Patent ID: 8473959

Claim:
One or more non-transitory processor-readable media storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising code to: process an indicator that a set of virtual resources has been identified for quarantine at a portion of a data center; execute, during at least a portion of a quarantine time period, at least a portion of a virtual resource from the set of virtual resources at a quarantined portion of the data center that is dedicated to execute the set of virtual resources in response to the indicator and not execute virtual resources associated with non-quarantine operation; monitor a performance metric based on execution of the portion of the virtual resource at the quarantined portion of the data center during the quarantine time period; process an indication that migration of the virtual resource to a non-quarantined portion of the data center is authorized, when a threshold condition is satisfied based on the performance metric; and process instructions to migrate the virtual resource to the non-quarantined portion of the data center.