WORKLOAD AND DEFECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS

1 . A method comprising:

communicating, to a first computing device, an identifier associated with a second computing device;

receiving, from the first computing device, maintenance information associated with the identifier; and

implementing a workload management policy at the second computing device based on the maintenance information.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein communicating an identifier comprises communicating, to the first computing device, one of a machine type, model number, and serial number associated with the second computing device.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein communicating an identifier comprises communicating, to the first computing device, a serial number of a component of the second computing device.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the maintenance information comprises one of a defect notice, a defect severity level, and critical rationale information.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second computing device is a server.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the server is one of a plurality of servers, and

wherein implementing a workload management policy comprises migrating workload managed by the server to another server among the plurality of servers.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of servers operate in one of a virtualized workload platform, a distributed stateless workload platform, and a stateful workload platform.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the workload is software workload.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second computing device is a server that is one of a plurality of servers, and

wherein the method further comprises:

communicating component identifiers of each of the servers to the first computing device;

receiving maintenance information associated with one or more of the component identifiers; and

implementing the workload policy at the servers based on the maintenance information.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein implementing a workload policy comprises:

determining a third computing device operable to manage a workload of the second computing device; and

in response to determining that the third computing device is operable to manage the workload, migrating the workload from the second computing device to the third computing device.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein implementing a workload management policy comprises one of at least partially powering down the second computing device, communicating an alert, implementing a risk mitigation function at the second computing device, and configuring the firmware of a component on the second computing device.

12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving operational risk information associated with the second computing device; and

controlling operation at the second computing device based on the operational risk information.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifier comprises a serial number of a component of the second computing device, and

wherein the method further comprises:

communicating one of a machine type and model number associated with the second computing device; and

receiving a hit message for the communication of the one of the machine type and model number; and

wherein the serial number is communicated to the first computing device in response to receiving the hit message.

14 . A method comprising:

receiving an identifier associated with a first computing device;

determining maintenance information associated with the identifier; and

communicating, to a second computing device, the maintenance information for implementing a workload management policy at the first computing device.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein receiving an identifier comprises receiving one of a machine type, model number, and serial number associated with the first computing device.

16 . The method of claim 14 , wherein receiving an identifier comprises receiving a serial number of a component of the first computing device,

wherein determining maintenance information comprises determining a defect associated with the serial number, and

wherein communicating the maintenance information comprises communicating a defect notice to the second computing device in response to determining the defect.

17 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising implementing, at the second computing device, the workload management policy.

18 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the first computing device is a server among a plurality of servers.

19 . The method of claim 14 , wherein determining maintenance information comprises determining whether a defect is associated with the identifier, and

wherein communicating the maintenance information comprises communicating a defect notice about the defect to the second computing device.

20 . The method of claim 17 , wherein implementing the workload management policy comprises migrating workload from the first computing device to a third computing device in response to receiving the maintenance information.