Searching virtual resources
First Claim
1. A method fur searching a location of a virtual resource, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a given sensor within a plurality of sensors, a searching request for a virtual resource deployed to a server in a computing system, the searching request containing an identifier of the virtual resource being searched, wherein the computing system comprises a plurality of servers and the plurality of sensors, wherein each server is coupled to a respective one of the plurality of sensors and communicates with the responsive one of the plurality of sensors, wherein each sensor communicates with at least one other sensor such that the plurality of sensors form a communication network, wherein each sensor acquiring location information of itself, wherein each sensor acquires physical location information of itself, and wherein each sensor stores an identifier of a virtual resource deployed in a server connected with the sensor and the physical location information of the sensor itself;
forwarding, by the given sensor, the searching request in the communication network of the plurality of sensors;
returning, by the given sensor, physical location information of an identified sensor storing the identifier of the virtual resource, the physical location information of the identified sensor being received from the communication network of the plurality of sensors; and
sending, by the given sensor, a message instructing the identified sensor to produce an audible signal or a visible signal.
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Abstract
A mechanism is provided for searching a virtual resource in a large scale computing system environment. The virtual resource is deployed on at least one server. Each server is coupled to a sensor and communicates with the sensor. The sensors communicate with each other and consist of a communication network. Each sensor stores an identifier of a virtual resource deployed in a server connected with the sensor and the location information of the sensor itself. The mechanism receives a searching request for a virtual resource by the at least one sensor, the searching request containing an identifier of the virtual resource being searched; forwards the searching request in the communication network of the sensors; and returns a location information of a senor storing the identifier of the virtual resource by the sensor itself.
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18 Claims
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1. A method fur searching a location of a virtual resource, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a given sensor within a plurality of sensors, a searching request for a virtual resource deployed to a server in a computing system, the searching request containing an identifier of the virtual resource being searched, wherein the computing system comprises a plurality of servers and the plurality of sensors, wherein each server is coupled to a respective one of the plurality of sensors and communicates with the responsive one of the plurality of sensors, wherein each sensor communicates with at least one other sensor such that the plurality of sensors form a communication network, wherein each sensor acquiring location information of itself, wherein each sensor acquires physical location information of itself, and wherein each sensor stores an identifier of a virtual resource deployed in a server connected with the sensor and the physical location information of the sensor itself; forwarding, by the given sensor, the searching request in the communication network of the plurality of sensors; returning, by the given sensor, physical location information of an identified sensor storing the identifier of the virtual resource, the physical location information of the identified sensor being received from the communication network of the plurality of sensors; and sending, by the given sensor, a message instructing the identified sensor to produce an audible signal or a visible signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for searching a location of a virtual resource, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a given sensor within a plurality of sensors, a searching request for a virtual resource deployed to a server in a computing system, the searching request containing an identifier of the virtual resource being searched, wherein the computing system comprises a plurality of servers and the plurality of sensors, wherein each server is coupled to a respective one of the plurality of sensors and communicates with the responsive one of the plurality of sensors, wherein each sensor communicates with at least one other sensor such that the plurality of sensors form a communication network, wherein each sensor acquiring location information of itself, wherein each sensor acquires physical location information of itself, and wherein each sensor stores an identifier of a virtual resource deployed in a server connected with the sensor and the physical location information of the sensor itself; forwarding, by the given sensor, the searching request in the communication network of the plurality of sensors; returning, by the given sensor, physical location information of an identified sensor storing the identifier of the virtual resource, the physical location information of the identified sensor being received from the communication network of the plurality of sensors. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for searching a location of a virtual resource, the method comprising:
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receiving a searching request for a virtual resource deployed to a server in a computing system by the at least one sensor, the searching request containing an identifier of the virtual resource being searched, wherein the computing system comprises a plurality of servers and a respective plurality of sensors, wherein each server is coupled to a sensor and communicates with a sensor, wherein each sensor communicates with at least one other sensor such that the plurality of sensors form a communication network, wherein each sensor stores an identifier of a virtual resource deployed in a server connected with the sensor and location information of the sensor itself; forwarding the searching request in the communication network of the sensors; returning a location information of an identified sensor storing the identifier of the virtual resource by the identified sensor. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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