Workload Migration via Defect Correlation
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Solution Overview
Problem
In IT environments, managing workloads on IT resources with critical components that have defects is challenging, as defects are often not detected until they cause issues, posing risks to software workloads and datacenter safety.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for workload and defect management that communicates identifiers of IT resources, determines maintenance information, and implements workload management policies, such as migrating workloads to healthy resources, to mitigate risks from defective components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If workload management is automated using industry virtualization features, then workload migration capability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that acts as a mediator between the virtualization layer and the underlying IT resources. This intermediary collects maintenance information from manufacturers, correlates it with inventory data, and automatically triggers workload migration decisions, thereby managing the complexity of coordinating multiple virtualization features and resource management functions without exposing this complexity to end users.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by proactively collecting and analyzing maintenance information from manufacturers before failures occur. By correlating this information with inventory data in advance and pre-configuring migration policies, the system prepares migration paths and resource allocations beforehand, enabling rapid response when defects are detected without requiring complex real-time decision-making.
2Reliability
If defects are monitored reactively until problems arise, then system simplicity is maintained, but reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where maintenance information from manufacturers is continuously collected and correlated with actual system inventory and performance data. This feedback loop enables the system to automatically detect when IT resources have critical defects, trigger appropriate workload migration actions, and update maintenance information databases, thereby improving reliability through continuous monitoring without requiring complex manual intervention systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by automatically performing defect detection, workload migration decisions, and resource reconfiguration based on maintenance information and pre-configured policies. The automated workload management system monitors its own IT resources, correlates maintenance information with inventory data, and executes migration actions without requiring complex external monitoring infrastructure or manual system administration.
3Measurement precision
If maintenance information is collected from manufacturers, then defect detection accuracy is improved, but information management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal information management platform that handles multiple functions: collecting maintenance information from various manufacturers, correlating it with diverse inventory data formats, storing it in standardized databases, and using it for automated decision-making. This multi-functional system manages the complexity of handling different information sources and formats through a unified approach, enabling accurate defect detection without requiring separate complex systems for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies parameter changes by transforming maintenance information from various manufacturers into standardized formats and correlating them with inventory parameters. By changing the parameters of how information is collected, stored, and processed into a unified schema, the system accurately detects defects while managing information complexity through consistent data transformation and correlation logic.
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AI summary
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for workload and defect management. According to an aspect, a method includes communicating, to a first computing device, an identifier associated with a second computing device. The method also includes receiving, from the first computing device, maintenance information associated with the identifier. Further, the method also includes implementing a workload management policy at the second computing device based on the maintenance information.