协作型VMM的虚拟机执行环境动态配置模型.docVIP

基于协作型VMM的虚拟机执行环境动态配置模型 摘 要:针对当前各类虚拟机监控器(vmm)在定制虚拟机执行环境过程中灵活性不足、可用性不强方面的问题,提出并设计了一种用户动态配置虚拟机执行环境的模型,并在协作型vmm之上进行了实现。结合intel vtx技术的实现机制,充分利用虚拟机控制结构(vmcs)中的执行控制域特性,通过为用户提供接口,对虚拟机配置文件进行操作,实现对虚拟机执行环境的实时动态配置。用户利用该模型能够快速构建具有不同运行时特性的虚拟机执行环境。测试结果表明,该模型能够提高vmm的可用性。 关键词:虚拟机监控器(vmm);vtx;虚拟机执行环境;动态配置模型;可用性  dynamic configuration model of  virtual machine execution environment based on cooperative vmm  lu jianping1,2*, guo yudong1, wand xiaorui1, zhao yuchun1 (1.college of information engineering, information engineering university, zhengzhou henan 450002, china; 2.department of maneuverable communication, chongqing communication institute, chongqing 400035, china) abstract: there are some deficiencies in the current virtual machine monitor (vmm) that could not customize different virtual machine execution environment flexibly. this paper illustrated the feasibility of designing and implementing the dynamic model to make better use of the vmm, and then presented a model to design a userconfigured virtual machine execution environment and implemented it upon the cooperative vmm. the model made full use of the control domains in virtual machine control structure (vmcs) configuration progress. with this model, users can change the features of the virtual machine execution environment for realtime dynamic configuration, and build virtual machines with different characteristics based on a vmm at the same time. the test results show that the model can improve the availability of the vmm. key words: virtual machine monitor (vmm); vtx; virtual machine execution environment; dynamic configuration model; availability  0 引言 虚拟机监控器(virtual machine monitor, vmm)是虚拟化平台实现的核心,纯软件方式实现的vmm在实现方式和性能上都存在很多缺陷[1]。鉴于此,intel和amd都对其处理器架构进行了扩展,支持虚拟化并提供了相应的指令集[2-3]。硬件辅助虚拟化已成为虚拟化技术的发展方向,主流的vmm设计(如xen和kvm)都已对其进行了支持[4-5]。当前硬件辅助虚拟化技术应用并没有达到预期效果,原因在于该技术仍不够成熟,其应用方面还有待挖掘。即便如此,硬件辅助虚拟化技术依然是从根本上解决当前虚拟化应用性能瓶颈的最佳方案。 在硬件辅助虚拟化条件下,构建高性能、高可靠、高可用的vmm,将为构建虚拟化应用提供坚实基础。当前针对提升硬件辅助虚拟化vmm的性能和可