Customizable virtual machine retirement in a management platform
US10782991B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 26, 2016 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/45575
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method that includes responsive to occurrence of a virtual machine (VM) retirement event, invoking, by a processing device in a management platform, a VM retirement state machine of the management platform to handle retirement of a VM corresponding to the VM retirement event, setting, via the VM retirement state machine, a VM retirement attribute corresponding to the VM to a retiring state, determining, via the VM retirement state machine, that the VM is in a correct state to retire, performing, via the VM retirement state machine, user-customized pre-retirement processes corresponding to the VM, retiring, via the VM retirement state machine, the VM, and setting, via the VM retirement state machine, the VM retirement attribute to a retired state.
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