Bare metal computer for booting copies of VM images on multiple computing devices using a smart NIC
Granted: January 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11875172
Some embodiments provide a method for operating a physical server in a network. The method stores multiple copies of a virtual machine (VM) image at a network-accessible storage. The method uses a first copy of the VM image as a virtual disk to execute a VM on a hypervisor of a first physical computing device. The method uses a second copy of the VM image as a virtual disk accessible via a smart network interface controller (NIC) of a second physical computing device to execute an…
Method and system to launch local applications seamlessly from a remote desktop
Granted: January 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11875164
The disclosure provides a method for launching one or more local applications seamlessly from a remote desktop. The method generally includes sending, from a client device to a connection server, redirected local application information associated with one or more local applications of the client device; receiving a selection, from a user of the client device via a context menu of a file located on a remote device running a remote desktop, of a local application of the one or more local…
Deploying device campaign updates to IoT devices
Granted: January 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11875143
Disclosed are various embodiments for updating IoT endpoints. A software update package can be deployed to a IoT gateway. The software package can have lifecycle scripts and software executable for installation on IoT endpoints. The lifecycle scripts represent different lifecycle phases of the update process.
Multi-entry point navigation for user interfaces
Granted: January 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11874890
Examples are disclosed for a navigation system that facilitates navigation through hierarchically-related views within a user interface using multiple independent entry points. In one example, a system is configured to generate a user interface that includes a hierarchy of views based on navigation data and display a plurality of navigation components in the user interface. A selection of a navigation entry is received that corresponds to a desired view from one of the navigation…
Handling of an index update of time series data
Granted: January 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11874825
In a computer-implemented method for handling of an index update, time series data is received at an ingestion node of a time series data monitoring system. An index update is determined based on the time series data. The index update is stored to an index database of the time series data monitoring system. The index update is forward to a plurality of query nodes of the time series data monitoring system.
Primary datacenter for logical router
Granted: January 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11870679
Some embodiments provide a method for implementing a logical router that spans multiple datacenters. The method receives a configuration for a set of logical switches and a logical router (LR) that (i) handles data traffic between data compute nodes (DCNs) connected to the logical switches and endpoints not connected to the set of logical switches and (ii) performs stateful services on the traffic. The DCNs include at least one DCN operating in each datacenter. For each datacenter, the…
Methods and systems for converting a related group of physical machines to virtual machines
Granted: January 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11868797
A method for processing virtualization of computers that are part of a group into virtual computers is provided. The method includes obtaining relationship data from the computers, where the relationship data identifies parameters used to communicate within the group. Then, the method analyzes utilization parameters for each of the computers of the group. A visual model for proposed virtualization of the group of computers is then generated. The visual model identifies hosting machines…
Managing persistent enrollment of a user device
Granted: January 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11868787
Systems and methods are included for managing persistent enrollment of a user device. The persistent enrollment can be controlled by an administrator at an administrator console. The administrator can enable or disable persistent enrollment for the user device at the admin console. A deployment agent can be provided to the user device. During the boot process, the deployment agent can verify the persistent enrollment status of the user device. The deployment agent can retrieve and…
Techinques for tracking frequently accessed memory
Granted: January 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11868644
In one set of embodiments, a hardware module of a computer system can receive a stream of addresses corresponding to memory units being accessed by a central processing unit (CPU) of the computer system. The hardware module can further generate a frequency estimate for each address in the stream of addresses, the frequency estimate being indicative of a number of times a memory unit identified by the address has been accessed by the CPU, and can determine, based on the generated…
Performance improvement of IPsec traffic using SA-groups and mixed-mode SAs
Granted: January 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11863514
Some embodiments provide a method of load balancing data message flows across multiple secure connections. The method receives a data message having source and destination addresses formatted according to a first protocol. Based on the source and destination addresses, the method selects one of the multiple secure connections for the data message. Each of the secure connections handles a first set of connections formatted according to the first protocol and a second set of connections…
Capacity forecasting for high-usage periods
Granted: January 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11863466
Examples herein include systems and methods for providing capacity forecasting for high-usage periods of a computing infrastructure. An example method can include segmenting a first portion of a data stream and generating a first core set for a forecasting model that predicts future usage of computing resources. The example method can further include segmenting a second portion of the data stream, generating a second core set, and using both core sets to forecast usage. The first core…
Methods and systems for generating data packets in smart network interface controllers
Granted: January 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11863441
This disclosure is directed to processes and systems for generating data packets in a smart network interface controller (“SNIC”) of a host server computer. A smart packet generator (“spktgen”) controller receives a user command that contains directions for how packets are generated in the SNIC. The command is sent to a spktgen daemon that runs in a control core of the multicore processor. The spktgen daemon extracts the type of packet generator and packet parameters recorded in…
Dynamic route configuration and load balancing for edge gateways
Granted: January 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11863428
Described herein are systems, methods, and software to manage communication path configurations between edge gateways in a computing environment. In at least one implementation, a controller monitors network characteristics associated with routes from a first edge gateway to a second edge gateway and determines whether a first route configuration for the first edge gateway to communicate with the second edge gateway fails to satisfy criteria based on the network characteristics. If the…
Smart NIC leader election
Granted: January 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11863376
Some embodiments provide a method for a first smart NIC of multiple smart NICs of a host computer. Each of the smart NICs is for performing virtual networking operations for a set of data compute machines executing on the host computer. The method determines that the first smart NIC is elected to communicate with a network management and control system that configures the virtual networking operations. The method receives a set of configuration data for the virtual networking operations…
Hierarchical networking for nested container clusters
Granted: January 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11863352
Some embodiments of the invention provide a novel network architecture for deploying guest clusters (GCs) including workload machines for a tenant (or other entity) within an availability zone. The novel network architecture includes a virtual private cloud (VPC) deployed in the availability zone (AZ) that includes a centralized routing element that provides access to a gateway routing element of the AZ. In some embodiments, the centralized routing element provides a set of services for…
Efficient use of reserved resource instances in clusters of host computers in a cloud-based computing environment
Granted: January 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11861413
System and computer-implemented method for autoscaling clusters of host computers in a cloud-based computing environment uses an aggressive scale-in resource utilization threshold that is greater than a corresponding standard scale-in resource utilization threshold to search for any target clusters of host computers in response to a scale-out recommendation for a cluster of host computers to select a candidate cluster of host computers when the number of available reserved resource…
Methods and apparatus for tenant aware runtime feature toggling in a cloud environment
Granted: January 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11861402
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to provide tenant aware runtime feature toggling in a cloud or other virtualized computing environment are disclosed. An example method includes determining a feature toggle associated with a resource of a provisioning request; retrieving the feature toggle from a database using a first tenant identifier, the feature toggle to have a first value for the first tenant identifier and a second value for a second tenant identifier;…
System and method for coordinating use of multiple coprocessors
Granted: January 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11860737
An interface software layer is interposed between at least one application and a plurality of coprocessors. A data and command stream issued by the application(s) to an API of an intended one of the coprocessors is intercepted by the layer, which also acquires and stores the execution state information for the intended coprocessor at a coprocessor synchronization boundary. At least a portion of the intercepted data and command stream data is stored in a replay log associated with the…
Resumable copy-on-write (COW) B+tree pages deletion
Granted: January 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11860736
A method for resumeable snapshot deletion is provided. A method for deletion of nodes maintained in an ordered data structure for a first snapshot includes processing the nodes maintained in the ordered data structure according to a defined order, setting a node path cursor with a pointer to a node and an indication of the deletion of the node; storing the node path cursor in a persistent storage; and during processing of the nodes: detecting a failure; after the failure, checking the…
Managed virtual appliances
Granted: December 26, 2023
Patent Number:
11853788
Disclosed are various embodiments for creating and managing virtual appliances. A command to create a virtual machine image for a hosted instance of an application image is received. The virtual machine image is created in response to receiving the command. The virtual machine image can include an operating system; a container orchestration service configured to host the instance of the application image; and a configuration service. The configuration service can be configured to at…
