Patents by Inventor Samuel D. MATZEK
Samuel D. MATZEK 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: 10394587Abstract: Systems and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving a request to perform a predefined operation on at least one of a virtual machine and a workload executing on a host in a first cloud computing environment, identifying a set of credentials to access the first cloud computing environment, and initiating performance of the predefined operation on the at least one of the virtual machine and the workload, wherein the predefined operation comprises at least one of: (i) deleting, and (ii) shelving the at least one of the virtual machine and the workload.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven R. Kaufer, Samuel D. Matzek
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Patent number: 10394588Abstract: Methods comprise receiving a request to perform a predefined operation on at least one of a virtual machine and a workload executing on a host in a first cloud computing environment, identifying a set of credentials to access the first cloud computing environment, and initiating performance of the predefined operation on the at least one of the virtual machine and the workload, wherein the predefined operation comprises at least one of: (i) deleting, and (ii) shelving the at least one of the virtual machine and the workload.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven R. Kaufer, Samuel D. Matzek
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Patent number: 10009292Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving, from a workload in a cloud computing environment, an abstract request to modify resources allocated to the workload, translating, by a tuning service, the abstract request to a set of requirements to fulfill the abstract request, identifying, by the tuning service, a resource configuration suitable to satisfy the set of requirements, and providing, by the tuning service, the resource configuration to fulfill the abstract request.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2014Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Anthony M. Dunbar, James J. Fall, Andrew L. Hanson, Samuel D. Matzek, George J. Romano, Tammy L. Van Hove
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Patent number: 10002017Abstract: A method manages virtual machines in a virtualized computing environment based at least in part on limitations associated with storage fabrics through which virtual machines may access one or more storage systems in such an environment. The storage fabric limitations may be used, for example, in connection with placing virtual machines on hosts in a virtualized computing environment. As another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with deploying virtual machines into a virtualized computing environment to reduce the likelihood of boot errors. As still another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with load balancing across multiple fabrics in a virtualized computing environment.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Samuel D. Matzek, Jeffrey W. Tenner, Gerald F. McBrearty
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Patent number: 10002015Abstract: The invention addresses these and other problems associated with the prior art by providing an apparatus and program product that manage virtual machines in a virtualized computing environment based at least in part on limitations associated with storage fabrics through which virtual machines may access one or more storage systems in such an environment. The storage fabric limitations, referred to herein as fabric limits, may be used, for example, in connection with placing virtual machines on hosts in a virtualized computing environment. As another example, fabric limits may be used in connection with deploying virtual machines into a virtualized computing environment to reduce the likelihood of boot errors. As still another example, fabric limits may be used in connection with load balancing across multiple fabrics in a virtualized computing environment.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Samuel D. Matzek, Jeffrey W. Tenner, Gerald F. McBrearty
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Patent number: 10002014Abstract: An apparatus and program product manage virtual machines in a virtualized computing environment based at least in part on limitations associated with storage fabrics through which virtual machines may access one or more storage systems in such an environment. The storage fabric limitations may be used, for example, in connection with placing virtual machines on hosts in a virtualized computing environment. As another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with deploying virtual machines into a virtualized computing environment to reduce the likelihood of boot errors. As still another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with load balancing across multiple fabrics in a virtualized computing environment.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Samuel D. Matzek, Jeffrey W. Tenner, Gerald F. McBrearty
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Patent number: 9998399Abstract: Method to perform an operation comprising receiving, from a workload in a cloud computing environment, an abstract request to modify resources allocated to the workload, translating, by a tuning service, the abstract request to a set of requirements to fulfill the abstract request, identifying, by the tuning service, a resource configuration suitable to satisfy the set of requirements, and providing, by the tuning service, the resource configuration to fulfill the abstract request.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Anthony M. Dunbar, James J. Fall, Andrew L. Hanson, Samuel D. Matzek, George J. Romano, Tammy L. Van Hove
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Patent number: 9990218Abstract: A method manages virtual machines in a virtualized computing environment based at least in part on limitations associated with storage fabrics through which virtual machines may access one or more storage systems in such an environment. The storage fabric limitations may be used, for example, in connection with placing virtual machines on hosts in a virtualized computing environment. As another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with deploying virtual machines into a virtualized computing environment to reduce the likelihood of boot errors. As still another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with load balancing across multiple fabrics in a virtualized computing environment.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Samuel D. Matzek, Jeffrey W. Tenner, Gerald F. McBrearty
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Patent number: 9973432Abstract: An apparatus and program product manage virtual machines in a virtualized computing environment based at least in part on limitations associated with storage fabrics through which virtual machines may access one or more storage systems in such an environment. The storage fabric limitations may be used, for example, in connection with placing virtual machines on hosts in a virtualized computing environment. As another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with deploying virtual machines into a virtualized computing environment to reduce the likelihood of boot errors. As still another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with load balancing across multiple fabrics in a virtualized computing environment.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2015Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Samuel D. Matzek, Jeffrey W. Tenner, Gerald F. McBrearty
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Patent number: 9973433Abstract: A method manages virtual machines in a virtualized computing environment based at least in part on limitations associated with storage fabrics through which virtual machines may access one or more storage systems in such an environment. The storage fabric limitations may be used, for example, in connection with placing virtual machines on hosts in a virtualized computing environment. As another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with deploying virtual machines into a virtualized computing environment to reduce the likelihood of boot errors. As still another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with load balancing across multiple fabrics in a virtualized computing environment.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Samuel D. Matzek, Jeffrey W. Tenner, Gerald F. McBrearty
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Publication number: 20170192808Abstract: Systems and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving a request to perform a predefined operation on at least one of a virtual machine and a workload executing on a host in a first cloud computing environment, identifying a set of credentials to access the first cloud computing environment, and initiating performance of the predefined operation on the at least one of the virtual machine and the workload, wherein the predefined operation comprises at least one of: (i) deleting, and (ii) shelving the at least one of the virtual machine and the workload.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2016Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Steven R. KAUFER, Samuel D. MATZEK
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Publication number: 20170192809Abstract: Methods comprise receiving a request to perform a predefined operation on at least one of a virtual machine and a workload executing on a host in a first cloud computing environment, identifying a set of credentials to access the first cloud computing environment, and initiating performance of the predefined operation on the at least one of the virtual machine and the workload, wherein the predefined operation comprises at least one of: (i) deleting, and (ii) shelving the at least one of the virtual machine and the workload.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2016Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Steven R. KAUFER, Samuel D. MATZEK
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Publication number: 20170010897Abstract: The invention addresses these and other problems associated with the prior art by providing an apparatus and program product that manage virtual machines in a virtualized computing environment based at least in part on limitations associated with storage fabrics through which virtual machines may access one or more storage systems in such an environment. The storage fabric limitations, referred to herein as fabric limits, may be used, for example, in connection with placing virtual machines on hosts in a virtualized computing environment. As another example, fabric limits may be used in connection with deploying virtual machines into a virtualized computing environment to reduce the likelihood of boot errors. As still another example, fabric limits may be used in connection with load balancing across multiple fabrics in a virtualized computing environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Samuel D. Matzek, Jeffrey W. Tenner, Gerald F. McBrearty
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Publication number: 20170010908Abstract: A method manages virtual machines in a virtualized computing environment based at least in part on limitations associated with storage fabrics through which virtual machines may access one or more storage systems in such an environment. The storage fabric limitations may be used, for example, in connection with placing virtual machines on hosts in a virtualized computing environment. As another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with deploying virtual machines into a virtualized computing environment to reduce the likelihood of boot errors. As still another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with load balancing across multiple fabrics in a virtualized computing environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Samuel D. Matzek, Jeffrey W. Tenner, Gerald F. McBrearty
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Publication number: 20170012896Abstract: A method manages virtual machines in a virtualized computing environment based at least in part on limitations associated with storage fabrics through which virtual machines may access one or more storage systems in such an environment. The storage fabric limitations may be used, for example, in connection with placing virtual machines on hosts in a virtualized computing environment. As another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with deploying virtual machines into a virtualized computing environment to reduce the likelihood of boot errors. As still another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with load balancing across multiple fabrics in a virtualized computing environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Samuel D. Matzek, Jeffrey W. Tenner, Gerald F. McBrearty
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Publication number: 20170012903Abstract: An apparatus and program product manage virtual machines in a virtualized computing environment based at least in part on limitations associated with storage fabrics through which virtual machines may access one or more storage systems in such an environment. The storage fabric limitations may be used, for example, in connection with placing virtual machines on hosts in a virtualized computing environment. As another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with deploying virtual machines into a virtualized computing environment to reduce the likelihood of boot errors. As still another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with load balancing across multiple fabrics in a virtualized computing environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Samuel D. Matzek, Jeffrey W. Tenner, Gerald F. McBrearty
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Publication number: 20170010909Abstract: A method manages virtual machines in a virtualized computing environment based at least in part on limitations associated with storage fabrics through which virtual machines may access one or more storage systems in such an environment. The storage fabric limitations may be used, for example, in connection with placing virtual machines on hosts in a virtualized computing environment. As another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with deploying virtual machines into a virtualized computing environment to reduce the likelihood of boot errors. As still another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with load balancing across multiple fabrics in a virtualized computing environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Samuel D. Matzek, Jeffrey W. Tenner, Gerald F. McBrearty
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Publication number: 20170012904Abstract: The invention addresses these and other problems associated with the prior art by providing an apparatus and program product that manage virtual machines in a virtualized computing environment based at least in part on limitations associated with storage fabrics through which virtual machines may access one or more storage systems in such an environment. The storage fabric limitations, referred to herein as fabric limits, may be used, for example, in connection with placing virtual machines on hosts in a virtualized computing environment. As another example, fabric limits may be used in connection with deploying virtual machines into a virtualized computing environment to reduce the likelihood of boot errors. As still another example, fabric limits may be used in connection with load balancing across multiple fabrics in a virtualized computing environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Samuel D. Matzek, Jeffrey W. Tenner, Gerald F. McBrearty
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Publication number: 20160099888Abstract: Method to perform an operation comprising receiving, from a workload in a cloud computing environment, an abstract request to modify resources allocated to the workload, translating, by a tuning service, the abstract request to a set of requirements to fulfill the abstract request, identifying, by the tuning service, a resource configuration suitable to satisfy the set of requirements, and providing, by the tuning service, the resource configuration to fulfill the abstract request.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2014Publication date: April 7, 2016Inventors: Anthony M. DUNBAR, James J. FALL, Andrew L. HANSON, Samuel D. MATZEK, George J. ROMANO, Tammy L. VAN HOVE
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Publication number: 20160099887Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving, from a workload in a cloud computing environment, an abstract request to modify resources allocated to the workload, translating, by a tuning service, the abstract request to a set of requirements to fulfill the abstract request, identifying, by the tuning service, a resource configuration suitable to satisfy the set of requirements, and providing, by the tuning service, the resource configuration to fulfill the abstract request.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2014Publication date: April 7, 2016Inventors: Anthony M. DUNBAR, James J. FALL, Andrew L. HANSON, Samuel D. MATZEK, George J. ROMANO, Tammy L. VAN HOVE