DAAS manager and DAAS client for DAAS system

• US 9,201,675 B2
• Filed: 08/12/2013
• Issued: 12/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Kim, Dae-Won, Kim, Hak-Jae, Kim, Seong-Woon, Kim, Sun-Wook
• Primary Examiner(s): WON, MICHAEL YOUNG
• Application Number:
  US13/964,494
• Publication Number:
  US 20140067917A1
• Time in Patent Office: 841 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/223, 709/227, 709/230
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/4557 Distribution of virtual machine instances; Migration and load balancing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45533 Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects

Abstract

Disclosed herein are a Desktop As A Service (DaaS) manager and DaaS client for a DaaS system. The DaaS manager includes a connection broker module, a provisioning module, a management module, and a web server module. The connection broker module permits connections to a DaaS client and a DaaS server to a user who has performed user authentication. The provisioning module determines the operating status of the DaaS server, and assigns a virtual machine of an optimum DaaS server to the DaaS client. The management module monitors the operating status of the DaaS server and the virtual machine, and executes a control command of the DaaS server. The web server module provides a web-based management tool Graphic User Interface (GUI) to the user.

Claims

1. A Desktop As A Service (DaaS) manager, comprising:

a connection broker module configured to permit connections to a DaaS client and a DaaS server to a user who has performed user authentication;

a provisioning module configured to determine an operating status of the DaaS server, and to assign a virtual machine of an optimum DaaS server to the DaaS client;

a management module configured to monitor an operating status of the DaaS server and the virtual machine, and to execute a control command of the DaaS server; and

a web server module configured to provide a web-based management tool Graphic User Interface (GUI) to the user,

wherein the connection broker module;

provides a desktop virtualization environment connection function and a screen redirection function using a remote connection protocol of the assigned virtual machine after the virtual machine has been assigned; and

in order for the user to connect again at a desired time when use of the assigned virtual machine is terminated, stores current environment settings based on the user'"'"'s account, and eliminates the desktop environment connection function and the screen redirection function,

wherein the provisioning module separates an image for operation of the virtual machine and a disk image for a user of the DaaS client, and assigns the DaaS server thereto.

2. The DaaS manager of claim 1, wherein the connection broker module permits assignment of a virtual machine only to a user that has connected through user authentication via virtual machine assignment request information of the user.

3. The DaaS manager of claim 1, wherein the provisioning module assigns another virtual machine in real time when an abnormality occurs in the assigned virtual machine.

4. The DaaS manager of claim 1, wherein the provisioning module monitors resource assignment status and usage information of the DaaS server and use of generated virtual machines in real time, and assigns an optimum DaaS server.

5. A Desktop As A Service (DaaS) client, comprising:

a hypervisor configured to accommodate one or more virtual machines above hardware; and

a desktop virtualization agent comprising;

a monitoring information collector configured to monitor the one or more virtual machines;

a hardware profile collector configured to collect hardware information and Operating System (OS) level information of the DaaS client; and

a performance measurer configured to compute performance information of the one or more virtual machines using information monitored by the monitoring information collector,

wherein the desktop virtualization agent receives an internet protocol (IP) address and port information of a DaaS manager, requests a connection with the DaaS manager using the IP address and port information of the DaaS manager, and when the connection with the DaaS manager is established, transmits a connection code to the DaaS manager for comparison with a connection code transmitted from a client device to the DaaS manager to determine whether or not the connection of the DaaS client with the DaaS manager should be maintained,

wherein an image for operation of at least one of the virtual machines and a disk image for a user of the DaaS client are separated, and the DaaS client is assigned to a virtualization server, via the DaaS manager.

6. The DaaS client of claim 5, wherein the desktop virtualization agent further comprises a command execution unit configured to buffer and execute a control command transferred from the virtualization server.

7. The DaaS client of claim 6, wherein the hypervisor communicates with the one or more virtual machines and the desktop virtualization agent using a programmed daemon.

8. The DaaS client of claim 7, wherein a control command transferred from the virtualization server which relates to control of a virtual machine control among the one or more virtual machines is controlled by the programmed daemon, and a control command related to the DaaS client is processed by the hypervisor and at the OS level.