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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2009
Dilip Khandekar, Pune, IN;
Dragutin Petkovic, Saratoga, CA (US);
Pratap Subrahmanyam, Saratoga, CA (US);
Bich Cau Le, San Jose, CA (US);
Dilip Khandekar, Pune, IN;
Dragutin Petkovic, Saratoga, CA (US);
Pratap Subrahmanyam, Saratoga, CA (US);
Bich Cau Le, San Jose, CA (US);
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A provisioning server automatically configures a virtual machine (VM) according to user specifications and then deploys the VM on a physical host. The user may either choose from a list of pre-configured, ready-to-deploy VMs, or he may select which hardware, operating system and application(s) he would like the VM to have. The provisioning server then configures the VM accordingly, if the desired configuration is available, or it applies heuristics to configure a VM that best matches the user's request if it isn't. The invention also includes mechanisms for monitoring the status of VMs and hosts, for migrating VMs between hosts, and for creating a network of VMs.