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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2004
Mahesh Kallahalla, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mustafa Uysal, Davis, CA (US);
Ram Swaminathan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mahesh Kallahalla, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mustafa Uysal, Davis, CA (US);
Ram Swaminathan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of a method of managing a computer system begins with a step of placing a virtual machine monitor on a computer. The virtual machine monitor includes an interface for a module. The method continues with a step of forming a computing platform on the computer. The virtual machine monitor provides access control to the hardware resources for software executing on the computing platform. The method concludes with a step of adding a module to the virtual machine monitor through the interface. The module modifies the access control provided by the virtual machine monitor.