Methods and apparatus to allocate hardware in virtualized computing architectures

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to allocate hardware in virtualized computing architectures. An example apparatus to manage a virtual server rack comprises a drift analyzer to determine that hardware resources assigned to a virtualized workload domain exceed the resources requested for the virtualized workload domain; and a rebalancer to reassign one or more of the hardware resources in response to an indication from the drift analyzer.

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         31 . An apparatus to manage a virtual server rack, the apparatus comprising:
 a memory;   machine executable instructions;   at least one processor circuitry to execute the instructions to:
 designate a plurality of servers of the virtual server rack for a workload domain into a plurality of categories based on an associated plurality of resource characteristics; 
 obtain a set of workload domain requirements and a set of resources assigned to the workload domain; 
 map at least one of the set of workload domain requirements or a set of resources assigned to the workload domain to the plurality of categories, ones of the plurality of categories containing a designated server of the plurality of servers; 
 determine that the set of resources assigned to a mapped category of the plurality of categories is insufficient to meet resources requested for the workload domain; 
 determine that hardware resources will be increased by an upgrade to system software of the virtual server rack; and 
 after the upgrade is performed, reassign one or more of the set of resources in response to the determination. 
   
     
     
         32 . The apparatus as defined in  claim 31 , wherein the processor circuitry executes the instructions to determine that the set of resources assigned to the mapped category of the plurality of categories satisfy the resources requested for the workload domain. 
     
     
         33 . The apparatus as defined in  claim 31 , wherein the processor circuitry executes the instructions to determine that the set of resources assigned to the mapped category of the plurality of categories exceed resources requested for the workload domain when the set of resources assigned to the mapped category of the plurality of categories exceed the resources requested for the workload domain by more than a threshold quantity. 
     
     
         34 . The apparatus as defined in  claim 31 , wherein the processor circuitry executes the instructions to obtain the set of workload domain requirements and a set of resources assigned to the mapped category of the plurality of categories based on a version of platform software for the virtual server rack. 
     
     
         35 . The apparatus as defined in  claim 31 , wherein the processor circuitry executes the instructions to further receive a notification of a change to the set of resources assigned to the mapped category of the plurality of categories. 
     
     
         36 . The apparatus as defined in  claim 35 , wherein the notification indicates that the set of resources have been updated. 
     
     
         37 . The apparatus as defined in  claim 35 , wherein the notification indicates that platform software associated with the set of resources has been upgraded. 
     
     
         38 . The apparatus as defined in  claim 37 , wherein the processor circuitry executes the instructions to conduct a drift analysis in response to detecting an upgrade to platform software. 
     
     
         39 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
 designate a plurality of servers of a virtual server rack for a workload domain into a plurality of categories based on an associated plurality of resource characteristics;   obtain a set of workload domain requirements and a set of resources assigned to the workload domain;   map at least one of the set of workload domain requirements or a set of resources assigned to the workload domain to the plurality of categories, ones of the plurality of categories containing a designated server of the plurality of servers;   determine that the set of resources assigned to a mapped category of the plurality of categories is insufficient to meet resources requested for the workload domain;   determine that hardware resources will be increased by an upgrade to system software of the virtual server rack; and   after the upgrade is performed, reassign one or more of the set of resources in response to the determination.   
     
     
         40 . The non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in  claim 39 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the machine to determine that the set of resources assigned to the mapped category of the plurality of categories satisfy the resources requested for the workload domain. 
     
     
         41 . The non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in  claim 39 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the machine to determine that the set of resources assigned to the mapped category of the plurality of categories exceed resources requested for the workload domain when the set of resources assigned to the mapped category of the plurality of categories exceed the resources requested for the workload domain by more than a threshold quantity. 
     
     
         42 . The non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in  claim 39 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the machine to obtain the set of workload domain requirements and a set of resources assigned to the mapped category of the plurality of categories based on a version of platform software for the virtual server rack. 
     
     
         43 . The non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in  claim 39 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the machine to receive a notification of a change to the set of resources assigned to the mapped category of the plurality of categories. 
     
     
         44 . The non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in  claim 43 , wherein the notification indicates that the set of resources have been updated. 
     
     
         45 . The non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in  claim 43 , wherein the notification indicates that platform software associated with the set of resources has been upgraded. 
     
     
         46 . The non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in  claim 45 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the machine to conduct a drift analysis in response to detecting an upgrade to platform software. 
     
     
         47 . A method to manage a virtual server rack, the method comprising:
 designating a plurality of servers of the virtual server rack for a workload domain into a plurality of categories based on an associated plurality of resource characteristics;   obtaining a set of workload domain requirements and a set of resources assigned to the workload domain;   mapping at least one of the set of workload domain requirements or a set of resources assigned to the workload domain to the plurality of categories, ones of the plurality of categories containing a designated server of the plurality of servers;   determine that the set of resources assigned to a mapped category of the plurality of categories is insufficient to meet resources requested for the workload domain;   determine that hardware resources will be increased by an upgrade to system software of the virtual server rack; and   after the upgrade is performed, reassign one or more of the set of resources in response to the determination.   
     
     
         48 . The method as defined in  claim 47 , further including determining that the set of resources assigned to the workload domain satisfy the resources requested for the workload domain. 
     
     
         49 . The method as defined in  claim 47 , further including determining that the set of resources assigned to the mapped category of the plurality of categories exceed resources requested for the workload domain when the set of resources exceed the resources requested for the workload domain by more than a threshold quantity. 
     
     
         50 . The method as defined in  claim 47 , further including obtaining the set of workload domain requirements and a set of resources assigned to the mapped category of the plurality of categories based on a version of platform software for the virtual server rack. 
     
     
         51 . The method as defined in  claim 47 , further including receiving a notification of a change to the set of resources assigned to the mapped category of the plurality of categories. 
     
     
         52 . The method as defined in  claim 51 , wherein the notification indicates that the set of resources have been updated. 
     
     
         53 . The method as defined in  claim 51 , wherein the notification indicates that platform software associated with the set of resources has been upgraded. 
     
     
         54 . The method as defined in  claim 53 , further including conducting a drift analysis in response to detecting an upgrade to platform software.