Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for managing compute resources in a computing environment. Disclosed examples are to select an offering workload in a computing environment to lend at least one resource to a needy workload in the computing environment; Disclosed examples are also to cause a host associated with the offering workload to at least one of (i) instantiate a first virtual machine when the host is implemented with a second virtual machine or (ii) instantiate a first container when the host is implemented with a second container. Disclosed examples are further to assign the first virtual machine or the first container to the needy workload.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and software to implement network configuration updates in a computing network. In one implementation, a method includes identifying a threat related to an internet protocol (IP) address, wherein the IP address corresponds to a computing node in the computing network. After identifying the threat, the method further includes generates one or more routing update packets that indicate a block request for at least the IP address. Once generated, the method also provides communicating the one or more routing update packets to one or more routers in the computing network.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for managing compute resources in a computing environment. Examples disclosed herein include identifying (i) needy workloads and (ii) offering workloads in the computing environment. Disclosed examples also include selecting a first one of the offering workloads to lend resources to a first one of the needy workloads. Disclosed examples further include causing a host associated with the first one of the offering workloads to at least one of (i) instantiate a first virtual machine when the host is implemented with a second virtual machine or (ii) instantiate a first container when the host is implemented with a second container, and assigning the first virtual machine or the first container to the first one of the needy workloads.

Abstract: Techniques for providing redundancy between physical and virtual entities in a hyper-converged infrastructure are disclosed. In one example, a management node may include a physical to virtual redundancy module to identify a physical entity with configuration data in a hyper-converged infrastructure as a primary entity, determine an equivalent virtual entity corresponding to the physical entity, and deploy the equivalent virtual entity in a compute node of the hyper-converged infrastructure. Further, the physical to virtual redundancy module may apply the configuration data associated with the physical entity to the deployed equivalent virtual entity and designate the equivalent virtual entity as a fail-over entity to provide redundancy in an event of failure of the physical entity.

Abstract: Techniques for provisioning of digital certificates in software defined data centers (SDDCs) based on security monitoring information are disclosed. In one example, a set of digital certificates may be assigned to a group of computing resources of an SDDC. Each digital certificate may include a different security level. The group of computing resources may include applications that use a first digital certificate with a first security level for data communication. Further, security monitoring information associated with the group of computing resources may be received. Furthermore, a second security level to be used for the group of computing resources may be determined based on the security monitoring information. The group of computing resources may be managed by communicating the second security level to an agent associated with the group of computing resources. The agent may then implement a second digital certificate with the second security level for the applications.

Abstract: Techniques for providing redundancy between physical and virtual entities in a hyper-converged infrastructure are disclosed. In one example, a management node may include a physical to virtual redundancy module to identify a physical entity with configuration data in a hyper-converged infrastructure as a primary entity, determine an equivalent virtual entity corresponding to the physical entity, and deploy the equivalent virtual entity in a compute node of the hyper-converged infrastructure. Further, the physical to virtual redundancy module may apply the configuration data associated with the physical entity to the deployed equivalent virtual entity and designate the equivalent virtual entity as a fail-over entity to provide redundancy in an event of failure of the physical entity.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to dynamically discover and host services in fog servers are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a service manager to determine that a received service request from an Internet of things (IoT) device is not able to be performed locally at a first fog server; a first interface to transmit the service request to a fog resource manager; and a second interface to transmit instructions to the IoT device to transmit the service request to a second fog server, a response from the fog resource manager including service data related to the second fog server.

Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and software to manage resources in a gateway shared by multiple tenants. In one example, a system may monitor usage of resources by a tenant of the gateway and compare the usage with usage limits associated with the resources. The system may further determine when the usage of a resource exceeds a usage limit associated with the resource and, when the usage of the resource exceeds the usage limit, identify an operation associated with causing the usage limit to be exceeded and blocking the operation.

Abstract: In one example, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium may include instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to obtain historical logs associated with a plurality of available paths between a source node and a destination node. The historical logs may be obtained for a first interval by routing data over the available paths based on a first priority order and corresponding network characteristics parameters. Further, non-transitory computer readable storage medium may include instructions to determine a modified first priority order of the available paths and corresponding modified network characteristic parameters by analyzing the historical logs using a machine learning model and route the data from the source node to the destination node based on the modified first priority order.

Abstract: Techniques for migrating virtual machines in logical clusters based on demand for the applications are disclosed. In one example, a system may include a logical cluster that spans across a first datacenter located at a first site and a second datacenter located at a second site, the second datacenter being a replication of the first datacenter. The first datacenter may include a virtual machine executing an application. Further, the system may include a management node communicatively coupled to the first datacenter and the second datacenter. The management node may include a dynamic affinity policy engine to monitor the application running in the first datacenter, determine a demand for the application from the first datacenter and the second datacenter based on the monitoring, and recommend migration of the virtual machine hosting the application from the first datacenter to the second datacenter based on the demand for the application.

Abstract: Techniques for provisioning/deprovisioning physical hosts based on a dynamically created manifest file for clusters in hyperconverged infrastructures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a manifest file is dynamically generated for each cluster in an hyperconverged infrastructure. One or more threshold limits are defined for each cluster in the hyperconverged infrastructure. A W2H mapping table is created by mapping each cluster to respective physical hosts and the define one or more threshold limits. One or more physical hosts in a host pool is then identified, reserved, and prepared for provisioning one or more physical hosts in a host pool to a cluster upon a resource utilization of the cluster reaching the one or more threshold limits based on the dynamically generated manifest file. The prepared one or more physical hosts are then provisioned to the cluster in the hyperconverged infrastructure.

Abstract: In one example, a computer implemented method may include dynamically generating a manifest file for a cluster in an hyperconverged infrastructure. The manifest file may include metadata associated with the cluster. Further, the method may include determining one or more physical hosts in a host pool that are compatible with the cluster using the manifest file and generating a cluster-to-physical host mapping table by mapping the cluster to the determined one or more physical hosts that are compatible with the cluster. Furthermore, the method may include provisioning the one or more physical hosts to the cluster using the cluster-to-physical host mapping table in response to detecting a trigger.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to dynamically discover and host services in fog servers are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a service manager to determine that a received service request from an Internet of things (IoT) device is not able to be performed locally at a first fog server; a first interface to transmit the service request to a fog resource manager; and a second interface to transmit instructions to the IoT device to transmit the service request to a second fog server, a response from the fog resource manager including service data related to the second fog server.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for managing compute resources in a computing environment. Examples disclosed herein include identifying (i) needy workloads and (ii) offering workloads in the computing environment. Disclosed examples also include selecting a first one of the offering workloads to lend resources to a first one of the needy workloads. Disclosed examples further include causing a host associated with the first one of the offering workloads to at least one of (i) instantiate a first virtual machine when the host is implemented with a second virtual machine or (ii) instantiate a first container when the host is implemented with a second container, and assigning the first virtual machine or the first container to the first one of the needy workloads.

Abstract: Techniques for seamless certificate replacement for endpoints in hyperconverged infrastructure are disclosed. In one example, a certificate replacement request for an endpoint may be received. Upon receiving the certificate replacement request, a new certificate may be placed in the endpoint such that the endpoint includes an old certificate and the new certificate. Further, dependent endpoints having communication with the endpoint using the old certificate may be discovered and monitored. Furthermore, the new certificate of the endpoint may be placed in the discovered dependent endpoints and existing communication between the endpoint and each of the discovered dependent endpoints using the old certificate may be maintained. Upon completion of the existing communication, next communication between the endpoint and each of the discovered dependent endpoints may be enabled using the new certificate. Then, the old certificate may be decommissioned from the endpoint and the discovered dependent endpoints.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for rack nesting in virtualized server systems. An example apparatus includes a resource discoverer to identify resources to be allocated to the nested rack based on a policy indicative of one or more physical racks from which to identify the resources, and determine candidate resources from the resources to be allocated to the nested rack based on a capacity parameter indicative of a quantity of the resources available to be allocated to the nested rack, the candidate resources to have first hypervisors, and a nested rack controller to generate the nested rack by deploying second hypervisors on the first hypervisors, the second hypervisors to facilitate communication between the candidate resources and one or more virtual machines on the second hypervisors, the nested rack to execute one or more computing tasks based on the communication.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and software to implement network configuration updates in a computing network. In one implementation, a method includes identifying a threat related to an internet protocol (IP) address, wherein the IP address corresponds to a computing node in the computing network. After identifying the threat, the method further includes generates one or more routing update packets that indicate a block request for at least the IP address. Once generated, the method also provides communicating the one or more routing update packets to one or more routers in the computing network.

Abstract: Techniques for dynamically provisioning and/or deprovisioning physical hosts in a hyperconverged infrastructure based on cluster priority in hyperconverged infrastructures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a user maps physical hosts in a host pool to respective clusters in the hyperconverged infrastructure. Further the user sets one or more resource utilization threshold limits for each cluster by the user. A management cluster then periodically obtains resource utilization data at a cluster level for each cluster. The management cluster then dynamically provisions and/or deprovisions one or more physical hosts to one or more clusters in the hyperconverged infrastructure using the mapped physical hosts in the host pool based on the obtained resource utilization data and the set one or more resource utilization threshold limits.

Abstract: Techniques for provisioning/deprovisioning physical hosts based on a dynamically created manifest file for clusters in hyperconverged infrastructures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a manifest file is dynamically generated for each cluster in an hyperconverged infrastructure. One or more threshold limits are defined for each cluster in the hyperconverged infrastructure. A W2H mapping table is created by mapping each cluster to respective physical hosts and the define one or more threshold limits. One or more physical hosts in a host pool is then identified, reserved, and prepared for provisioning one or more physical hosts in a host pool to a cluster upon a resource utilization of the cluster reaching the one or more threshold limits based on the dynamically generated manifest file. The prepared one or more physical hosts are then provisioned to the cluster in the hyperconverged infrastructure.

Abstract: Techniques for provisioning of digital certificates in software defined data centers (SDDCs) based on security monitoring information are disclosed. In one example, a set of digital certificates may be assigned to a group of computing resources of an SDDC. Each digital certificate may include a different security level. The group of computing resources may include applications that use a first digital certificate with a first security level for data communication. Further, security monitoring information associated with the group of computing resources may be received. Furthermore, a second security level to be used for the group of computing resources may be determined based on the security monitoring information. The group of computing resources may be managed by communicating the second security level to an agent associated with the group of computing resources. The agent may then implement a second digital certificate with the second security level for the applications.