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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thirumalesh Reddy, San Jose, CA (US);
Sreekantha Indireddy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Shreekanth Ankala, Dublin, CA (US);
Bhavin Mathia, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30386 (2013.01); G06F 9/45533 (2013.01); G06F 9/5077 (2013.01); G06F 9/44505 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to manage virtual machines are disclosed. An example method includes deploying a virtual machine, storing deployment information about the virtual machine, including an associated workload, in a database, retrieving configuration information, including the deployment information from the database, and displaying, via a processor, the configuration information including an indication that the virtual machine is associated with other virtual machines that are associated with the workload.