The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
Applicants:
Itzhak Fadida, Silver, IL;
Nir Barak, Yosef, IL;
Eitan Hadar, Nesher, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CA, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45587 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes receiving at a similarity arbitrator information about a security policy of a candidate virtual machine that is proposed to be included in a cluster of virtual machines, comparing the security policy of the candidate virtual machine to the security policies of a plurality of virtual machines in the cluster, and in response to the comparison, recommending that a virtualization environment manager exclude the candidate virtual machine from the cluster or include the candidate virtual machine in the cluster. Related systems and computer program products are also disclosed.