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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
May. 08, 2006
Puneet Chawla, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jennifer-ann M. Anderson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gerald C. Chen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Junaid Qurashi, Los Altos, CA (US);
Patrick Lin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Puneet Chawla, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jennifer-Ann M. Anderson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gerald C. Chen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Junaid Qurashi, Los Altos, CA (US);
Patrick Lin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A plurality of virtual machines (VMs) is established and maintained by virtualization software on one or more physical servers. Desktop management software operates to provide the VMs to remote users as virtualized desktops. The desktop management software includes a rule engine that can be used to automate the policies of the organization. The rule engine manages the data center by controlling virtual infrastructure operations, such as power-on, power-off, suspension, and migration operations. The rule engine uses an event-condition-action paradigm, wherein an event causes a virtual infrastructure operation, possibly contingent on a condition. The rule engine provides for time-based scheduling of events in addition to system-based operations, which are triggered by events such as user logon and user logoff. The rule engine may also include the ability to automate the process of changing the properties of the virtual machines in a timely fashion.