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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Srinivas Kandula, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
VMWARE, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); H04L 67/00 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 8/61 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 9/4406 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); G06F 9/485 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45575 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45591 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for managing a monitoring agent in an operating system of a virtual computing instance uses a monitoring agent lifecycle service of the monitoring agent that is started as part of a startup process of the operating system of the virtual computing instance. When needed, a monitoring agent core of the monitoring agent is downloaded and installed from an external service to the virtual computing instance by the monitoring agent lifecycle service so that a monitoring operation of the virtual computing instance is performed by the monitoring agent core.