Workload Remediation System for Tracking Accuracy
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Infrastructure automation platforms face challenges in tracking all components within a computing environment, especially when other management entities move or replicate components for purposes like site recovery and load balancing, leading to difficulties in maintaining accurate component tracking.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for detecting and reconciling moved workloads in a computing environment, which involves receiving data on workloads, identifying moved workloads, searching for associated workloads, swapping metadata for workloads with associated workloads, and preserving workloads without associations for further processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the infrastructure automation platform tracks all components manually, then tracking accuracy is improved, but system complexity and resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a workload remediation system as an intermediary component that acts as a mediator between the infrastructure automation platform and moved workloads. This remediation system detects workload movements, identifies associated workloads, and performs metadata swapping automatically, thereby maintaining tracking accuracy without requiring the main infrastructure automation platform to directly track every component movement manually.
2Measurement precision
If the infrastructure automation platform monitors all workload movements continuously, then tracking accuracy is improved, but processing time and resource usage increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by having the workload remediation system detect and record workload movements as they occur, maintaining a backlog of movement events. Instead of processing all movements immediately, the system prepares the data in advance and processes it during off-peak times or in batches, thereby reducing real-time processing delays while maintaining accurate tracking records.
3Measurement precision
If manual tracking of moved workloads is performed, then tracking accuracy is improved, but automation level decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables self-service by implementing an automated workload remediation system that independently detects workload movements, searches for associated workloads, and performs metadata swapping without human intervention. The system uses automated detection mechanisms to identify moved workloads and automatically reconciles them with the infrastructure automation platform, thereby maintaining tracking accuracy while maximizing automation.
4Measurement precision
If the system processes all moved workloads immediately, then tracking accuracy is improved, but system performance and productivity decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic action by processing workload movements in scheduled intervals or batches rather than immediately for each event. The workload remediation system collects movement events over a period, then processes them in organized batches during designated time windows. This approach maintains accurate tracking of all movements while preventing continuous processing from degrading overall system performance and productivity.
Data Source
AI summary
System and computer-implemented method for detecting and reconciling moved workloads for a management component in a computing environment determines workloads that have moved as moved workloads based on received data at the management component. For a first moved workload with an associated workload, workload metadata is swapped with the associated workload and the first moved workload is updated in the management component. For a second moved workload without an associated workload, the second moved workload is preserved as preserved workloads for further processing.


