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Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013

Filed:

Mar. 12, 2008
Applicants:

Christopher J. Dawson, Arlington, VA (US);

Carl P. Gusler, Austin, TX (US);

Rick A. Hamilton, Ii, Charlottesville, VA (US);

James W. Seaman, Falls Church, VA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher J. Dawson, Arlington, VA (US);

Carl P. Gusler, Austin, TX (US);

Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);

James W. Seaman, Falls Church, VA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method includes monitoring a utilization amount of resources within logical partitions (LPARs) of a plurality of servers and identifying a resource-strained server of the plurality of servers, wherein the resource-strained server includes a plurality of LPARs. Additionally, the method includes determining a migration of one or more LPARs of the plurality of LPARs of the resource-strained server and migrating the one or more LPARs of the resource-strained server to another server of the plurality of servers based on the determining to avoid an activation of capacity upgrade on demand (CUoD).


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