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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2010
Antonio Abbondanzio, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert B. Basham, Aloha, OR (US);
Michael D. Day, Ii, Cary, NC (US);
Antonio Abbondanzio, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert B. Basham, Aloha, OR (US);
Michael D. Day, II, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for acquiring guest operating system instrumentation information in a hypervisor. Embodiments include receiving from a platform management application, by a hypervisor communication module of the hypervisor, a platform request for guest operating system instrumentation information associated with at least one guest operating system executing within the hypervisor; in response to receiving the platform request for the guest operating system instrumentation information, retrieving through shared memory between the hypervisor and the guest operating system, by the hypervisor communication module, the guest operating system instrumentation information associated with the at least one guest operating system; and transmitting, by the hypervisor communication module, the guest operating system instrumentation information to the platform management application.