Placing a virtual machine on a target hypervisor

1. A method for placing a virtual machine on a target virtual machine manager out of multiple virtual machine managers, wherein a system management software is connected to the virtual machine managers and selects the target virtual machine manager for placing the virtual machine, the method comprising:

the system management software creating a memory profile for all virtual machines hosted on the multiple virtual machine managers, each memory profile being based on at least one of a static analysis of an image of the virtual machine, a dynamic analysis of the virtual machine at runtime, or an evaluation of start-up behavior of the virtual machine,

evaluating probabilities for samepage mapping of the virtual machine to be placed in comparison to all virtual machines hosted on the multiple virtual machine managers based, at least in part, on the created memory profiles of the virtual machines, the evaluating including:

for an application of the memory profile of the virtual machine to be placed, searching the memory profile of another virtual machine for a matching application;

for the matching found, calculating an expected efficiency gain for the virtual machine to be placed based, at least in part, on a memory consumption of the matching application;

summing expected efficiency gain calculations for applications of the virtual machine to be laced to calculate the probability for samepage mapping of the virtual machine to be placed;

the system management software selecting under consideration of the probabilities for samepage mapping a most appropriate virtual machine manager as the target virtual machine manager; and

the system management software placing the virtual machine on the target virtual machine manager.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the system management software creating a memory profile for all virtual machines hosted on the multiple virtual machine managers further comprises evaluating an operating system type of each virtual machine.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the system management software creating a memory profile for all virtual machines hosted on the multiple virtual machine managers further comprises creating a list of applications of each virtual machine.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein creating a list of applications of each virtual machine comprises calculating a hash value over a binary file of each application.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the system management software creating a memory profile for all virtual machines hosted on the multiple virtual machine managers further comprises evaluating history information and/or logfiles of the memory usage of the virtual machine.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the system management software creating a memory profile for all virtual machines hosted on the multiple virtual machine managers further comprises recording the memory usage at certain points of time.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the system management software creating a memory profile for all virtual machines hosted on the multiple Virtual machine managers further comprises recording the memory usage over a certain time period.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the system management software creating a memory profile for all virtual machines hosted on the multiple virtual machine managers further comprises evaluating meta-information regarding the operating system and/or each application.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the system management software creating a memory profile for all virtual machines hosted on the multiple virtual machine managers further comprises the system management software requesting each virtual machine manager to analyze the memory profile of all virtual machines hosted thereon and receiving the memory profiles from the virtual machine managers.

10. The method of claim 1 , further in combination with migrating a virtual machine from a source virtual machine manager to a target virtual machine manager out of the multiple virtual machine managers, wherein the system management software is connected to the virtual machine managers and the system management software removes the virtual machine from the source virtual machine manager and places it on the target virtual machine manager.

11. A computer program product for placing a virtual machine on a target virtual machine manager out of multiple virtual machine mangers, wherein a system management software is connected to the virtual machine managers and selects the target virtual machine manager for placing the virtual machine, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium readable by a processor and storing executable instructions for execution by the processor for performing a method, the method comprising:

the system management software creating a memory profile for all virtual machines hosted on the multiple virtual machine managers, each memory profile being based on at least one of a static analysis of an image of the virtual machine, a dynamic analysis of the virtual machine at runtime, or an evaluation of start-up behavior of the virtual machine,

evaluating probabilities for samepage mapping of the virtual machine in comparison to all virtual machines hosted on the multiple virtual machine managers based, at least in part, on the created memory profiles of the virtual machines, the evaluating including:

for an application of the memory profile of the virtual machine to be placed, searching the memory profile of another virtual machine for a matching application;

for the matching application found, calculating an expected efficiency gain for the virtual machine to be placed based, at least in part, on a memory consumption of the matching application;

summing expected efficiency gain calculations for applications of the virtual machine to be placed to calculate the probability for samepage mapping of the virtual machine to be placed;

the system management software selecting under consideration of the probabilities for samepage mapping a most appropriate virtual machine manager as the target virtual machine manager, and

the system management software placing the virtual machine on the target virtual machine manager.