Techniques of discovering VDI systems and synchronizing operation information of VDI systems by sending discovery messages and information messages

An apparatus for managing a plurality of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) systems, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• broadcast or multicast, at a first management service managing a first VDI system of the plurality of VDI systems, discovery messages periodically for discovering the first VDI system by other systems, each of the discovery messages including a first key uniquely associated with the first VDI system and a first network locator for locating the first VDI system in a network, the first VDI system including first plurality of collections of virtual machines;
• receive, from a second management service managing a second VDI system of the plurality of VDI systems, a web service request in response to the discovery messages, the web service request including the first key, a second key uniquely associated with the second VDI system, a second network locator for locating the second VDI system in the network, and second operation information of the second VDI system, the second VDI system including second plurality of collections of virtual machines (VMs), the second operation information specifying the second plurality of collections of VMs;
• send, at the first management service, a web service response including first operation information of the first VDI system to the second management service based on the second network locator, the first operation information specifying the first plurality of collections of VMs;
• continue, at the first management service, monitoring changes of the first operation information of the first VDI system;
• and
• resend, at the first management service, a web service response including the first operation information of the first VDI system to the second VDI system when the first operation information of the first VDI system has changed.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code for managing a plurality of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) systems, comprising code to:

• broadcast or multicast, at a first management service managing a first VDI system of the plurality of VDI systems, discovery messages periodically for discovering the first VDI system by other systems, each of the discovery messages including a first key uniquely associated with the first VDI system and a first network locator for locating the first VDI system in a network, the first VDI system including first plurality of collections of virtual machines;
• receive, from a second management service managing a second VDI system of the plurality of VDI systems, a web service request in response to the discovery messages, the web service request including the first key, a second key uniquely associated with the second VDI system, a second network locator for locating the second VDI system in the network, and second operation information of the second VDI system, the second VDI system including second plurality of collections of virtual machines (VMs), the second operation information specifying the second plurality of collections of VMs;
• send, at the first management service, a web service response including first operation information of the first VDI system to the second management service based on the second network locator, the first operation information specifying the first plurality of collections of VMs;
• continue, at the first management service, monitoring changes of the first operation information of the first VDI system;
• and
• resend, at the first management service, a web service response including the first operation information of the first VDI system to the second VDI system when the first operation information of the first VDI system has changed.