Virtual Object Host Association Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional operations management systems lack an efficient technique to associate virtual objects with their respective physical hosts in converged infrastructures, leading to complexity in managing large numbers of virtual objects across multiple hosts, especially with features like automatic migration.
Innovation Solution
An operations management system that generates associations between each virtual object and its host, displaying these associations to enhance visualization and management efficiency, using a processing system and memory to store and retrieve physical and virtual object information, and providing a graphical interface for user interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional operations management systems are used to manage virtual objects on physical hosts, then the system can handle basic virtualization tasks, but the system cannot efficiently associate virtual objects with their respective physical hosts, leading to management complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an operations management system as an intermediary layer between virtual objects and physical hosts. This mediator automatically generates and maintains associations between virtual objects and their respective physical hosts, providing a unified view that simplifies management operations without requiring direct complex interactions between virtual and physical components
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring virtual object placements and automatically updating association information. The operations management system receives status information from virtual objects and physical hosts, processes this feedback, and maintains accurate real-time associations, enabling efficient management despite dynamic changes in the virtualized environment
2Quantity of substance
If the number of virtual objects is increased to meet enterprise computing needs, then the computing resource capacity is improved, but the difficulty of managing and visualizing these objects increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the representation of multiple virtual objects with their physical host information into a unified association structure. Instead of managing virtual objects as isolated entities, the system combines virtual object identities with their respective physical host assignments, creating a consolidated view that reduces visualization complexity even as the number of virtual objects increases to tens of thousands
3Adaptability or versatility
If automatic migration features are implemented to improve resource utilization, then the flexibility and resource efficiency are improved, but the complexity of tracking virtual object locations increases
Solution Approach 1:
The operations management system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing the association framework between virtual objects and physical hosts before migration occurs. When automatic migration happens, the system is already prepared to track and update these associations, eliminating the need for complex post-migration tracking and reducing the overall complexity of location management
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AI summary
A converged infrastructure management system includes a processing system and a memory for storing an operations management application, which is executed by the processing system to obtain physical configuration information associated with one or more physical hosts of a virtual computing environment, and virtual object information associated with a plurality of virtual objects executed on the hosts. Using this information, the application generates an association for each virtual object, the association associating the virtual object with the host that executes the virtual object, and displays a virtual object representation of at least one of the virtual objects, a host representation of its respective host, and an indicator representing the association between the virtual object and its respective host on a display.