Patents by Inventor Gunjan Khanna

Gunjan Khanna 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).

  • Dynamically managing virtual machines
    Patent number: 8601471
    Abstract: Techniques for dynamic management of virtual machine environments are disclosed. For example, a technique for automatically managing a first set of virtual machines being hosted by a second set of physical machines comprises the following steps/operations. An alert is obtained that a service level agreement (SLA) pertaining to at least one application being hosted by at least one of the virtual machines in the first set of virtual machines is being violated. Upon obtaining the SLA violation alert, the technique obtains at least one performance measurement for at least a portion of the machines in at least one of the first set of virtual machines and the second set of physical machines, and a cost of migration for at least a portion of the virtual machines in the first set of virtual machines. Based on the obtained performance measurements and the obtained migration costs, an optimal migration policy is determined for moving the virtual machine hosting the at least one application to another physical machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kirk A. Beaty, Norman Bobroff, Gautam Kar, Gunjan Khanna, Andrzej Kochut
  • Systems and Methods for Dynamically Managing Virtual Machines
    Publication number: 20080222638
    Abstract: Techniques for dynamic management of virtual machine environments are disclosed. For example, a technique for automatically managing a first set of virtual machines being hosted by a second set of physical machines comprises the following steps/operations. An alert is obtained that a service level agreement (SLA) pertaining to at least one application being hosted by at least one of the virtual machines in the first set of virtual machines is being violated. Upon obtaining the SLA violation alert, the technique obtains at least one performance measurement for at least a portion of the machines in at least one of the first set of virtual machines and the second set of physical machines, and a cost of migration for at least a portion of the virtual machines in the first set of virtual machines. Based on the obtained performance measurements and the obtained migration costs, an optimal migration policy is determined for moving the virtual machine hosting the at least one application to another physical machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kirk A. Beaty, Norman Bobroff, Gautam Kar, Gunjan Khanna, Andrzej Kochut
  • Systems and methods for dynamically managing virtual machines
    Publication number: 20070204266
    Abstract: Techniques for dynamic management of virtual machine environments are disclosed. For example, a technique for automatically managing a first set of virtual machines being hosted by a second set of physical machines comprises the following steps/operations. An alert is obtained that a service level agreement (SLA) pertaining to at least one application being hosted by at least one of the virtual machines in the first set of virtual machines is being violated. Upon obtaining the SLA violation alert, the technique obtains at least one performance measurement for at least a portion of the machines in at least one of the first set of virtual machines and the second set of physical machines, and a cost of migration for at least a portion of the virtual machines in the first set of virtual machines. Based on the obtained performance measurements and the obtained migration costs, an optimal migration policy is determined for moving the virtual machine hosting the at least one application to another physical machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kirk Beaty, Norman Bobroff, Gautam Kar, Gunjan Khanna, Andrzej Kochut