Comprehensive, relevant, and dynamic data searching in a virtualization environment
US9135342B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 20, 2010 |
| Grant date | Sep 15, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 2, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/22
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method includes indexing data and/or metadata in online virtual machines (VMs), offline VMs, virtual applications, and/or snapshots thereof on one or more host server(s) in a virtualization environment through a search architecture in the virtualization environment. The online VMs are VMs that are powered on, and the offline VMs are VMs that are powered off. The method also includes maintaining a database of the indexed data and/or metadata in the online VMs, the offline VMs, the virtual applications, and/or the snapshots thereof to enable a comprehensive search result to a search query through the search architecture. The database is associated with the search architecture.
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