Patents by Inventor Gerhard A. Widmayer

Gerhard A. Widmayer 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).

  • Patent number: 10831933
    Abstract: A computer implemented method comprising operating a software container, the software container including a blockchain subsystem and a blockchain ledger, generating a blockchain entry by executing a hashing function on a current state of the software container and a last entry in the blockchain ledger, updating the blockchain ledger with the generated blockchain entry, and transmitting the generated blockchain entry to one or more connected software containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Simon J. Brady, Jonas E. Bryllert, John V. Delaney, Barry Hollywood, Gerhard A. Widmayer, Clea A. Zolotow
  • Publication number: 20200184108
    Abstract: A computer implemented method comprising operating a software container, the software container including a blockchain subsystem and a blockchain ledger, generating a blockchain entry by executing a hashing function on a current state of the software container and a last entry in the blockchain ledger, updating the blockchain ledger with the generated blockchain entry, and transmitting the generated blockchain entry to one or more connected software containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Simon J. Brady, Jonas E. Bryllert, John V. Delaney, Barry Hollywood, Gerhard A. Widmayer, Clea A. Zolotow
  • Patent number: 10412192
    Abstract: Examples of techniques for jointly managing a cloud and non-cloud environment are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method includes: receiving a request to be executed on one of a cloud resource and a non-cloud resource using one of cloud orchestration and non-cloud orchestration, the request comprising a plurality of tasks; scheduling the first task for execution on the cloud resource by a cloud orchestration device using a joint cloud and non-cloud management device; scheduling the second task for execution on the non-cloud resource by a non-cloud orchestration device using a non-cloud management device; and scheduling the third task for execution on the non-cloud resource by the non-cloud orchestration device using the joint cloud and non-cloud management device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mickey Iqbal, Hans-Juergen Kunde, Birgit M. Pfitzmann, Marcel Schlatter, Gerhard A. Widmayer
  • Patent number: 10223218
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for disaster recovery of managed systems. Responsive to an identification of a virtual machine recovery condition occurring at a first node site, one or more virtual machines to be recovered to a second site node are identified. Further responsive to the identification of the virtual machine recovery condition occurring at the first node site and responsive to the identification of the one or more virtual machines to be recovered, at least some of records/metadata state data associated with the one or more virtual machines are transmitted to the second site node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Josep Cors, Richard E. Harper, Naresh Nayar, Gerhard A. Widmayer
  • Patent number: 10203991
    Abstract: In a virtualized data processing system where an operating system assigns resources to a virtualized computing entity (VCE) according to a container configuration of the VCE, and by using performance data corresponding to a type of the VCE, an initial resource allocation for a new VCE is computed at an initialization of the new VCE. The performance data includes at least a processor utilization information corresponding to the type of VCE for a past period. An operation of the new VCE is initiated using the initial resource allocation. New performance data is collected from the operation of the new VCE. For a future period of operation of the new VCE, a resource requirement is forecasted. An instruction to a provisioning system is constructed, specifying a portion of the resource requirement and the future period, which causes the provisioning system to adjust the initial resource allocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Simon J. Brady, John V. Delaney, Anthony M. Hunt, Claus Schrøder-Hansen, Gerhard A. Widmayer, Clea Zolotow
  • Publication number: 20180203739
    Abstract: In a virtualized data processing system where an operating system assigns resources to a virtualized computing entity (VCE) according to a container configuration of the VCE, and by using performance data corresponding to a type of the VCE, an initial resource allocation for a new VCE is computed at an initialization of the new VCE. The performance data includes at least a processor utilization information corresponding to the type of VCE for a past period. An operation of the new VCE is initiated using the initial resource allocation. New performance data is collected from the operation of the new VCE. For a future period of operation of the new VCE, a resource requirement is forecasted. An instruction to a provisioning system is constructed, specifying a portion of the resource requirement and the future period, which causes the provisioning system to adjust the initial resource allocation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Simon J. Brady, John V. Delaney, Anthony M. Hunt, Claus Schrøder-Hansen, Gerhard A. Widmayer, Clea Zolotow
  • Publication number: 20180150365
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for disaster recovery of managed systems. Responsive to an identification of a virtual machine recovery condition occurring at a first node site, one or more virtual machines to be recovered to a second site node are identified. Further responsive to the identification of the virtual machine recovery condition occurring at the first node site and responsive to the identification of the one or more virtual machines to be recovered, at least some of records/metadata state data associated with the one or more virtual machines are transmitted to the second site node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Josep Cors, Richard E. Harper, Naresh Nayar, Gerhard A. Widmayer
  • Patent number: 9948711
    Abstract: A method, executed by a computer, for allocating resources includes assigning resiliency attributes to a server having a workload, linking each server to a partner resource, duplicating the workload of each server in an offsite location accessible to the partner resource, detecting a disaster event, and transferring the workload of the server automatically to the partner resource. In some embodiments, the partner resource is a plurality of pool servers. The partner resource may be calculated by performing a capacity analysis. The partner resource may not a specifically assigned resource until a disaster occurs. In some embodiments, the workload is duplicated such that the recovery point objective of the workload is minimized. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the methods are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Josep Cors, Naresh Nayar, Birgit M. Pfitzmann, Suraj Subramanian, Gerhard A. Widmayer
  • Patent number: 9935824
    Abstract: In an approach for provisioning a server utilizing a virtual consistency group, a processor receives a request to provision a first server utilizing a first application consistency group, wherein the first application consistency group is a virtualized consistency group. A processor defines a storage consistency group. A processor assigns the first application consistency group to the storage consistency group. A processor provisions the first server. A processor assigns to the provisioned first server, storage specified by the first application consistency group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Josep Cors, Naresh Nayar, Suraj Subramanian, Oliver M. Voigt, Gerhard A. Widmayer
  • Publication number: 20170331920
    Abstract: Examples of techniques for jointly managing a cloud and non-cloud environment are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method includes: receiving a request to be executed on one of a cloud resource and a non-cloud resource using one of cloud orchestration and non-cloud orchestration, the request comprising a plurality of tasks; scheduling the first task for execution on the cloud resource by a cloud orchestration device using a joint cloud and non-cloud management device; scheduling the second task for execution on the non-cloud resource by a non-cloud orchestration device using a non-cloud management device; and scheduling the third task for execution on the non-cloud resource by the non-cloud orchestration device using the joint cloud and non-cloud management device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Mickey Iqbal, Hans-Juergen Kunde, Birgit M. Pfitzmann, Marcel Schlatter, Gerhard A. Widmayer
  • Publication number: 20160366218
    Abstract: A method, executed by a computer, for allocating resources includes assigning resiliency attributes to a server having a workload, linking each server to a partner resource, duplicating the workload of each server in an offsite location accessible to the partner resource, detecting a disaster event, and transferring the workload of the server automatically to the partner resource. In some embodiments, the partner resource is a plurality of pool servers. The partner resource may be calculated by performing a capacity analysis. The partner resource may not a specifically assigned resource until a disaster occurs. In some embodiments, the workload is duplicated such that the recovery point objective of the workload is minimized. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the methods are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Josep Cors, Naresh Nayar, Birgit M. Pfitzmann, Suraj Subramanian, Gerhard A. Widmayer
  • Publication number: 20160366016
    Abstract: In an approach for provisioning a server utilizing a virtual consistency group, a processor receives a request to provision a first server utilizing a first application consistency group, wherein the first application consistency group is a virtualized consistency group. A processor defines a storage consistency group. A processor assigns the first application consistency group to the storage consistency group. A processor provisions the first server. A processor assigns to the provisioned first server, storage specified by the first application consistency group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Josep Cors, Naresh Nayar, Suraj Subramanian, Oliver M. Voigt, Gerhard A. Widmayer