Vmware, Inc.

Kshitij Vijay Padalkar

Daniel Kerry Hiltgen

Moshe Zadka

John Powell

Saleem Abdulrasool

Patrick Devine

Mustafa Jamil

Timothy Stack

Mukund Gunti

Aravinda Haryadi

Ashish Kaila

Zhen Yu

A desired image of a virtualization software is deployed in hosts that are located in a remote data center which is connected to a central data center over a first network having a lower bandwidth than that of a second network over which the hosts in the remote data center communicate with each other. The method of deploying the virtualization software in the hosts includes: upgrading the virtualization software in a first host of the plurality of hosts using portions of the desired image that are transmitted from the central data center to the remote data center over the first network; and upgrading the virtualization software in a second host of the plurality of hosts using portions of the desired image that are transmitted from the first host to the second host over the second network, without retransmitting the portions from the central data center to the remote data center.

Deploying virtualization software in a remote cluster

In a computer-implemented method for scheduling a plan of operations in a datacenter selection of a target from a plurality of targets in the datacenter is enabled for scheduling operations on the selected target. Selection of one or more bundles is enabled, wherein the plan of operations on the selected target are based on the one or more bundles. Dependency relationships between the selected target and other targets in the plurality of targets are determined based on the selection of one or more bundles. The plan of operations on the selected target is scheduled.

Scheduling a plan of operations in a datacenter

In a computer-implemented method for a unified graphical user interface for displaying a plan of operations in a datacenter metadata is accessed from a plurality of disparate software bundles for updating targets in a datacenter. A unified visualization of a plan of operations on the targets is displayed via a unified graphical user interface based on the accessed metadata, wherein the unified graphical user interface displays the plan of operations with a common look and feel.

Unified graphical user interface for displaying a plan of operations in a datacenter

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Kshitij Vijay Padalkar