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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2009
Kattiganehalli Y. Srinivasan, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Kattiganehalli Y. Srinivasan, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Novell, Inc., Provo, UT (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus involve managing workload migration to host devices in a data center having heterogeneously arranged computing platforms. Fully virtualized images include drivers compatible with varieties of host devices. The images also include an agent that detects a platform type of a specific host device upon deployment. If the specific host is a physical platform type, the agent provisions native drivers. If the specific host is a virtual platform type, the agent also detects a hypervisor. The agent then provisions front-end drivers that are most compatible with the detected hypervisor. Upon decommissioning of the image, the image is returned to its pristine state and saved for later re-use. In other embodiments, detection methods of the agent are disclosed as are computing systems, data centers, and computer program products, to name a few.