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:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2012
Samuel Larsen, San Carlos, CA (US);
Gilad Arie Wolff, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lionel Litty, Mountain View, CA (US);
Marios Leventopoulos, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James Kiryakoza, San Francisco, CA (US);
Samuel Larsen, San Carlos, CA (US);
Gilad Arie Wolff, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lionel Litty, Mountain View, CA (US);
Marios Leventopoulos, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James Kiryakoza, San Francisco, CA (US);
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A thin agent installed within a guest virtual machine (GVM) enables a service application to monitor events within the GVM and to perform certain system functions within the GVM. The thin agent maintains a distinct set of rules for selectively reporting system events to each different service application connected to the thin agent. A multiplexer executing within a virtualization software is configured to facilitate communication between a plurality of thin agents and a plurality of service applications. A services manager facilitates communication between new service applications and the thin agents. Each service application is able to advantageously add new functions to production GVMs without interrupting proper operation of the GVMs.