International Business Machines Corporation

Vmware, Inc.

Brandon Dale Nelson

Rafael Graniello Cabezas

Elizabeth Silvia

Anh Tuan Dang

Janitha Karunaratne

Shruthi Rajashekar

Daniel Patrick Thomas

Various examples are disclosed for autonomously reproducing and destructing virtual machines. Various virtual machines can be provisioned in a computing environment having at least one computing device. Each of the virtual machines provisioned can process a workload assigned to the at least one computing device. Further, each of the virtual machines can independently determine whether to self-replicate or self-destroy based at least on a state of processing of the workload. To self-replicate, each of the virtual machines can cause a new virtual machine to be created, where a processing of the workload is divided between a virtual machine and the new virtual machine created.

Autonomously reproducing and destructing virtual machines

The present invention provides a computer implemented method, data processing system and computer program product for running a diagnostic test on an I/O adapter. The data processing system communicates a stop command to a functional device driver; wherein the functional device driver is configured to communicate with the I/O adapter. The data processing system determines whether the functional device driver has completed storing a state of the I/O adapter. The data processing system loads a diagnostic device driver for communicating with the I/O adapter. The data processing system applies test inputs to the diagnostic device driver, wherein at least one test input is presented to the I/O adapter. The data processing system receives test results from the diagnostic device driver.

Method and apparatus for device driver state storage during diagnostic phase

A diagnostic control methodology provides reduced disruption of device operation when performing diagnostics on devices within a computer system. A diagnostic application notifies a device driver that controls a particular device that diagnostics should be performed during a period of low activity on the device. In response to receiving the notification, the device driver waits for a time of low activity and either notifies the application to unload the device driver and load a diagnostic device driver, or enters a diagnostic mode directly if such operation is supported by the functional device driver. A timeout duration can be specified, and may be set by the notification, so that the diagnostics will be performed within the timeout period even if a time of low activity has not occurred by the expiration of the timeout.

Device activity triggered device diagnostics

A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for displaying information within a browser. Server browser information is stored on a web server. The server browser information includes a set of first category categories and a set of second category categories. An indication of whether a user is on a public system or a private system is received by the web server. Responsive to receiving the indication that the user is on a public system, only the set of public categories of the browser information is displayed to the user.

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Round Rock, TX, United States of America

Brandon Dale Nelson