Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for discovering entities in a first portion of a data center network, examining information associated with the discovered entities to determine relationships that exist between pairs of entities in the first portion of the data center network, and generating a specification of the relationships that exist between pairs of entities in the first portion of the data center network based on results of the examining.

Abstract: A cloned instance of an application is executed in a computing environment. The cloned instance and a first instance of the application execute concurrently and access shared data. In some examples, testing of the cloned instance includes interacting with the cloned instance to cause a result without interacting with the first instance, and monitoring the result.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for discovering entities in a first portion of a data center network, examining information associated with the discovered entities to determine relationships that exist between pairs of entities in the first portion of the data center network, and generating a specification of the relationships that exist between pairs of entities in the first portion of the data center network based on results of the examining.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for discovering entities in a first portion of a data center network, examining information associated with the discovered entities to determine relationships that exist between pairs of entities in the first portion of the data center network, and generating a specification of the relationships that exist between pairs of entities in the first portion of the data center network based on results of the examining.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method involves two phases. In a first phase (e.g., during a development or testing phase) a secondary computing environment is formed with secondary instances of one or more servers of a primary environment. A communication module configured to establish communication between the secondary instances of the servers in the secondary computing environment and remote computing resources (e.g., “cloud” based servers) via the communication module. The secondary instances of the servers of the primary environment are then operated in conjunction with the remote computing resources. In a second phase (e.g., a production phase), the communication module is reconfigured to establish communication between the servers of the primary environment and the remote computing resources via the communication module. The servers of the primary environment are then operated in conjunction with the remote computing resources.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for discovering entities in a first portion of a data center network, examining information associated with the discovered entities to determine relationships that exist between pairs of entities in the first portion of the data center network, and generating a specification of the relationships that exist between pairs of entities in the first portion of the data center network based on results of the examining.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing read and write requests received from a cloned instance of a server application, the cloned instance of the server application having a corresponding instance that is hosted in a production portion of a computing environment.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for reconciling data on a set of virtual machines, generating a virtual machine snapshot of the set of shadow virtual machines, identifying a set of virtual disks and containers of the set of virtual disks, wherein the set of virtual disks operates as storage for the set of shadow virtual machines, producing a set of storage snapshots of the containers of the set of virtual disks, identifying data that has changed within the set of storage snapshots, and reconciling the data back to when the virtual machine snapshot was generated. Using the reconciled data to test a computer application having a first instance, generate a cloned instance of the application, wherein the cloned instance sources storage shared with the first instance, interact with the cloned instance to cause a result without interacting with the first instance, and monitor the result.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for discovering entities in a first portion of a data center network, examining information associated with the discovered entities to determine relationships that exist between pairs of entities in the first portion of the data center network, and generating a specification of the relationships that exist between pairs of entities in the first portion of the data center network based on results of the examining.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing read and write requests received from a cloned instance of a server application, the cloned instance of the server application having a corresponding instance that is hosted in a production portion of a computing environment.