Patents by Inventor Daniel L Hiebert
Daniel L Hiebert has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9870245Abstract: An appliance migration mechanism (AMM) optimizes migration of a live virtual appliance with virtual objects between cloud environments to minimize temporary connections that use significant cloud resources during the migration. The AMM determines a cost of connections of each virtual object in the virtual appliance and produces an order of migration for the virtual objects. The cost of connections of the virtual objects may be determined by the total number of connections and the maximum number of connections. Alternatively the cost of the connections of the virtual objects for migration could be determined by a weighting the costs of the connections where the weighting may consider loading or other factors on the connection.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Inernational Business Machines CorporationInventors: Bin Cao, Daniel L. Hiebert, Brian R. Muras, Tanveer Zubair
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Patent number: 9870244Abstract: An appliance migration mechanism (AMM) optimizes migration of a live virtual appliance with virtual objects between cloud environments to minimize temporary connections that use significant cloud resources during the migration. The AMM determines a cost of connections of each virtual object in the virtual appliance and produces an order of migration for the virtual objects. The cost of connections of the virtual objects may be determined by the total number of connections and the maximum number of connections. Alternatively the cost of the connections of the virtual objects for migration could be determined by a weighting the costs of the connections where the weighting may consider loading or other factors on the connection.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Bin Cao, Daniel L. Hiebert, Brian R. Muras, Tanveer Zubair
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Patent number: 9846595Abstract: A method is provided for applying tasks. The method can include receiving a plurality of tasks for a plurality of applications, an application of the plurality of applications is hosted by a computing environment utilizing a monitoring agent, and a task is performed for an operation of the application during a first period of time. The method can also include determining a first resource type and a first resource amount from the computing environment for performing the task. The method can also include grouping the plurality of tasks into a set of tasks based on the first resource type, at least two tasks from the set of tasks being performable in parallel during the first period of time. The method can also include determining whether the first resource amount of the first resource type is present in the computing environment during the first period of time.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Bin Cao, Daniel L. Hiebert, Brian R. Muras, Tanveer Zubair
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Publication number: 20170199752Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: monitoring, by a computing device, performance of currently deployed virtual machines (VMs) that implement particular services; determining, by the computing device, optimal configuration options for deployment of new VMs that implement one or more of the particular services based on the monitoring the performance of the currently deployed VMs; and outputting, by the computing device, information regarding the optimal configuration options to a user requesting the deployment of a new VM implementing one or more of the particular services.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2016Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: Bin CAO, David M. EGLE, Daniel L. HIEBERT, Cory J. KLEINHEKSEL
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Publication number: 20170141961Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a computing device via an application programming interface (API) or user interface, compliance definitions identifying compliance checks for endpoints in a cloud network; generating, by the computing device, a compliance check inventory identifying the compliance checks and actions associated with the compliance checks; storing, by the computing device, the compliance check inventory in a computer storage system identifying, by the computing device, redundant actions in the compliance check inventory; identifying, by the computing device, outdated actions in the compliance check inventory; and updating, by the computing device, the compliance check inventory by eliminating the redundant actions and the outdated actions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Bin CAO, David M. EGLE, Daniel L. HIEBERT, Yongwen WU
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Publication number: 20170142157Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: monitoring, by a computing device, compliance-related event information by periodically or intermittently receiving the compliance-related event information via an application programming interface (API) of the computing device; detecting, by the computing device, an event trigger or multiple event triggers based on monitoring the compliance-related event information; performing, by the computing device, a compliance check, in accordance with a compliance checklist, on an endpoint associated with a cloud network based on detecting the event trigger; receiving, by the computing device, results to the compliance check; and updating, by the computing device, the compliance checklist based on the results of the compliance check.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Bin CAO, David M. EGLE, Daniel L. HIEBERT, Yongwen WU
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Publication number: 20170140315Abstract: An approach for managing incident tickets in a cloud managed service environment is provided. In an embodiment, in response to receipt of an incident ticket, it is determined whether a threshold number of incident tickets similar to the received incident ticket have been answered within a specified time period. This determination may include determining frequencies with which a plurality of previous resolutions applied to the similar incident tickets have been successful. Further, in response to determining that the threshold number of similar incident tickets have been answered, an automated response is provided to the received incident ticket and to subsequently received similar incident tickets, where similar incident tickets are defined as having a same error code or category type. The automated response may comprise a series of one or more previous resolutions to the similar incident tickets in order of the highest frequency of success.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Bin Cao, David M. Egle, Daniel L. Hiebert, Raymond S. Perry
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Patent number: 9612865Abstract: A method is provided for applying tasks. The method can include receiving a plurality of tasks for a plurality of applications, an application of the plurality of applications is hosted by a computing environment utilizing a monitoring agent, and a task is performed for an operation of the application during a first period of time. The method can also include determining a first resource type and a first resource amount from the computing environment for performing the task. The method can also include grouping the plurality of tasks into a set of tasks based on the first resource type, at least two tasks from the set of tasks being performable in parallel during the first period of time. The method can also include determining whether the first resource amount of the first resource type is present in the computing environment during the first period of time.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2015Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Bin Cao, Daniel L. Hiebert, Brian R. Muras, Tanveer Zubair
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Patent number: 9600267Abstract: Software that dynamically updates virtual machine templates at deterministic intervals in order to reduce patching time, by performing the following operations: (i) identifying a virtual machine (VM) provisioned according to a first VM template; (ii) initiating a patching process that applies a set of patch(es) to the VM, thereby creating a patched VM; (iii) determining that an amount of time taken to complete the patching process is greater than a predetermined threshold; and (iv) responsive to determining that the amount of time taken to complete the patching process is greater than the predetermined threshold, generating a second VM template based, at least in part, on the patched VM.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2015Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas E. Chefalas, David M. Egle, Daniel L. Hiebert, Dennis D. Jurgensen, Arthur J. Meyer, III, David M. Schultz, Peter A. Singh
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Patent number: 9535735Abstract: An adaptive request handler (ARH) receives a virtual machine (VM) request from a user and determines whether to automatically approve the VM request using a tolerance that defines an allowable amount of deviation from preset resource specifications. In some embodiments, the ARH adaptively varies the tolerance based on one or more monitored factors, such as an aggregate system resource utilization by and/or a billing history of the user or a group that includes the user. In some embodiments, the VM request is based on a template selected by the user from among a plurality of templates eligible for automatic approval, wherein a plurality of tolerances each defines an allowable amount of deviation from preset resource specifications of a respective one of the eligible templates. The ARH may, in some embodiments, vary each of the plurality of tolerances independently based on one or more monitored factors.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Daniel L. Hiebert, Brian R. Muras
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Publication number: 20160364265Abstract: A method is provided for applying tasks. The method can include receiving a plurality of tasks for a plurality of applications, an application of the plurality of applications is hosted by a computing environment utilizing a monitoring agent, and a task is performed for an operation of the application during a first period of time. The method can also include determining a first resource type and a first resource amount from the computing environment for performing the task. The method can also include grouping the plurality of tasks into a set of tasks based on the first resource type, at least two tasks from the set of tasks being performable in parallel during the first period of time. The method can also include determining whether the first resource amount of the first resource type is present in the computing environment during the first period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2015Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: Bin Cao, Daniel L. Hiebert, Brian R. Muras, Tanveer Zubair
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Publication number: 20160364255Abstract: Software that dynamically updates virtual machine templates at deterministic intervals in order to reduce patching time, by performing the following operations: (i) identifying a virtual machine (VM) provisioned according to a first VM template; (ii) initiating a patching process that applies a set of patch(es) to the VM, thereby creating a patched VM; (iii) determining that an amount of time taken to complete the patching process is greater than a predetermined threshold; and (iv) responsive to determining that the amount of time taken to complete the patching process is greater than the predetermined threshold, generating a second VM template based, at least in part, on the patched VM.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2015Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: Thomas E. Chefalas, David M. Egle, Daniel L. Hiebert, Dennis D. Jurgensen, Arthur J. Meyer, III, David M. Schultz, Peter A. Singh
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Publication number: 20160366243Abstract: In an approach for adjusting an order of actions to process a request, a processor receives a request that includes a set of actions to be performed in a first order. A processor receives monitored information of a service utilized to perform at least one action of the set of actions. A processor compares the monitored information to previously stored information. A processor determines that at least one aspect of the service is experiencing decreased performance based on the comparison. A processor identifies a first action of the set of actions corresponding to the at least one aspect of the service experiencing decreased performance. A processor adjusts the request, such that the request includes the set of actions to be performed in a second order, wherein the second order includes the first action is in a different position. A processor causes the adjusted request to be processed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2015Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: Thomas E. Chefalas, David M. Egle, Daniel L. Hiebert, Dennis D. Jurgensen, Arthur J. Meyer, III, Peter A. Singh, David M. Schultz
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Publication number: 20160364263Abstract: A method is provided for applying tasks. The method can include receiving a plurality of tasks for a plurality of applications, an application of the plurality of applications is hosted by a computing environment utilizing a monitoring agent, and a task is performed for an operation of the application during a first period of time. The method can also include determining a first resource type and a first resource amount from the computing environment for performing the task. The method can also include grouping the plurality of tasks into a set of tasks based on the first resource type, at least two tasks from the set of tasks being performable in parallel during the first period of time. The method can also include determining whether the first resource amount of the first resource type is present in the computing environment during the first period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2015Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: Bin Cao, Daniel L. Hiebert, Brian R. Muras, Tanveer Zubair
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Publication number: 20160366252Abstract: Software that generates a message containing program instructions for multiple layers in a multi-layer environment, by performing the following operations: (i) receiving an operation to perform across a multilayer computing environment; (ii) generating a message for performing the operation across the multilayer computing environment, wherein the message includes a plurality of layer portions, wherein each layer portion corresponds to a respective layer in the multilayer computing environment and includes computer program instructions for performing a set of sub-operation(s) of the operation; and (iii) orchestrating, by one or more processors, performance of the operation by sending the message between layers in the multilayer computing environment, wherein when the message is located at a respective layer, the layer performs its respective set of sub-operation(s) according to the computer program instructions included in the layer's respectively corresponding layer portion of the message.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2015Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: Thomas E. Chefalas, David M. Egle, Daniel L. Hiebert, Dennis D. Jurgensen, Arthur J. Meyer, III, David M. Schultz, Peter A. Singh
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Publication number: 20160357885Abstract: A simulation mechanism manages deployment of a simplified computing solution (SCS) and a corresponding simulation model that simulates a scaled multiple of the SCS to allow a deployment configuration for a large scale computing solution to be determined and tested before actually deploying the large scale computing solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Bin Cao, Daniel L. Hiebert, Brian R. Muras
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Publication number: 20160357584Abstract: A simulation mechanism manages deployment of a simplified computing solution (SCS) and a corresponding simulation model that simulates a scaled multiple of the SCS to allow a deployment configuration for a large scale computing solution to be determined and tested before actually deploying the large scale computing solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Bin Cao, Daniel L. Hiebert, Brian R. Muras
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Patent number: 9513947Abstract: An adaptive request handler (ARH) receives a virtual machine (VM) request from a user and determines whether to automatically approve the VM request using a tolerance that defines an allowable amount of deviation from preset resource specifications. In some embodiments, the ARH adaptively varies the tolerance based on one or more monitored factors, such as an aggregate system resource utilization by and/or a billing history of the user or a group that includes the user. In some embodiments, the VM request is based on a template selected by the user from among a plurality of templates eligible for automatic approval, wherein a plurality of tolerances each defines an allowable amount of deviation from preset resource specifications of a respective one of the eligible templates. The ARH may, in some embodiments, vary each of the plurality of tolerances independently based on one or more monitored factors.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Daniel L. Hiebert, Brian R. Muras
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Publication number: 20160188355Abstract: An appliance migration mechanism (AMM) optimizes migration of a live virtual appliance with virtual objects between cloud environments to minimize temporary connections that use significant cloud resources during the migration. The AMM determines a cost of connections of each virtual object in the virtual appliance and produces an order of migration for the virtual objects. The cost of connections of the virtual objects may be determined by the total number of connections and the maximum number of connections. Alternatively the cost of the connections of the virtual objects for migration could be determined by a weighting the costs of the connections where the weighting may consider loading or other factors on the connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Bin Cao, Daniel L. Hiebert, Brian R. Muras, Tanveer Zubair
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Publication number: 20160191326Abstract: An appliance migration mechanism (AMM) optimizes migration of a live virtual appliance with virtual objects between cloud environments to minimize temporary connections that use significant cloud resources during the migration. The AMM determines a cost of connections of each virtual object in the virtual appliance and produces an order of migration for the virtual objects. The cost of connections of the virtual objects may be determined by the total number of connections and the maximum number of connections. Alternatively the cost of the connections of the virtual objects for migration could be determined by a weighting the costs of the connections where the weighting may consider loading or other factors on the connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Bin Cao, Daniel L. Hiebert, Brian R. Muras, Tanveer Zubair