INSTALLING A MANAGEMENT AGENT WITH A VIRTUAL MACHINE
First Claim
1. At a management service in a computerized environment comprising one or more physical hosts, a method of automatically loading one or more agents into an operating system image from a remote location before installation so that the one or more agents are installed along with the operating system at the same time, comprising the acts of:
- sending one or more requests from a remote location to copy one or more images of one or more operating systems to a mounting location;
identifying one or more agents to be executed in the one or more operating system at a physical host;
identifying one or more rules for each of the one or more operating systems during execution;
sending one or more commands to insert at least one of the one or more agents and at least one of the one or more rules into each of the one or more operating system images at the mounting location; and
sending one or more instructions to a physical host to install each operating system image for which the at least one agent and at least one rule have been inserted therein.
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Abstract
A management service can install one or more third-party agents and any number of customizations for an operating system/virtual machine at the same as the system/machine is installed. In one implementation, a management service places (e.g., from a remote location) an operating system/virtual machine image in a mounting location. Before installing the corresponding system (OS or virtual machine), the management service also inserts one or more third-party agents into the image, as well as any number or type of policies and customizations. The management service then directs installation of the combined image (including rules, policies, and customizations) so that the operating system, third-party agents, and provided customizations, are all installed together during the same installation process. Accordingly, the management service allows for agents to reliably and immediately begin executing with installation of the operating system/virtual machine.
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Citations
20 Claims
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1. At a management service in a computerized environment comprising one or more physical hosts, a method of automatically loading one or more agents into an operating system image from a remote location before installation so that the one or more agents are installed along with the operating system at the same time, comprising the acts of:
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sending one or more requests from a remote location to copy one or more images of one or more operating systems to a mounting location; identifying one or more agents to be executed in the one or more operating system at a physical host; identifying one or more rules for each of the one or more operating systems during execution; sending one or more commands to insert at least one of the one or more agents and at least one of the one or more rules into each of the one or more operating system images at the mounting location; and sending one or more instructions to a physical host to install each operating system image for which the at least one agent and at least one rule have been inserted therein. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. At a physical host in a computerized environment comprising one or more virtual machine management services that direct installation and management of one or more virtual machines, a method of automatically loading one or more agents into a virtual machine image before installation so that installation of the one or more agents and the virtual machine occurs at the same time, comprising the acts of:
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receiving one or more requests to direct creation of one or more virtual machine images; receiving one or more agents and one or more rules to be inserted into the one or more virtual machine images; executing one or more requests to insert at least one agent and at least one set of one or more rules into each of the one or more virtual machine images; and executing one or more requests to install the one or more virtual machine images that include the inserted at least one agent and at least one set of one or more rules, wherein installation of each virtual machine image occurs at the same time as installation of the at least one agent and at least one set of one or more rules. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. At a virtual machine management service in a computerized environment comprising one or more physical hosts, a computer program storage product having computer executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause one or more processors in a computer system to perform a method comprising:
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sending one or more requests from a remote location to copy one or more images of one or more operating systems to a mounting location; identifying one or more agents to be executed in the one or more operating system at a physical host; identifying one or more rules for each of the one or more operating systems during execution; sending one or more commands to insert at least one of the one or more agents and at least one of the one or more rules into each of the one or more operating system images at the mounting location; and sending one or more instructions to a physical host to install each operating system image for which the at least one agent and at least one rule have been inserted therein.
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