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Tagged messages to facilitate administration of a virtualization infrastructure

  • US 10,397,173 B2
  • Filed: 02/07/2018
  • Issued: 08/27/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method to facilitate administration of a virtualization infrastructure, the computer-implemented method comprising:

  • providing members of the virtualization infrastructure with access to a shared message stream of a social network such that the members of the virtualization infrastructure are able to monitor messages generated by other members of the virtualization infrastructure posted to the shared message stream, wherein at least some of the messages are indicative of operational conditions of particular other members which generated the messages, wherein the members of the virtualization infrastructure comprise a plurality of virtual machines, and wherein the members of the virtualization infrastructure are arranged in a hierarchy within the social network based on a parent/child relationship of the members;

    displaying posted messages of non-human members of the virtualization infrastructure within the shared message stream, the non-human members comprising the plurality of virtual machines, wherein the posted messages comprise tags identifying operational conditions of the non-human members of the virtualization infrastructure, and wherein at least one posted message comprises an association with an indication that at least one non-human member identifies with the specific operational condition of the posted message; and

    responsive to a selection of a particular tag, displaying the non-human members of the virtualization infrastructure that posted a message comprising the particular tag.

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