METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE RESOURCES IN A HYBRID WORKLOAD DOMAIN

1 . An apparatus comprising:

a usage monitor to monitor resource utilization of a workload allocated within a hybrid workload domain;

an orchestrator to:

determine a first type of a workload domain in the hybrid workload domain;

in response to determining that under-utilized resources of the first type are not available, identify resources of a second type that are available;

convert the resources from the first type to the second type; and

allocate the converted resources to the workload.

2 . An apparatus as defined in claim 1 , wherein the first type is a virtualized computing resource type and the second type is a bare metal resource type.

3 . An apparatus as defined in claim 1 , wherein the first type is a bare metal computing resource type and the second type is a virtualized metal resource type.

4 . An apparatus as defined in claim 1 , wherein the orchestrator is further to, in response to determining that under-utilized resources of the first type are available, allocate the identified resources to the workload.

5 . An apparatus as defined in claim 1 , further comprising a virtualizer to virtualize a bare metal resource.

6 . An apparatus as defined in claim 1 , further comprising a de-virtualizer to de-virtualize virtualized resources.

7 . An apparatus as defined in claim 1 , wherein the hybrid workload domain includes virtualized computing resources and bare metal computing resources.

8 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to at least:

monitor resource utilization of a workload allocated within a hybrid workload domain;

determine a first type of a workload domain in the hybrid workload domain;

in response to determining that under-utilized resources of the first type are not available, identify resources of a second type that are available;

convert the resources from the first type to the second type; and

allocate the converted resources to the workload.

9 . A non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in claim 8 , wherein the first type is a virtualized computing resource type and the second type is a bare metal resource type.

10 . A non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in claim 8 , wherein the first type is a bare metal computing resource type and the second type is a virtualized metal resource type.

11 . A non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the at least one processor to, in response to determining that under-utilized resources of the first type are available, allocate the identified resources to the workload.

12 . A non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the at least one processor to virtualize a bare metal resource.

13 . A non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the at least one processor to de-virtualize virtualized resources.

14 . A non-transitory computer readable medium as defined in claim 8 , wherein the hybrid workload domain includes virtualized computing resources and bare metal computing resources.

15 . A method comprising:

monitoring resource utilization of a workload allocated within a hybrid workload domain;

determining a first type of a workload domain in the hybrid workload domain;

in response to determining that under-utilized resources of the first type are not available, identifying resources of a second type that are available;

converting the resources from the first type to the second type; and

allocating the converted resources to the workload.

16 . A method as defined in claim 15 , wherein the first type is a virtualized computing resource type and the second type is a bare metal resource type.

17 . A method as defined in claim 15 , wherein the first type is a bare metal computing resource type and the second type is a virtualized metal resource type.

18 . A method as defined in claim 15 , further comprising in response to determining that under-utilized resources of the first type are available, allocating the identified resources to the workload.

19 . A method as defined in claim 15 , further comprising virtualizing a bare metal resource.

20 . A method as defined in claim 15 , further comprising de-virtualizing virtualized resources.

21 . A method as defined in claim 15 , wherein the hybrid workload domain includes virtualized computing resources and bare metal computing resources.