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Monitoring resource usage by a virtual machine

US9122780B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Mahesh S. Natu · Folsom, US
Anil S. Keshavamurthy · Portland, US
Alberto J. Munoz · Los Altos, US
Tessil Thomas · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 20, 2012
Grant date	Sep 1, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 8, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2201/885
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of apparatus, computer-implemented methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media are described herein for tracking per-virtual machine (“VM”) resource usage independent of a virtual machine monitor (“VMM”). In various embodiments, a first logic unit may associate one or more virtual central processing units (“vCPUs”) operated by one or more physical processing units of a computing device with a first VM of a plurality of VMs operated by the computing device, and collect data about resources used by the one or more physical processing units to operate the one or more vCPUs associated with the first VM. In various embodiments, a second logic unit of the computing device may determine resource-usage by the first VM based on the collected data. In various embodiments, the first and second logic units may perform these functions independent of a VMM of the computing device.

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