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Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2023
Applicant:

Vmware Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:
Assignee:

VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45562 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45587 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an example, a method may include maintaining a virtual machine (VM) object storing a security policy of a VM running on a first host computing system. Further, the method may include attaching the VM object to the VM. In response to detecting a trigger event, the method may include identifying a second host computing system that is in compliance with the security policy in the VM object. Furthermore, the method may include executing a management operation to migrate or clone the VM along with the attached VM object from the first host computing system to the second host computing system.


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