Cache-based system management architecture with virtual appliances, network repositories, and virtual appliance transceivers
First Claim
1. A cache-based system management architecture, comprising:
- at least one virtual appliance repository storing one or more virtual appliances;
at least one host computer;
a network connecting said virtual appliance repository and said host computer; and
a storage means having a cache optimized for holding virtual disks; and
a fixed function virtual appliance transceiver (VAT) capable of;
performing user authentication;
requesting and receiving said virtual appliances;
binding said virtual appliances to said host computer;
obtaining user data relevant to said virtual appliances;
running said virtual appliances on said host computer;
transmitting altered virtual appliances back to said virtual appliance repository; and
backing up altered or newly created user data over said network.
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Abstract
A cache-based system management architecture named “the Collective” automates system management and supports mobile computing. The Collective manages systems by manipulating virtual appliances, each encapsulating a system state. A virtual appliance (VA) may comprise a virtual network of VAs. Distributed repositories separately storing the VAs and user data. Publishers create and maintain VAs. A user plugs a bootable portable storage device implementing a VA transceiver (VAT) into a host computer. The VAT, comprising a Manager, a Cache Client, and a virtual machine monitor (VMM), authenticates the user, retrieves a copy of the latest version of a subscribed VA from the appropriate network repository, obtains user data, and automatically backs up the user data over the network in the background while running the subscribed VA. Multiple VAs can be run at the same time. With the novel caching protocol and cache charging process, the Collective performs well and has numerous advantages.
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40 Claims
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1. A cache-based system management architecture, comprising:
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at least one virtual appliance repository storing one or more virtual appliances;
at least one host computer;
a network connecting said virtual appliance repository and said host computer; and
a storage means having a cache optimized for holding virtual disks; and
a fixed function virtual appliance transceiver (VAT) capable of;
performing user authentication;
requesting and receiving said virtual appliances;
binding said virtual appliances to said host computer;
obtaining user data relevant to said virtual appliances;
running said virtual appliances on said host computer;
transmitting altered virtual appliances back to said virtual appliance repository; and
backing up altered or newly created user data over said network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A storage device for implementing a cache-based system management architecture, said storage device comprising:
a fixed function virtual appliance transceiver (VAT) capable of;
performing user authentication;
requesting and receiving user-subscribed virtual appliances from one or more virtual appliance repositories;
binding said user-subscribed virtual appliances to a host computer;
obtaining user data relevant to said user-subscribed virtual appliances;
running said user-subscribed virtual appliances on said host computer;
transmitting altered virtual appliances back to respective virtual appliance repositories; and
backing up newly created user data to a user data repository. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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