US 9,519,513 B2Granted

Methods and apparatus to automatically configure monitoring of a virtual machine

AssigneeVMware, Inc.

InventorsDan Zada, Asaf Kariv, Mayan Weiss, Amir Wiener, Ella Rozanov

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Abstract

Methods and apparatus to automatically configure monitoring of a virtual machine are disclosed. An example method includes identifying a virtual machine in an application definition, automatically installing an agent on the virtual machine when the virtual machine is identified as having a designated configuration, automatically identifying, via the agent, a resource associated with the virtual machine and, based on the resource, applying a monitoring policy to the virtual machine to be executed by the agent.

Claims26

Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

identifying, by executing an instruction with a processor, a first virtual machine in a first application definition;
determining, by executing an instruction with the processor, that the first virtual machine identifies a second virtual machine based on configuration information of the first virtual machine, the second virtual machine having an unknown agent status;
comparing, by executing an instruction with the processor, the first application definition to a second application definition, the second application definition including the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine;
in response to determining that the first application definition does not include the second virtual machine, determining, by executing an instruction with the processor, if a configuration of the second virtual machine matches a designated configuration;
automatically installing an agent on the second virtual machine when the second virtual machine is identified as having the designated configuration;
updating the unknown agent status of the second virtual machine to indicate that the installed agent is running;
and
based on a resource automatically identified by the agent associated with the second virtual machine, applying a monitoring policy to the second virtual machine, the monitoring policy to be executed by the agent.

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A system, comprising:

a service analyzer to:
identify a first virtual machine in a first application definition;
and
determine that the first virtual machine identifies a second virtual machine based on configuration information of the first virtual machine, the second virtual machine having an unknown agent status;
a virtual machine analyzer to:
compare the first application definition to a second application definition, the second application definition including the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine;
and
in response to a determination that the first application definition does not include the second virtual machine, determine if a configuration of the second virtual machine matches a designated configuration;
an agent installer to install an agent on the second virtual machine based on the virtual machine analyzer identifying that the configuration of the second virtual machine matches a designated configuration, the unknown agent status of the second virtual machine updated to indicate that the installed agent is a running agent;
and
an agent monitor to automatically identify a resource associated with the virtual machine and, based on the resource, apply a monitoring policy to the virtual machine, the monitoring policy to be executed by the agent,
at least one of the service analyzer, the virtual machine analyzer, the agent installer and the agent monitor implemented by a logic circuit.

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A tangible computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause a processor to at least:

identify a first virtual machine in a first application definition;
determine that the first virtual machine identifies a second virtual machine based on configuration information of the first virtual machine, the second virtual machine having an unknown agent status;
compare the first application definition to a second application definition, the second application definition including the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine;
determine if a configuration of the second virtual machine matches a designated configuration based on a determination that the first application definition does not include the second virtual machine;
instruct the second virtual machine to install an agent when the second virtual machine is identified as having a designated configuration;
update the unknown agent status of the second virtual machine to indicate that the installed agent is running;
and
based on a resource automatically identified by the agent associated with the second virtual machine, apply a monitoring policy to the second virtual machine, the monitoring policy to be executed by the agent.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/231,018Filed 31 Mar 2014 · us provisional application
Priority: 3 Dec 2013
Published: US 2015/0154039 A14 Jun 2015
Granted: 13 Dec 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

G06F 9/45558
Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors: hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
G06F 8/60
Arrangements for software engineering: software deployment
G06F 8/61
Software deployment: installation
G06F 9/5011
To service a request: the resources being hardware resources other than CPUs, Servers and Terminals

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Application61/911,375Us provisional application · filed 3 Dec 2013
US 2015/0154039 A1Pre-grant publication · published 4 Jun 2015
US 9,519,513 B2This patent

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