International Business Machines Corporation
Resources provisioning based on a set of discrete configurations

Abstract:

Machines, systems and methods for deploying virtual machines (VMs), the method comprises maintaining N message queues corresponding to N VM flavors, wherein the N VM flavors are associated with N distinguishable configuration requirements for supporting placement of at least a first VM on at least a first host with limited resources; wherein a first host from among a plurality of hosts subscribes to a first message queue from among the N message queues, in response to determining that the first host has the resources that match the respective configuration requirements for supporting the first VM placed on the first message queue; receiving a VM placement request for the first VM, wherein the VM placement request comprises information indicating a first VM flavor associated with a first message queue; communicating arrival of the VM request to one or more hosts subscribing to the first message queue.