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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2008
Daniel Lee Becker, Frederick, MD (US);
Andrew W. Brandt, Frederick, MD (US);
Vipul Sharma, Germantown, MD (US);
Mark James Yourcheck, Hanover, MD (US);
Stephen C. Carr, Frederick, MD (US);
Tim Campbell, Linthicum, MD (US);
Daniel Lee Becker, Frederick, MD (US);
Andrew W. Brandt, Frederick, MD (US);
Vipul Sharma, Germantown, MD (US);
Mark James Yourcheck, Hanover, MD (US);
Stephen C. Carr, Frederick, MD (US);
Tim Campbell, Linthicum, MD (US);
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
A method and system provide tracking of a virtual machine by compiling information on the virtual machines in a network and sending the information to an administrative console. The administrative console can then determine the status of the virtual machines in the network. The administrative console can also establish a lineage of a virtual machine and the migration of a virtual machine from one host machine to another host machine. A virtual machine unique identifier assigned to each virtual machine by the system can be modified and used to track each virtual machine and associated host machine. A status can then be determined of the virtual machines, where the status can be a new virtual machine, a previously discovered virtual machine, a duplicated virtual machine, or a cloned virtual machine.