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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2013
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Leslie Muller, London, GB;
Valentina Reutova, Arlington, MA (US);
Ken Pespisa, Maynard, MA (US);
Mike Barron, Belmont, MA (US);
Murat Bayan, London, GB;
Frederic Torres, Stow, MA (US);
Dave Zolotusky, Cambridge, MA (US);
Derek Chasse, Stoneham, MA (US);
Sudershan Bhandari, Burlington, MA (US);
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to reclaim resources in virtual computing environments are described. An example method includes determining, with a processor, if a characteristic of a virtual machine meets a threshold indicating that the virtual machine is inactive, in response to determining that the characteristic meets the threshold, determining, with the processor, if a notification period has expired, and if the notification period has expired, de-provisioning, with the processor, the virtual machine to return computing resources assigned to the virtual machine to a cloud.