US Patent Application 17719677. DEPLOYING VIRTUAL MACHINES TO A VIRTUALIZATION MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT USING AN AGENT TO OBTAIN REMOTE VIRTUAL MACHINE TEMPLATES simplified abstract
DEPLOYING VIRTUAL MACHINES TO A VIRTUALIZATION MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT USING AN AGENT TO OBTAIN REMOTE VIRTUAL MACHINE TEMPLATES
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Linwood W. Zoller, Iv of Lexington KY (US)
Daniel E. Cummins of Hudson NH (US)
David Jensen of Dallas TX (US)
DEPLOYING VIRTUAL MACHINES TO A VIRTUALIZATION MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT USING AN AGENT TO OBTAIN REMOTE VIRTUAL MACHINE TEMPLATES - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 17719677 Titled 'DEPLOYING VIRTUAL MACHINES TO A VIRTUALIZATION MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT USING AN AGENT TO OBTAIN REMOTE VIRTUAL MACHINE TEMPLATES'
Simplified Explanation
This abstract describes techniques for deploying virtual machines in a virtualization management environment. It involves using an agent component to obtain remote virtual machine templates. The method includes receiving a request to deploy a virtual machine and the storage location of its template. The agent component then obtains the template from an orchestration engine or a remote data source. The obtained template is replicated to create the virtual machine. The request may also include deployment information to configure the virtual machine. Additionally, the agent component can monitor the execution of the virtual machine and evaluate security controls and network requirements provided by the orchestration engine.
Original Abstract Submitted
Techniques are provided for deploying virtual machines to a virtualization management environment using an agent component to obtain remote virtual machine templates. One method comprises receiving, by an agent component executing in a virtualization management server, a request to deploy a virtual machine and a storage location of a template for the virtual machine; obtaining the template for the virtual machine from one or more of an orchestration engine and a remote data source identified by the storage location; and replicating the obtained template for the virtual machine to create the virtual machine. The request to deploy the virtual machine may also comprise deployment information used to configure the virtual machine. The agent component may monitor an execution of the created virtual machine and evaluate one or more policies provided by the orchestration engine with respect to security controls and/or network requirements associated with the created virtual machine.
