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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Antonio Abbondanzio, Raleigh, NC (US);
Rohith K. Ashok, Apex, NC (US);
Roy F. Brabson, Raleigh, NC (US);
Hugh E. Hockett, Raleigh, NC (US);
Matt R. Hogstrom, Cary, NC (US);
Edward M. Howard, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for performing maintenance operations on a cloud computing node. An administrative server receives an indication that a maintenance operation is to be performed on a cloud computing node. The administrative server identifies which virtual machine(s) on the cloud computing node will be affected by the maintenance operation. The administrative server relocates the virtual machine(s) to be affected by the maintenance operation to other suitable cloud computing node(s) prior to the maintenance operation being performed. The administrative server then performs the maintenance operation on the cloud computing node. The virtual machine(s) may be relocated back to the cloud computing node after the maintenance operation is completed in response to a need to rebalance resources in such a manner. In this manner, maintenance operations may be performed on a cloud computing node without requiring to stop all the virtual machines in the node.