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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2008
Kent Ledel Hofer, Plainview, MN (US);
Jossie Maite Mcmanus, Rochester, MN (US);
Nathan Allan Rabe, Rochester, MN (US);
Tammy Lynn Van Hove, Elgin, MN (US);
Kent LeDel Hofer, Plainview, MN (US);
Jossie Maite McManus, Rochester, MN (US);
Nathan Allan Rabe, Rochester, MN (US);
Tammy Lynn Van Hove, Elgin, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for utilizing partition resource requirements to automate computer partition configuration. Partition resource requirements that are collected by a workload estimator include the type and version of software that is to be run on each partition of the system and the minimum hardware resources needed for each of the plurality of partitions on a partition by partition basis. The partition resource requirements are included in a system plan that is passed to other tools to configure a system based on the system plan. The tools that use the system plan include a deployment wizard that uses the system plan file to configure a system upgrade, and an ordering tool that passes the partition resource requirements to the manufacturer to allow the manufacturer to configure a new system based on the workload information in the system plan file.