Tessellated virtual machines for common computing goals
In a computing environment, an association and layout of virtual machines exist as a system instantiated for a common computing goal, such as providing a data center with an email system for an enterprise. Irrespective of physical computing devices, a template exists for each of the virtual machines according to a role of the common computing goal, including a definition for external connectivity with other virtual machines. From a template library, certain of the virtual machine templates are selected and tessellated into an application functioning to accomplish the computing goal. Collections of tessellated applications may be reposited in a library so that more than one application may be combined with another to achieve yet another computing goal, for example. Ultimately, tessellated applications provide a new computing paradigm to counter present-day computing complexities and cumbersomeness as systems evolve and become more regulated.
1 . A method of assembling virtual machines together as a system instantiated for a common computing goal, comprising:
defining a virtual machine template for each of said virtual machines per a role of the common computing goal;
defining an external connectivity per each said virtual machine template;
tessellating said virtual machines together according to said defined external connectivity; and
accomplishing said common computing goal.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further including validating the tessellated said virtual machines.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the defining the virtual machine template further includes defining a configuration.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the tessellating further includes selecting less than all of the virtual machine templates available for tessellation from a template library.
5 . The method of claim 1 , further including defining a collection of successfully tessellated virtual machines.
6 . A computer program product for performing at least the step of tessellating said virtual machines together in claim 1 .
7 . A method of assembling virtual machines together on a plurality of physical computing devices as a system instantiated for a common data center computing goal, comprising:
irrespective of an arrangement or type of the physical computing devices, defining a virtual machine template for each of said virtual machines per a role of the common data center computing goal, including defining an external connectivity with other said virtual machines per each said virtual machine template;
compiling said defined virtual machine templates in a library;
selecting certain of said defined virtual machine templates from the library to accomplish said common data center computing goal; and
tessellating said selected certain of said defined machine templates according to said defined external connectivity; and
accomplishing said common data center computing goal.
8 . The method of claim 7 , further including validating the step of tessellating.
9 . The method of claim 8 , further including defining a collection of successfully validated steps of tessellating.
10 . The method of claim 7 , further including selecting other than the certain of said defined virtual machine templates from the library to accomplish another common data center computing goal.
11 . The method of claim 10 , further including tessellating said other than the certain of said defined virtual machine templates from the library according to said defined external connectivity.
12 . The method of claim 11 , further including tessellating the tessellated said other than the certain of said defined virtual machine templates and the tessellated said selected certain of said defined machine templates into still another common data center computing goal.
13 . A network of virtual machines assembled together as a system instantiated for a common computing goal, comprising:
a template library storing a defined virtual machine template for each of said virtual machines per a role of the common computing goal, including a defined external connectivity with other of said virtual machines;
a template manager to oversee the template library; and
a tessellating manager to select certain of said defined virtual machine templates from the library for assembly into an application accomplishing said common computing goal.
14 . The network of virtual machines of claim 13 , further including a tessellated library for said application and other applications arranged as selected other of said defined virtual machines that accomplish other common computing goals.
15 . The network of virtual machines of claim 13 , wherein the template library further includes a relationship between said virtual machines and a plurality of physical computing devices.
16 . The network of virtual machines of claim 13 , further including a validator to determine whether said application accomplishes said common computing goal.
16 . The network of virtual machines of claim 13 , further including declarations of said application regarding optional components.
17 . The network of virtual machines of claim 13 , further including a computer program product having computer executable instructions to implement the library and managers on one or more physical computing devices.
18 . A data center of virtual machines assembled together on a plurality of physical computing devices as a system instantiated for a common data center computing goal, comprising:
irrespective of an arrangement or type of the physical computing devices, a template library storing a defined virtual machine template for each of said virtual machines per a role of the common data center computing goal, including a defined external connectivity with other said virtual machines per each said virtual machine template;
a template manager to oversee the template library;
a tessellating manager to select certain of said defined virtual machine templates from the library and to assemble the selected certain defined virtual machines into an application accomplishing said common data center computing goal; and
a tessellated library for said application.
19 . A method of managing a network of virtual machines instantiated for a common computing goal, comprising:
creating a template library for a virtual machine template for each of said virtual machines per a role of the common computing goal, including a defined external connectivity with other of said virtual machines;
tessellating said virtual machines into an application accomplishing said common computing goal by selecting from the template library, said tessellating occurring according to said external connectivity; and
validating the step of tessellating.
20 . A method of managing a data center of virtual machines instantiated for a common data center computing goal, comprising:
defining a virtual machine template for each of said virtual machines per a role of the common data center computing goal, including defining an external connectivity with other of said virtual machines;
accessing and tessellating the defined virtual machine templates into an application accomplishing said common computing goal, said tessellating occurring according to said defined external connectivity; and
thereafter, accomplishing the common data center computing goal.