least one policy a number of virtual machines needed for a virtual machine production pool for a period of time to satisfy the computing demand for the shared services; determining from the at least one policy a number of unassigned virtual machines needed for a virtual machine buffer pool; and automatically provisioning servers and virtual machines for the virtual machine production pool and the virtual machine buffer pool based on the determined number of virtual machines needed for the virtual machine production pool, the determined number of unassigned virtual machines needed for the virtual machine buffer pool, and a changing computing demand of the shared services during the period of time, wherein the shared services comprise a virtual desktop system comprised of a plurality of desktop classes and each of the virtual machines provides a desktop in one of the classes, and wherein automatically provisioning servers and virtual machines comprises: