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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2004
Vijay Kumar Aggarwal, Austin, TX (US);
David Werner Bachmann, Leander, TX (US);
Uzi Hardoon, Golden Beach, FL (US);
Craig M. Lawton, Raleigh, NC (US);
Raymond P. Pekowski, Austin, TX (US);
Christopher Andrew Peters, Round Rock, TX (US);
Puthukode G. Ramachandran, Austin, TX (US);
Lorin Evan Ullmann, Austin, TX (US);
John Patrick Whitfield, Cary, NC (US);
Vijay Kumar Aggarwal, Austin, TX (US);
David Werner Bachmann, Leander, TX (US);
Uzi Hardoon, Golden Beach, FL (US);
Craig M. Lawton, Raleigh, NC (US);
Raymond P. Pekowski, Austin, TX (US);
Christopher Andrew Peters, Round Rock, TX (US);
Puthukode G. Ramachandran, Austin, TX (US);
Lorin Evan Ullmann, Austin, TX (US);
John Patrick Whitfield, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Enabling automated provisioning on a data processing network includes providing the network with access to an automated provisioning controller. The controller enables a user to specify resource allocation priorities and uses the user-specified priorities, in conjunction with a resource stabilization policy, to resolve conflicting resource requests. The resource allocation priorities include priorities for demand-based resource requests and maintenance-based resource requests. The stabilization policy includes a policy for constraining allocation of a resource based on forecasted demand and a policy for constraining allocation of a resource based on a scheduled maintenance task.