Preserving, from resource management adjustment, portions of an overcommitted resource managed by a hypervisor

摘要

Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for preserving, from resource management adjustment, portions of an overcommitted resource managed by a hypervisor are provided. Embodiments include identifying, by the hypervisor, a privileged guest from among a plurality of guests of the hypervisor; identifying, by the hypervisor, portions of the overcommitted resource that are allocated to the privileged guest; and preventing, by the hypervisor, resource management adjustment to the identified portions of the overcommitted resource that are allocated to the privileged guest.