Vmware, Inc.

Amarnath Raghunathan

Daniel James Beveridge

Yanislav Yankov

Mark Peek

Pranay Pareek

Sean Lambert

Ed Shmookler

Steve Tilkens

Mike O'Reilly

Yuriy Georgiev

Pascal Laroche

Heath Reynolds

Systems and methods for setting virtual machines ('VMs') to desired configurations while the virtual machines are running. In some systems, a user can select a VM and a desired configuration. An agent can then set an attribute of the virtual machine to indicate that on guest operation system (“OS”) reboot of the VM, the VM will enter BIOS mode. The agent can also store the desired configuration in the database based on authenticating the user. When the VM reboots at a future time, the attribute can cause the VM to enter BIOS setup. The agent can be notified and can retrieve the desired configuration from a database using an identifier for the VM. Then the agent can apply the desired configuration to the VM during BIOS setup with a system process that does not require further user authentication.

Desired state configuration for virtual machines

Assessing the need for disaster recovery (DR) protection for a virtual application may include accessing resource consumption history for constituent VMs that support the virtual application. The resource consumption history may include usage metrics corresponding to resources used by each VM. A change in a cost of downtime of the given virtual application may be produced and used to assess criteria or rules. The given virtual application may be designated for DR protection based on an assessment of the criteria. DR protection may be activated for the designated virtual applications. The DR protection may automatically expire after a period of time.

Disaster recovery protection based on resource consumption patterns

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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Amarnath Raghunathan