公开(公告)号：US20180107997A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-19

申请号：US15494587

申请日：2017-04-24

Applicant: VMWARE, INC.

Inventor： NIKHIL DHANKANI ,  DATTATHREYA SATHYAMURTHY ,  PIYUSH BHARAT MASRANI ,  AMARNATH PALAVALLI ,  HEMANTH KUMAR PANNEM

IPC: G06Q20/12 ,  H04L9/14 ,  G06F21/10

CPC classification number: G06Q20/1235 ,  G06F21/105 ,  G06F2221/0753 ,  G06F2221/0755 ,  G06Q20/382 ,  G06Q20/3829 ,  G06Q2220/18 ,  H04L9/14 ,  H04L9/3247 ,  H04L2209/603

Abstract: Techniques for managing software licensing cost information are disclosed. In one embodiment, license data including licensing cost information associated with a product may be obtained. A license key for the product may be generated by encrypting the license data using an encryption key. The license key and a decryption key may be provided to a management tool associated with a client device. The management tool may be enabled to decrypt the license key using the decryption key to track the licensing cost information associated with the product.

公开(公告)号：US20150268865A1

公开(公告)日：2015-09-24

申请号：US14267923

申请日：2014-05-02

Applicant: VMWARE, INC.

Inventor： PIYUSH BHARAT MASRANI ,  Kumar Gaurav ,  Amarnath Palavalli ,  Akshay Prabhakar Mirajkar ,  Nikhil Dhankani

IPC: G06F3/06

CPC classification number: G06F3/0608 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0653 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0689

Abstract: The disclosure presents methods and systems for determining cost allocation for logical containers run on a data-center infrastructure. In one aspect, for each resource allocated to one or more logical containers, a method calculates a resource allocation value for each of the one or more logical containers, the resource allocation value represents an amount of the resource allocated to the logical container. An allocated container cost is then calculated for each of the one or more logical containers based on the resource allocation value of each logical container. A cost of unused portions of the resource for each of the one or more logical containers is calculated based on the allocated container cost and the resource allocation value associated with each logical container. The resource allocation value, the allocated container cost, and the cost of unused portion of the resource are stored in one or more data-storage devices.

Abstract translation: 本公开提供了用于确定在数据中心基础设施上运行的逻辑容器的成本分配的方法和系统。 在一个方面，对于分配给一个或多个逻辑容器的每个资源，一种方法为一个或多个逻辑容器中的每一个计算资源分配值，资源分配值表示分配给逻辑容器的资源量。 然后，基于每个逻辑容器的资源分配值，为一个或多个逻辑容器中的每一个计算分配的容器成本。 基于分配的容器成本和与每个逻辑容器相关联的资源分配值来计算一个或多个逻辑容器中的每一个的资源的未使用部分的成本。 资源分配值，分配的容器成本以及资源的未使用部分的成本被存储在一个或多个数据存储装置中。

公开(公告)号：US20180113733A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-26

申请号：US15438783

申请日：2017-02-22

Applicant: VMWARE, INC.

Inventor： DATTATHREYA SATHYAMURTHY ,  AKHlL SADASHIV HINGANE ,  AMRAINDER SINGH ,  PIYUSH BHARAT MASRANI

IPC: G06F9/455 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F9/48

CPC classification number: G06F9/45558 ,  G06F9/461 ,  G06F9/4856 ,  G06F2009/4557

Abstract: A process of obtaining, in effect, a multi-virtual-machine snapshot by taking a single-virtual-machine snapshot begins with creating, by a host hypervisor, a host virtual machine and a guest hypervisor. The guest hypervisor executes on the host virtual machine. Virtual machines to be included together in an effective multi-virtual-machine snapshot are migrated to the guest hypervisor. A single-virtual-machine snapshot is taken, by the host hypervisor, of the host virtual machine. The snapshot contains the state data for the virtual machines migrated to the guest hypervisor.

公开(公告)号：US20150242226A1

公开(公告)日：2015-08-27

申请号：US14261459

申请日：2014-04-25

Applicant: VMWARE, INC.

Inventor： AMARNATH PALAVALLI ,  KUMAR GAURAV ,  PIYUSH BHARAT MASRANI ,  DATTATHREYA SATHYAMURTHY ,  GUY GINZBURG

IPC: G06F9/455

CPC classification number: G06F9/45533 ,  G06F9/45558 ,  G06F9/5077 ,  G06F11/30 ,  G06F2009/45591

Abstract: This disclosure presents computational systems and methods for calculating the cost of vCPUs from the cost of CPU computing cycles. In one aspect, a total number of computing cycles used by one or more virtual machines (“VMs”) is calculated based on utilization measurements of a multi-core processor for each VM over a period of time. The method also calculates a total number of virtual CPUs (“vCPUs”) used by the one or more VMs based on vCPU counts for each VM over the period of time. A cost per vCPU is calculated based on the total number of computing cycles, the total number of vCPUs, and cost per computing cycle. The cost per vCPU is stored in a data-storage device. The cost per vCPU can be used to calculate the cost of a VM that uses one or more of the vCPUs.

Abstract translation: 本公开提供了从CPU计算周期的成本计算vCPU的成本的计算系统和方法。 在一个方面，一个或多个虚拟机（“VM”）使用的计算周期的总数是基于在一段时间内针对每个VM的多核处理器的利用率测量来计算的。 该方法还计算一个或多个VM基于每个VM在一段时间内的vCPU计数使用的虚拟CPU（“vCPU”）的总数。 每个vCPU的成本基于计算周期的总数，vCPU的总数和每个计算周期的成本来计算。 每个vCPU的成本存储在数据存储设备中。 每个vCPU的成本可用于计算使用一个或多个vCPU的VM的成本。