Decommissioning virtual appliances

US9201699B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9201699-B2
Application numberUS-201414311157-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 20, 2014
Priority dateDec 31, 2010
Publication dateDec 1, 2015
Grant dateDec 1, 2015

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A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for efficiently processing information. In some embodiments, this includes selecting a service to terminate, determining a virtual appliance associated with the service, and decommissioning the virtual appliance. In some embodiments, the virtual appliance may be deleted from the storage array.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method for processing information, comprising: receiving an indication that a first service with respect to a storage array is no longer needed, wherein a running instance of a first virtual appliance comprising a dynamic set of one or more virtual appliances running on the storage array provides the first service; determining, in response to the indication, that the first virtual appliance provides the first service; and decommissioning the first virt…

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What does patent US9201699B2 cover?
A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for efficiently processing information. In some embodiments, this includes selecting a service to terminate, determining a virtual appliance associated with the service, and decommissioning the virtual appliance. In some embodiments, the virtual appliance may be deleted from the storage array.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Emc Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F9/5077. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Dec 01 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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