Patent ID: 8140812
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for placement of a virtual machine in a computing system, the method comprising: sending, from a pool management subsystem, a first request to a placement subsystem, the first request including specification of available storage capacities of a plurality of storage systems in a computer network; automatically determining, by the placement subsystem, a target storage system of the plurality of storage systems to place at least one disk image of the virtual machine based, at least in part, on the available storage capacities of the plurality of storage systems in the computer network; receiving, at the pool management subsystem, an identification of the target storage system from the placement subsystem; writing the at least one disk image of the virtual machine to the target storage system; sending, from the pool management subsystem, a second request to the placement subsystem; automatically determining, by the placement subsystem, a target computer in the computer network to install the virtual machine based, at least in part, on connectivity between the target computer and the target storage system; receiving, at the pool management subsystem, an identification of the target computer from the placement subsystem; and installing the virtual machine at the target computer.