Anne Benkendorf Merritt

US Patent:

20140052844, Feb 20, 2014

Filed:

Aug 17, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/588626

Inventors:

Samdeep NAYAK - Sunnyvale CA, US
Wenhua LIU - Sunnyvale CA, US
Chiao-Chuan SHIH - San Jose CA, US
Anne Marie MERRITT - Sunnyvale CA, US
Xiangdong G. HUANG - Sunnyvale CA, US

Assignee:

VMware, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709224

Abstract:

A computer-implemented method for management of a virtual machine in a storage area network (SAN) environment. A plurality of SAN devices for the virtual machine are discovered by a management server. Performance statistics for the plurality of SAN devices are monitored at the management server. Health of the virtual machine is determined based at least in part on the performance statistics for the plurality of SAN devices at the management server.

US Patent:

20140052845, Feb 20, 2014

Filed:

Aug 17, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/588742

Inventors:

Samdeep NAYAK - Sunnyvale CA, US
Wenhua Liu - Sunnyvale CA, US
Chiao-Chuan Shih - San Jose CA, US
Anne Marie Merritt - Sunnyvale CA, US
Xiangdong G. Huang - Sunnyvale CA, US

Assignee:

VMware, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709224

Abstract:

A computer-implemented method for discovering a plurality of storage area network (SAN) devices for a virtual machine. At a SAN device of the plurality of SAN devices, physically adjacent SAN devices connected to the SAN device are discovered. The physically adjacent SAN devices connected to the SAN device are registered at a name server.