4.3 Workload Management

The Orchestrate Server uses a Provisioning Manager to allocate (assign) and preempt (reassign) resources.

The Provisioning Manager preempts a resource by monitoring the job queue that is waiting for allocation. The manager then compares the job’s relative priority to jobs already consuming resources. Higher priority jobs can preempt lower priority jobs.

Figure 4-4 Workload Management

Depending on the tasks that applications might require, the Orchestrate Server submits the required jobs to one or more of the connected managed resources to perform specific tasks.

For more information about how job scheduling and provisioning works, see the following sections: