Tagged messages to facilitate administration of a virtualization infrastructure
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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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In a computer-implemented method to facilitate administration of a virtualization infrastructure, posted messages of members of a virtualization infrastructure are displayed, wherein the posted messages comprise tags identifying operational conditions of the members of the virtualization infrastructure. Responsive to a selection of a particular tag, the members of the virtualization infrastructure that posted a message comprising the particular tag are displayed.
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1. A computer-implemented method to facilitate administration of a virtualization infrastructure, the computer-implemented method comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions embodied therein that when executed cause a computer system to perform a method to facilitate administration of a virtualization infrastructure, the method comprising:
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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 messages posted to the shared message stream by non-human members of the social network associated with the virtualization infrastructure, the non-human members comprising the plurality of virtual machines, wherein the messages comprise tags identifying operational conditions of the non-human members of the social network, wherein the non-human members of the virtualization infrastructure are mapped to the social network such that at least a portion of the non-human members of the virtualization infrastructure are also members of the social network, 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. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-implemented method to facilitate administration of a virtualization infrastructure, the computer-implemented method comprising:
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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 messages posted to the shared message stream by non-human members of the social network associated with the virtualization infrastructure, the non-human members comprising the plurality of virtual machines, wherein the messages comprise hash tags identifying operational conditions of the non-human members of the social network, wherein the non-human members of the virtualization infrastructure are mapped to the social network such that at least a portion of the non-human members of the virtualization infrastructure are also members of the social network, 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; responsive to a selection of a particular hash tag, displaying the non-human members of the virtualization infrastructure that posted a message comprising the particular hash tag; and displaying a tag cloud of the hash tags, wherein the hash tags of the tag cloud are displayed according to popularity. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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