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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2018
Pivotal Software, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Jarvis, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Stokan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kenneth Lakin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Der Wei Chan, Markham, CA;
Navdeep Pama, Brampton, CA;
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media that manage cloud computing environments. A pool manager creates a pool of cloud computing environments according to a pool specification specifying a headroom threshold of the pool. The pool manager receives, from a requester computer, a request to claim a cloud computing environment. The pool manager determines that one or more cloud computing environments are available. In response, the pool manager provides to the requesting computer credentials for accessing the cloud computing environment. The pool manager designates the cloud computing environment as claimed and unavailable to other requester computers until receiving a notification indicating that the cloud computing environment is unclaimed. The pool manager ensures that the correct number of environments are available on a pre-determined schedule.