Granted Patent B2

US 12,346,725 · App. 16/919,178 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Inventors: Hongtan Sun (Armonk, NY); John Rofrano (Mahopac, NY); Maja Vukovic (New York, NY); Chen Lin (Elmsford, NY)

Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation

G06F9/4875G06F9/547G06N5/01G06N5/02G06N20/00G06F3/0647G06F2206/1504G06N5/04

Abstract

Claims (51)

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a user input associated with a migrating system comprised of a plurality of assets, wherein the user input comprises information regarding an operating system environment of the migrating system and a plurality of dependencies associated with each asset of the plurality of assets, and a physical location associated with each respective asset;

generating a constraint portfolio, utilizing an artificial intelligence model trained with a plurality of data from a historical scheduler knowledge base and the user input, wherein the constraint portfolio is a set of rules for transferring the migrating system to a cloud computing system;

generating a wave plan model based on the constraint portfolio and a cost optimization function, wherein the cost optimization function is based on an equation, wherein the equation is:

d ( t )= w s s ( t )+ w m m ( t )+ w p p ( t )+ w r r ( t )

 wherein d(t) is the cost optimization function, t is time, s is a subject matter expert cost, t s is time spent by one or more subject matter experts, m is a migration tools cost, t m is time using migration tools, p is a migration process delay cost, t p is migration process delay time, r is a failed migration risk cost, t r is time spent due to failed migration risk, and w s , w m , w p , and w r are assigned weights, and wherein the wave plan model is a schedule to transfer each of the assets of the migrating system in one or more bundles to the cloud computing system;

creating a task portfolio based on the wave plan model, wherein the task portfolio is a date and time dependent schedule for transferring the migrating system to the cloud computing system; and

generating one or more runbooks based on the task portfolio schedule, wherein the one or more runbooks are executable migration instruction applications.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

requesting user verification of the task portfolio of whether the task portfolio is acceptable;

receiving a user confirmation of the task portfolio; and

executing the one or more runbooks based on the user confirmation of the task portfolio, wherein executing the one or more runbooks transfers the migrating system to the cloud computing system.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , further comprising:

responsive to user verification of the task portfolio, updating a scheduler knowledge base with the task portfolio.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the task portfolio comprises a schedule to perform at least one of the following tasks associated with a first asset of the plurality of assets: build an image container, start the container, stop the container, and destroy the container.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the container is based on Kubernetes container architecture.

6. A computer system comprising:

a processor;

a memory;

one or more computer program instructions stored on the memory for execution by the processor, the program instructions comprising:

receive a user input associated with a migrating system comprised of a plurality of assets, wherein the user input comprises information regarding an operating system environment of the migrating system and a plurality of dependencies associated with each asset of the plurality of assets, and a physical location associated with each respective asset;

generate a constraint portfolio, utilizing an artificial intelligence model trained with a plurality of data from a historical scheduler knowledge base and the user input, wherein the constraint portfolio is a set of rules for transferring the migrating system to a cloud computing system;

generate a wave plan model based on the constraint portfolio and a cost optimization function, wherein the cost optimization function is based on an equation, wherein the equation is:

d ( t )= w s s ( t )+ w m m ( t )+ w p p ( t )+ w r r ( t )

 wherein d(t) is the cost optimization function, t is time, s is a subject matter expert cost, t s is time spent by one or more subject matter experts, m is a migration tools cost, t m is time using migration tools, p is a migration process delay cost, t p is migration process delay time, r is a failed migration risk cost, t r is time spent due to failed migration risk, and w s , w m , w p , and w r are assigned weights, and wherein the wave plan model is a schedule to transfer each of the assets of the migrating system in one or more bundles to the cloud computing system;

create a task portfolio based on the wave plan model, wherein the task portfolio is a date and time dependent schedule for transferring the migrating system to the cloud computing system; and

generate one or more runbooks based on the task portfolio schedule, wherein the one or more runbooks are executable migration instruction applications.

7. The computer system of claim 6 , further comprising program instructions to:

request user verification of the task portfolio of whether the task portfolio is acceptable;

receive a user confirmation of the task portfolio; and

execute the one or more runbooks based on the user confirmation of the task portfolio, wherein executing the one or more runbooks transfers the migrating system to the cloud computing system.

8. The computer system of claim 6 , wherein the task portfolio comprises a schedule to perform at least one of the following tasks associated with a first asset of the plurality of assets: build an image container, start the container, stop the container, and destroy a container.

9. The computer system of claim 8 , wherein the container is based on Kubernetes container architecture.

10. The computer system of claim 8 , further comprising program instructions to:

responsive to user verification of the task portfolio, update a scheduler knowledge base with the task portfolio.

11. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium and program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium, the program instructions comprising:

receive a user input associated with a migrating system comprised of a plurality of assets, wherein the user input comprises information regarding an operating system environment of the migrating system and a plurality of dependencies associated with each asset of the plurality of assets, and a physical location associated with each respective asset;

generate a constraint portfolio, utilizing an artificial intelligence model trained with a plurality of data from a historical scheduler knowledge base and, wherein the constraint portfolio is a set of rules for transferring the migrating system to a cloud computing system;

generate a wave plan model based on the constraint portfolio and a cost optimization function, wherein the cost optimization function is based on an equation, wherein the equation is:

d ( t )= w s s ( t )+ w m m ( t )+ w p p ( t )+ w r r ( t )

 wherein d(t) is the cost optimization function, t is time, s is a subject matter expert cost, t s is time spent by one or more subject matter experts, m is a migration tools cost, t m is time using migration tools, p is a migration process delay cost, t p is migration process delay time, r is a failed migration risk cost, t r is time spent due to failed migration risk, and w s , w m , w p , and w r are assigned weights, and wherein the wave plan model is a schedule to transfer each of the assets of the migrating system in one or more bundles to the cloud computing system;

create a task portfolio based on the wave plan model, wherein the task portfolio is a date and time dependent schedule for transferring the migrating system to the cloud computing system; and

generate one or more runbooks based on the task portfolio schedule, wherein the one or more runbooks are executable migration instruction applications.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 , further comprising program instructions to:

request user verification of the task portfolio of whether the task portfolio is acceptable;

receive a user confirmation of the task portfolio; and

execute the one or more runbooks based on the user confirmation of the task portfolio, wherein executing the one or more runbooks transfers the migrating system to the cloud computing system.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 , further comprising program instructions to:

responsive to user verification of the task portfolio, update a scheduler knowledge base with the task portfolio.

14. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the task portfolio comprises a schedule to perform at least one of the following tasks associated with a first asset of the plurality of assets: build an image container, start the container, stop the container, and destroy a container.

15. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the container is based on Kubernetes container architecture.

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