Patent ID: 8745210

Claim:
A migration control apparatus for controlling migration of a virtual machine, the migration control apparatus comprising: a processor to: monitor a status of a current migration of the virtual machine running on a first physical machine, the current migration being performed in accordance with a current migration plan; make, on the basis of the status of the current migration and while the current migration is being performed, a new migration plan for migrating the virtual machine from the first physical machine to a second physical machine, the new migration plan includes reducing power consumption by aggregating virtual machines in a smaller number of physical machines to terminate physical machines on which no virtual machine is running and which are estimated to consume only constant amount of power; estimate a first migration time required to perform a new migration in accordance with the new migration plan; compare the first migration time with a second migration time to determine which migration will be completed earlier between the new migration and the current migration, the second migration time being an estimated time required to complete the current migration; and perform the new migration when it has been determined that the new migration will be completed earlier.