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DHCP-communications monitoring by a network controller in software defined network environments

US11831677B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 21, 2022
Grant dateNov 28, 2023
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Expiry dateNov 21, 2042

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2009/45595
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus to manage a dynamic deployment environment including one or more virtual machines is provided herein. A disclosed example includes involves: scanning, by executing a computer readable instruction with a processor, the virtual machines in the deployment environment to identify a service installed on any of the virtual machines; determining, by executing a computer readable instruction with the processor, the identified service corresponds to a service monitoring rule; determining, by executing a computer readable instruction with the processor, that a monitoring agent identified by the service monitoring rule is installed on the one or more virtual machines on which the service is installed; and configuring the monitoring agent, by executing a computer readable instruction with the processor, to monitor the service in accordance with the service monitoring rule on the at least one of the virtual machines on which the service is installed.

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