Abstract: Implementing multiple load balancer drivers for a single load balancer is disclosed. A first request directed to a load balancer to load balance requests based on a first request selection instruction is received. A first particular load balancer driver is selected from a plurality of load balancer drivers based on a load balancer table that correlates request selection instructions to corresponding load balancer drivers of the plurality of load balancer drivers. Subsequent requests that are encompassed by the first request selection instruction directed to the load balancer are caused to be load balanced by the first particular load balancer driver.

Abstract: A system and method for configuring components added to a network is disclosed. The method includes determining, by a host, that network identifying information of a plurality of networks to which the host is connected is unknown, listening for messages on the plurality of networks to obtain network identifying information for respective networks, receiving a message on a network of the plurality of networks, the message including a network identifier and a set of configuration settings, and configuring a network connection of the host for the network in view of the network identifier and the set of configuration settings from the message.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for derivation of executable tasks for synchronizing configuration parameters. An example method may comprise: obtaining a first set of configuration parameters of a first computer system corresponding to a first time value; obtaining a second set of configuration parameters of the first computer system corresponding to a second time value; performing a comparison between the first set of configuration parameters and the second set of configuration parameters to determine one or more differences; deriving in view of the comparison, one or more executable tasks to convert the first set of configuration parameters to the second set of configuration parameters; and providing, to a second computer system, the one or more executable tasks for execution by the second computer system to synchronize configuration parameters of the second computer system to configuration parameters of the first computer system corresponding to the second time value.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided to identify a set of functions within a first service module that calls a second service module. Both the first service module and the second service module are associated with an application that is structure with a plurality of interworking service modules. The first service module is executed to send requests to the second service module when the set of functions is called. The responses to the requests are captured, and stored in a snapshot data structure. A modified first service module is created, in which the set of functions are modified to return a response from the snapshot data structure in place of the second service module. A unit test is performed on the modified first service module.

Abstract: Technology for configuring and executing a shallow virtual machine to enhance memory protection between different portions of user space memory of a particular computing process. An example method involves: receiving, by a processor of a host, a request to create a computing process comprising a first and second executable code, wherein the computing process comprises an instruction to cause the processor to switch between first and second page table structures; loading the first and second executable code into memory of the host, wherein the first page table structure comprises mapping data for the first executable code and for the second executable code and wherein the second executable code comprises driver code of a device; updating the second page table structure to disable execution of the first executable code and to provide the second executable code with access to the device; and restricting the first executable code from accessing the device.

Abstract: An implementation of the disclosure provides identifying an amount of a resource associated with a virtual machine (VM) hosted by a first host machine of a plurality of host machines that are coupled to and are managed by a host controller, wherein a part of a quality manager is executed at the first host machine and another part of the quality manager is executed in the host controller. A requirement of an additional amount of resource by the VM is determined in view of an occurrence of an event associated with the VM. The VM may be migrated to a second host machine of the plurality of host machines for a duration of the event in view of the additional amount of the resource.

Abstract: A system and method of adjusting a refresh rate to match a given remote desktop stream frame rate is described. The system may include a processing device to transmit, as a media stream, a portion of a remote desktop image with a frame rate that matches a refresh rate to a remote desktop client.

Abstract: Updating inactive compute instances is disclosed. It is determined that a first compute instance that boots from an operating system image on a first storage device is in an inactive state. It is determined that updates to the operating system image on the first storage device exist. The operating system image is copied from the first storage device to a second storage device. The operating system image on the second storage device is updated with the updates to generate an updated operating system image on the second storage device. The updated operating system image is copied form the second storage device to the first storage device in place of the operating system image.

Abstract: A system and method for configuring components added to a network is disclosed. The method includes detecting, by a first hypervisor of a first host machine, that a second host machine having a second hypervisor is being added to a cluster of host machines comprising the first host machine, and identifying a plurality of network connections of the first hypervisor, each network connection being associated with one of a plurality of networks connecting hypervisors on host machines in the cluster, each network connection of the first hypervisor having a set of configuration settings. The method also includes generating, for each network connection, a message including a set of configuration settings of a corresponding network connection of the first hypervisor, and transmitting the message on a respective network to a second hypervisor to facilitate configuration of a corresponding network connection of the second hypervisor.

Abstract: Systems and methods for virtual machine memory migration by storage are provided. A method includes receiving a request to migrate a virtual machine from a source host to a destination host. The method further includes mapping, by the source host, a memory of the virtual machine to a storage device accessible over a network by the source host and by the destination host. The method further includes caching, by the source host, a portion of a state of the virtual machine. The method further includes issuing a synchronization command to synchronize the portion of the state of the virtual machine with the storage device. Responsive to determining that a time period to complete the synchronization command is below a threshold time period, the method further includes stopping the virtual machine on the source host. The method further includes starting the virtual machine on the destination host.

Abstract: A method includes identifying a set of tests for a source code, analyzing the set of tests to identify overlapping blocks of the source code that are to be tested by each of the set of tests, merging a subset of the tests that include the overlapping blocks of the source code to create a merged test, and causing the merged test to be executed to test the source code. In an implementation, code coverage results are used when analyzing the set of tests to identify overlapping blocks of the source code.

Abstract: A configuration management system provides a web user interface that allows a user to instruct the configuration management system to load content into an environment, take a snapshot of the environment, and store the snapshot in a snapshot library. The configuration management provides access to the snapshot library via the web user interface.

Abstract: Proxy-less power management using an automation engine is disclosed. An entity manager executing on a computing device determines that a first entity requires a power management function to be performed against the first entity. The entity manager generates power management execution information that identifies a power device address of a power management device that controls the first entity. An automation engine is initiated on the computing device with the power management execution information to cause the power management function to be performed against the first entity via the power management device based on the power management execution information.

Abstract: A method of dynamically tuning a hypervisor includes detecting that a high-performance virtual machine was launched on the hypervisor. The method further includes, in response to the detecting, modifying, by a processing device, a configuration of the hypervisor to increase performance of the high-performance virtual machine on the hypervisor.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for securing an application running on a guest. An example method includes detecting, by a guest running on a virtual machine, that a set of physical memory pages is allocated to an application. The virtual machine runs on a hypervisor, and the application runs on the guest. During runtime, the guest may send a request to the hypervisor to set the set of physical memory pages to an executable-by-user mode in the hypervisor's page tables.

Abstract: A method for historically synchronizing tag data related to a computer network is provided. A network management server compares a relations table of entities from a first database to a corresponding relations history table of entities from a second database. The network management server identifies from the comparison a pair of entities having a changed relationship. The network management server updates the relations history table of entities with the changed relationship in the second database. The network management server updates a path and level between a root of a tree of tags and each tag of the pair of tags in a historical configuration details table of tags in the second database based on updating the relations history table of entities.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are included for de-duplicating one or more memory pages. A method includes receiving, by a hypervisor, a list of read-only memory page hints from a guest running on a virtual machine. The list of read-only memory page hints specifies a first memory page marked as writeable. The method also includes determining whether the first memory page matches a second memory page. In response to a determination that the first memory page matches the second memory page, the hypervisor may deduplicate the first and second memory pages.

Abstract: A mechanism for provisioning a composite web application using secure parameter transfer is disclosed. The composite web application includes a component that resides on a virtual machine (VM). A request is received from the component for a configuration parameter that is to enable periodic reconfiguration of the VM. An access condition is identified for accessing the configuration parameter and responsive to determining the access condition is satisfied, the requested configuration parameter is provided to the component. The VM is reconfigured using the requested configuration parameter.

Abstract: Computing resource coverage is disclosed. In an example, a computing resource (CR) pool includes a plurality of CR types hosted on a plurality of hosts, where the plurality of CR types are routinely updated. A test repository stores a plurality of test cases (TC). A processor is configured to execute a testing service to compile, from a plurality of test daemons, a CR manifest of the CR types included in the CR pool. A TC manifest is compiled, including CR types tested by the plurality of TCs. The CR types included in the CR manifest are compared with the CR types included in the TC manifest. A test coverage report of tested and untested CR types is generated. A TC is added to the test repository based on the test coverage report.

Abstract: A method and system for integrating business intelligence data into a continuous integration system are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided comprising receiving business intelligence data regarding utilized product features and job data regarding tested product features. The method may further include converting the business intelligence data and the job data into unified business intelligence data and unified job data in a unified format. The method may also include generating a feature map based on the unified business intelligence data and unified job data, determining an insufficient mapping based on the feature map, and identifying a job flag based on the insufficient mapping.