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Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2011
Applicants:

Vijayaraghavan Soundararajan, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Conrad Herbert Albrecht-buehler, Mountain View, CA (US);

Balaji Parimi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Raja Rao Dv, San Mateo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vijayaraghavan Soundararajan, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Conrad Herbert Albrecht-Buehler, Mountain View, CA (US);

Balaji Parimi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Raja Rao Dv, San Mateo, CA (US);

Assignee:

VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/14 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 69/40 (2013.01); H04L 12/58 (2013.01); H04L 41/026 (2013.01); G06F 9/4856 (2013.01); G06F 9/5077 (2013.01); G06F 11/0712 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45575 (2013.01); G06F 9/45512 (2013.01); G06F 9/45533 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01);
Abstract

A server system is configured to provide an e-mail based interface for executing management operations on a virtualized infrastructure which includes a plurality of virtual machines (VMs), underlying host computers, clusters, and/or data centers. Such an interface may be provided in a virtualized infrastructure to enable a system administrator to execute administrative operations remotely from a mobile device without requiring custom installation of an application on the mobile device or a secure connection to the server system. The server system receives e-mails at a pre-determined e-mail address, authenticates the sender of the e-mail, and extracts and executes commands from the e-mail. A number of techniques for validating the e-mail containing server commands may also be provided.


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