Methods and apparatus to manage virtual machines

Operating programs on a computer cluster

Operating programs on a computer cluster

Data assignment and data scheduling for physical machines in a virtual machine environment

Verification of dynamic logical partitioning

Verification of dynamic logical partitioning

Systems and methods for colocating virtual machines on one or more physical infrastructure

Selective allocation of physical computing resources amongst virtual machines based on user attribute values contained in user profiles

Automatically aligning virtual blocks to physical blocks

Method and apparatus for network virtualization

Virtual Storage Devices Formed by Selected Partitions of a Physical Storage Device

Decommissioning virtual appliances

Managing multi-level service level agreements in cloud-based networks

Controlling capacity in a multi-tenant platform-as-a-service environment in a cloud computing system

Automated cost calculation for virtualized infrastructure

Hardware virtualization for media processing

Selectively filtering applications from an application volume

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR SOFTWARE DEFINED CLOUDS

Layer 3 service implementation in cloud servers and method

Simultaneous utilization of a first graphics processing unit (GPU) and a second GPU of a computing platform through a virtual machine (VM) in a shared mode and a dedicated mode respectively

Method and system for provisioning computing resources

Virtual machine deployment and management engine

Offloading service requests to a second guest hypervisor in a logical partition shared by a plurality of guest hypervisors

Encapsulation of an application for virtualization

Method and apparatus for managing power in virtualization system using different operating systems

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURABLE REDUNDANT FUSE BANKS

NUMA-based client placement

Pre-provisioning virtual machines in a networked computing environment

Performing a logical partition migration utilizing plural mover service partition pairs

Scale-up techniques for multi-GPU passthrough

Method and apparatus for allocating central processing unit resources in a default resource pool

Utilizing multiple memory pools during mobility operations

Utilizing multiple memory pools during mobility operations

Autonomic virtual machine session lingering of inactive virtual machine sessions by a virtualization computing platform

Policy-driven automatic redundant fabric placement mechanism for virtual data centers

System and method for managing a hybrid compute environment

Method and system for work partitioning between processors with work demand feedback

System overhead-based automatic adjusting of number of running processors within a system

Emulating execution of an instruction for discovering virtual topology of a logical partitioned computer system

Network resource management system utilizing physical network identification for load balancing

Techniques for migrating active I/O connections with migrating servers and clients

Network resource management system utilizing physical network identification for converging operations

Network traffic control by association of network packets and processes

Utilizing client resources during mobility operations

Utilizing client resources during mobility operations

Method and system for time synchronization among systems using parallel sysplex links

Enterprise-level management, control and information aspects of cloud console

Performance interference model for managing consolidated workloads in QoS-aware clouds

Methods and systems for managing virtual and real machines

Cryptographically attested resources for hosting virtual machines

Managing capacity in a data center by suspending tenants

System and method for on-demand cloning of virtual machines

Systems and methods for managing reconfigurable processor cores

Partitioning systems operating in multiple domains

Load balancing in cloud-based networks

Applying a platform code level update to an operational node

Providing domain-joined remote applications in a cloud environment

Implementing concurrent device driver maintenance and recovery for an SRIOV adapter in a virtualized system

Enabling reliable communications between computing instances

Allocation of distributed data structures

Selectively transparent bridge for peripheral component interconnect express bus systems

Techniques for sharing virtual machine (VM) resources

Distributed lock management in a cloud computing environment

Method and apparatus for a virtual system on chip

Method and apparatus for a virtual system on chip

Process migration method, computer system and intermediate computing resources

Virtual resource object component

Portable electronic apparatus and portable cloud computing system

Fast application streaming using on-demand staging

Optimizing virtual machine migration via identification and treatment of virtual memory swap file

Managing network utility of applications on cloud data centers

Systems and methods for deploying a spotted virtual server in a cluster system

Method, apparatus, and system for isolating a temporary partition on a host

Automated scaling of applications in virtual data centers

Execution of an instruction for performing a configuration virtual topology change

Dynamic virtual machine sizing

Simple integration of on-demand compute environment

Undifferentiated service domains

Server system, method for controlling the same, and program for executing parallel distributed processing

Defining disjoint node groups for virtual machines with pre-existing placement policies

Execution of software using a virtual processor time counter and a scaling factor

Control method of virtual machine and virtual machine system

Host selection for virtual machine placement

Capacity and load analysis using storage attributes

Computer system, method for starting a server computer, server computer, management station, and use

Assessment of best fit cloud deployment infrastructures

Mechanism for providing virtual machines for use by multiple users

Cross-function virtualization of a telecom core network

Operating system in a commodity-based computing system

System and method for expediting virtual I/O server (VIOS) boot time in a virtual computing environment

System and method for expediting virtual I/O server (VIOS) boot time in a virtual computing environment

Multi-tenant middleware cloud service technology

Systems and methods for cluster parameter limit

Operating system distributed over heterogeneous platforms

Optimizing the configuration of virtual machine instances in a networked computing environment

Burst capacity for user-defined pools

Methods and apparatus for using tags to control and manage assets

Facilitating processing within computing environments supporting pageable guests

Boot partitions in memory devices and systems

Adaptive autoscaling for virtualized applications

System and method to reconfigure a virtual machine image suitable for cloud deployment

Dynamically deployable wireless infrastructure in cloud environment

Virtualization congestion control framework for modifying execution of applications on virtual machine based on mass congestion indicator in host computing system

APPLYING AND REMOVING APPROPRIATE FILE OVERLAYS DURING LIVE APPLICATION MOBILITY

Encapsulation of an application for virtualization

Method and system for specifying the layout of computer system resources

Offloading service requests to a second guest hypervisor in a logical partition shared by a plurality of guest hypervisors

Systems and methods to offload hardware support using a hypervisor subpartition

Method for booting a heterogeneous system and presenting a symmetric core view

Method of installing virtual service processor (VSP) to computing device and application of the same

Managing CPU resources for high availability micro-partitions

Managing CPU resources for high availability micro-partitions

Managing CPU resources for high availability micro-partitions

Technique for rapidly converting between storage representations in a virtualized computing environment

Virtual data center allocation with bandwidth guarantees

Methods and systems to manage computer resources in elastic multi-tenant cloud computing systems

Load balancing for a virtual networking system

System and method for medical resource scheduling in a distributed medical system

Virtual server processing control method, system, and virtual server processing control management server

Virtualization across physical partitions of a multi-core processor (MCP)

Management system and method for execution of virtual machines

Network bandwidth allocation in multi-tenancy cloud computing networks

Determining the graphic load of a virtual desktop

Dynamic configuration in cloud computing environments

Computer or microchip with an internal hardware firewall and a master controlling device

Virtualization system with a remote proxy in a virtualization layer domain

Optimizing handling of virtual machine mobility in data center environments

Managing allocation of hardware resources in a virtualized environment

Updating processor topology information for virtual machines

Automated application reconfiguration

Updating memory topology information for virtual machines

Method and apparatus for chunk-level sharing-based open virtualization format (OVF) package distribution through dependency analysis

Resource optimization recommendations

Token-based adaptive task management for virtual machines

Parallel processing computer systems with reduced power consumption and methods for providing the same

Enterprise componentized workflow application

Method and system for deterministic multicore execution

System and method for ballooning with assigned devices

Differentiating image files in a networked computing environment

Dynamic allocation of computing resources in remote gaming environment

Application architecture design method, application architecture design system, and recording medium

System and method for power reduction by sequestering at least one device or partition in a platform from operating system access

Multi-partitioning of memories

Combining profiles based on priorities

Computing optimized virtual machine allocations using equivalence combinations

Computer system and virtual machine arranging method

Synchronizing parallel applications in an asymmetric multi-processing system

Processor provisioning by a middleware processing system for a plurality of logical processor partitions

Master automation service

Low-risk server consolidation

Expanding memory size

Hetergeneous processor apparatus and method

Hetergeneous processor apparatus and method

System and electronic device for utilizing memory of video card

Providing memory condition information to guest applications

System and method for dynamically expanding virtual cluster and recording medium on which program for executing the method is recorded

Processor provisioning by a middleware processing system for a plurality of logical processor partitions

Methods and apparatus to manage virtual machines

Archiving virtual machines in a data storage system

Archiving virtual machines in a data storage system

Method and apparatus for performing host based diagnostics using a service processor

In-place change between transient and persistent state for data structures on non-volatile memory

Archiving virtual machines in a data storage system

Federation for information technology service management

Hybrid virtual machine configuration management

Systems and methods for finding solutions in distributed load balancing

Live migration of virtual machines using virtual bridges in a multi-root input-output virtualization blade chassis

Methods and apparatus to reclaim resources in virtual computing environments

Shared resource segmentation

Mapping virtual devices to computing nodes

Hybrid firewall for data center security

Method and apparatus for providing a unified resource view of multiple virtual machines

Offering network performance guarantees in multi-tenant datacenters

Method, data processing program, and computer program product to compensate for coupling overhead in a distributed computing system, and corresponding overhead calculator for a distributed computing system and corresponding computer system

Virtual machine image migration

Common contiguous memory region optimized virtual machine migration within a workgroup

Common contiguous memory region optimized virtual machine migration within a workgroup

Usage of snapshots prepared by a different host

Methods and systems for dynamically managing requests for computing capacity

System and method for supporting metered clients with manycore

Virtual machine placement

Activating a subphysical driver on failure of hypervisor for operating an I/O device shared by hypervisor and guest OS and virtual computer system

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

Routing data packets between virtual machines using shared memory without copying the data packet

Method and electronic apparatus for implementing multi-operating system

Use of snapshots to reduce risk in migration to a standard virtualized environment

Method and system for running a virtual appliance

System and method for application deployment in cloud

Virtualization planning system

Host naming application programming interface

Capacity reclamation and resource adjustment

Processor unplug in virtualized computer system

End to end modular information technology system

Dynamically improving memory affinity of logical partitions

Computer system, computer and method for performing thin provisioning capacity management in coordination with virtual machines

Pre-provisioning resources for composite applications

Method and system for a multitenancy telephone network

Scheduling jobs in a cluster by constructing multiple subclusters based on entry and exit rules

Dynamic scaling of management infrastructure in virtual environments

Method, device, and system for migrating configuration information during live migration of virtual machine

Mobility operation resource allocation

Reserving resources in an on-demand compute environment

Event notification

Network offering in cloud computing environment

Kernal memory locking for systems that allow over-commitment memory

Method and system to allocate bandwidth in cloud computing networks

Submitting operations to a shared resource based on busy-to-success ratios

Submitting operations to a shared resource based on busy-to-success ratios

Affinity of virtual processor dispatching

Systems and methods for exposing processor topology for virtual machines

Method for dispatching central processing unit of hotspot domain virtual machine and virtual machine system

Affinity of virtual processor dispatching

ESTIMATING DEMAND FOR NEWLY REGISTERED IMAGE TEMPLATES

Method and apparatus for determining allocation design of virtual machines

Resource management system, resource management method, and computer product

Memory allocation with identification of requesting loadable kernel module

Systems and methods for bridging between public and private clouds through multilevel API integration

Method and apparatus for network resource virtual partitioning

Operation control for deploying and managing software service in a virtual environment

Management of virtual appliances in cloud-based network

Elastic packaging of application configuration

Method, system and apparatus for handling events for partitions in a socket with sub-socket partitioning

Resource allocation for virtual machines and logical partitions

Hierarchy memory management

Time-variant use models in constraint-based IT resource consolidation

Shared versioned workload partitions

Management of resources within a computing environment

Automated profiling of resource usage

Dynamic virtual machine resizing in a cloud computing infrastructure

Inter-board virtualization management for managing hardware resources corresponding to interrupts

System and method for service definition packages for use with a cloud computing environment

Virtual resource allocation and resource and consumption management

Method, device, and system for implementing communication after virtual machine migration

Scaling of application resources in a multi-tenant platform-as-a-service environment in a cloud computing system

Hypervisor handling of processor hotplug requests

Virtual processor provisioning in virtualized computer systems

Providing a seamless transition for resizing virtual machines from a development environment to a production environment

Method and Apparatus for Accelerated Virtual Image Provisioning in Distributed Cloud Environments

Application dependent data center integration

Deployed application factory reset

Local secure service partitions for operating system security

Supporting heterogeneous virtualization

Framework for networking and security services in virtual networks

Selective data migration or remapping of virtual processors to provide required data accessibility to processor cores

Optimizing virtual machine deployment time by temporarily allocating more processing resources during the initial deployment time of the virtual machine

Proactive resource reservation for protecting virtual machines

Client placement in a computer network system using dynamic weight assignments on resource utilization metrics

Hierarchical dynamic scheduling

Scaling a virtual machine instance

Privilege level aware processor hardware resource management facility

Reducing usage of resource utilized by a virtual machine whose resource utilization is adversely affecting neighboring virtual machines

Method and apparatus for providing traffic re-aware slot placement

Systems and methods for establishing a cloud bridge between virtual storage resources

System and method for topology-aware job scheduling and backfilling in an HPC environment

Grouping and placement of virtual machines based on similarity and correlation of functional relations

Resource management using reliable and efficient delivery of application performance information in a cloud computing system

Resource management using reliable and efficient delivery of application performance information in a cloud computing system

Virtual instance reconfiguration

Method and system for implementing primary and secondary zones in a virtualized environment

Processor interrupt interface with interrupt partitioning and virtualization enhancements

Interrupt priority management using partition-based priority blocking processor registers

Method and system for modeling and analyzing computing resource requirements of software applications in a shared and distributed computing environment

System and method for topology-aware job scheduling and backfilling in an HPC environment

System and method for topology-aware job scheduling and backfilling in an HPC environment

Dynamic job processing based on estimated completion time and specified tolerance time

Selecting provisioning targets for new virtual machine instances

Selecting provisioning targets for new virtual machine instances

System and method for managing cloud deployment configuration of an application

Method and apparatus for configuring social networking site sharing functions

Systems and methods for controlling, by a hypervisor, access to physical resources

System and method for continuous optimization of computing systems with automated assignment of virtual machines and physical machines to hosts

System and method for automated assignment of virtual machines and physical machines to hosts

SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CREATING CUSTOM VIRTUAL MACHINES

Resource management method and management server

Virtual server system, management server device, and system managing method

Job management server and job management method

Extended subnets

Method and system for abstracting virtual machines in a network comprising plurality of hypervisor and sub-hypervisors

Virtual machine image distribution network

Method and device for adjusting memory of virtual machine

Systems, methods and apparatus for cache transfers

Model for managing hosted resources using logical scopes

System and program product to allocate and reallocate CPU resources needed to utilize full available network adapter bandwidth capacity for logical partition migration

Method, migration management apparatus, network device, and virtual machine server for migrating virtual machine parameters

Method and apparatus to improve efficiency in the use of resources in data center

Method and apparatus to replicate stateful virtual machines between clouds

AUTOMATIC TRANSFER OF WORKLOAD CONFIGURATION

Maintaining hardware resource bandwidth quality-of-service via hardware counter

Migrating virtual machines between computing devices

Method and apparatus to replicate stateful virtual machines between clouds

Allocate and reallocate CPU resources needed to utilize full available network adapter bandwidth capacity for logical partition migration

METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FACILITATING DYNAMIC ORIGIN-BASED DOMAIN ALLOCATION

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INTER-CLOUD SERVICES

System level acceleration server

Computer, virtualization mechanism, and scheduling method

Direct memory (DMA) based access to a device on a remote machine using stub driver and by synchronizing the DMA buffer

Cloning virtual machines

Opportunistically proactive resource management using spare capacity

Determining placement fitness for partitions under a hypervisor

Storage performance-based virtual machine placement