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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2009
Tzi-cker Chiueh, Setauke, NY (US);
Matthew Conover, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tzi-cker Chiueh, Setauke, NY (US);
Matthew Conover, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for inserting an agent of a virtual appliance into a virtual machine. The method may include inserting, into an exception handler memory location of a virtual machine, one or more computer-executable instructions configured to facilitate transfer of control from the virtual machine to an agent-insertion module. The method may also include triggering an exception during execution of the virtual machine to cause the one or more computer-executable instructions in the exception handler memory location to be executed. The method may further include obtaining control from the virtual machine after the at least one computer-executable instruction executes. The method may include inserting the agent of the virtual appliance into the virtual machine. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.