Methods and systems for securely and efficiently clustering distributed processes using a consistent database
Granted: February 20, 2024
Patent Number:
11907745
Certain embodiments described herein are directed to methods and systems for adding one or more nodes to a first cluster including a first node in a computer system. A method performed by the first node comprises receiving a first request from a second node to join the first cluster. The method also comprises retrieving a first cluster configuration associated with the first cluster from a distributed database through a first database server (DBS) and creating a second cluster…
Automated actions in a conferencing service
Granted: February 20, 2024
Patent Number:
11909784
Disclosed are various approaches for performing automated actions in a conferencing service. Distractions can be detected and users can be muted. Breakout rooms can be suggested to attendees based upon the user's identity. Additionally, event summaries and recaps can be generated for users who are late-arriving or who depart and return to the event.
Self-learning packet flow monitoring in software-defined networking environments
Granted: February 20, 2024
Patent Number:
11909653
Example methods and systems for self-learning packet flow monitoring. One example method may comprise monitoring a packet flow to identify attribute information associated with the packet flow between a source and a destination; and classifying the packet flow using a classification engine that is trained using a training dataset to determine a classification output associated with the packet flow. The example method may also comprise providing, to a user device, a user interface (UI)…
Split-brain prevention in a high availability system during workload migration system during workload migration
Granted: February 20, 2024
Patent Number:
11909648
In some embodiments, a method configures, at a first host, an overlay channel for sending packets to check whether a failure has occurred at a workload. The first host and a second host are connected via a layer 3 network. The first host generates a packet to check whether the failure has occurred at the workload and encapsulates the packet. The first host sends the encapsulated packet to the second host using the overlay channel via the layer 3 network. The packet is decapsulated and…
Orchestration of tenant overlay network constructs
Granted: February 20, 2024
Patent Number:
11909637
A method for creating overlay networking constructs to establish network connectivity between virtual routers and remote physical gateways is provided. An orchestrator receives a mapping between tenant network identifiers for multiple tenant networks and overlay network identifiers for multiple overlay networks. The orchestrator attaches a virtual router to a parent logical port of an overlay logical switch for connectivity between a physical gateway and the multiple tenant networks. The…
Partitioning health monitoring in a global server load balancing system
Granted: February 20, 2024
Patent Number:
11909612
Some embodiments provide a novel method of performing health monitoring for resources associated with a global server load balancing (GSLB) system. This system is implemented by several domain name system (DNS) servers that perform DNS services for resources located at several geographically separate sites. The method identifies several different groupings of the resources. It then assigns the health monitoring of the different resource groups to different DNS servers. The method then…
Port mapping for bonded interfaces of ECMP group
Granted: February 20, 2024
Patent Number:
11909558
Some embodiments of the invention provide novel methods for providing a stateful service at a network edge device (e.g., an NSX edge) that has a plurality of north-facing interfaces (e.g., interfaces to an external network) and a plurality of corresponding south-facing interfaces (e.g., interfaces to a logical network). A set of interfaces on each side of the network edge device for a set of equal cost paths, in some embodiments, are bonded together in the network edge device to…
Namespace management techniques for facilitating multi-cluster application development
Granted: February 20, 2024
Patent Number:
11907905
Techniques for managing namespaces in a multi-cluster management (MCM) system to facilitate multi-cluster application development are provided. In one set of embodiments, a computer system executing the MCM system can create a workspace for an application being developed by a software development team of an organization, where the workspace is a logical grouping of namespaces on which the application has been or will be deployed, and where at least a subset of the namespaces can belong…
Rate limiting of cloud account change events and state management
Granted: February 20, 2024
Patent Number:
11907750
Rate limiting of cloud account change events and state management is described herein. One embodiment includes instructions to process each of a first stream of change events received from a cloud provider and associated with any assets of a particular public cloud account, determine that the first stream of change events exceeds a rate threshold, discard each of a second stream of change events received from the public cloud provider and associated with any assets of the particular…
Secure graphics processing unit (GPU) virtualization using sandboxing
Granted: February 20, 2024
Patent Number:
11907748
Techniques for implementing secure GPU virtualization using sandboxing are provided. In one set of embodiments, a hypervisor of a host system can receive one or more first graphics/compute commands issued by a guest application running within a VM of the host system. The hypervisor can further communicate the one or more first graphics/compute commands to a sandboxed software process that is separate from the hypervisor. The sandboxed software process can then translate the one or more…
Software-defined network orchestration in a virtualized computer system
Granted: February 20, 2024
Patent Number:
11907742
An example method of orchestrating a software-defined (SD) network layer of a virtualized computing system is described, the virtualized computing system including a host cluster, a virtualization management server, and a network management server each connected to a physical network, the host cluster having hosts and a virtualization layer executing on hardware platforms of the hosts. The method includes receiving, at the virtualization management server, a declarative specification…
System and method of analyzing update readiness for distributed software systems
Granted: February 20, 2024
Patent Number:
11907706
The disclosure provides for analyzing upgrade and migration readiness. Embodiments include receiving an indication to upgrade a software product and a selected upgrade path identifying a target-upgrade version. Embodiments include accessing an array of pre-upgrade procedures comprising code for identifying one or more conditions that must be met before the software product can be upgraded based on the accessed array being associated with the software product. Embodiments include…
Unified host memory for coprocessors
Granted: February 20, 2024
Patent Number:
11907589
At least one application of a client executes via system software on a hardware computing system that includes at least one CPU and at least one coprocessor. A virtualization layer establishes unified memory address space between the client and the hardware computing system, which also includes memory associated with the at least one coprocessor. The virtualization layer then synchronizes memory associated with the client and memory associated the at least one coprocessor. The…
Processes and systems for dataflow routing based on data types and transformations
Granted: February 20, 2024
Patent Number:
11907245
A computer implemented processing service for efficient streaming of data input from one or more sources to one or more receivers is disclosed. The processing service includes a schema manager that receives commands from a tenant of the data stream processing service. The processing service includes a processing services gateway that validates the data and sends the data to a transformation processor. The transformation processor receives the data and parses the data into the one or more…
Upgrading the file system of objects in a distributed storage system
Granted: February 20, 2024
Patent Number:
11907161
An example method of upgrading a distributed storage object from a first version to a second version includes: querying metadata of a first component configured according to the first version of the distributed storage object, the metadata defining extents of data on a disk group of the first component; populating, for a second component configured according to the second version of the distributed storage object, logical and middle maps based on the metadata such that initial entries in…
Resiliency and performance for cluster memory
Granted: February 20, 2024
Patent Number:
11907065
Disclosed are various embodiments for improving the resiliency and performance of clustered memory. A computing device can generate at least one parity page from at least a first local page and a second local page. The computing device can then submit a first write request for the first local page to a first one of a plurality of memory hosts. The computing device can also submit a second write request for the second local page to a second one of the plurality of memory hosts.…
System for analyzing and attesting physical access
Granted: February 13, 2024
Patent Number:
11900748
Methods and systems are described for analyzing and attesting physical access to a location. In an example, an administrator can create a survey for users in an organization. The survey can be sent to a user device as a notification. The user can complete the survey, and the user's physical access rights can be determined based on the survey answers. When the user attempts to gain access to a location of the organization, the user can provide a digital access badge. The digital access…
Using VTI teaming to achieve load balance and redundancy
Granted: February 13, 2024
Patent Number:
11902164
In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method for using virtual tunnel interface teaming to achieve load balance and redundancy in virtual private networks (“VPNs”) is disclosed. In an embodiment, a method comprises: receiving, by a gateway, configuration data from a control plane; based on the configuration data, configuring on the gateway a bonded virtual tunnel interface (“bonded VTI”) having a plurality of slave virtual tunnel interfaces (“slave VTIs”); configuring a…
Congestion avoidance in a slice-based network
Granted: February 13, 2024
Patent Number:
11902080
A system can reduce congestion in slice-based networks, such as a virtual service network (“VSN”). The system can include a monitoring module that communicates with agents on switches, such as routers or servers. The switches report telematics data to the monitoring module, which determines slice-specific performance attributes such as slice latency and slice throughput. These slice-specific performance attributes are compared against software license agreement (“SLA”)…
Method for providing distributed gateway service at host computer
Granted: February 13, 2024
Patent Number:
11902050
Some embodiments of the invention provide a novel network architecture for providing edge services of a virtual private cloud (VPC) at host computers hosting machines of the VPC. The host computers in the novel network architecture are reachable from external networks through a gateway router of an availability zone (AZ). The gateway router receives a data message from the external network addressed to one or more data compute nodes (DCNs) in the VPC and forwards the data message to a…
