Patents by Inventor Naga Ullas VANKAYALA HARINATHAGUPTA
Naga Ullas VANKAYALA HARINATHAGUPTA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230342181Abstract: An image of a virtualization software and firmware in a plurality of hosts are upgraded by: retrieving metadata of a base image based on a first input that specifies a version of the base image, metadata of an add-on image based on a second input that specifies a server of an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) in which the virtualization software is to be installed, and metadata of drivers and agents based on a third input that specifies a firmware package for the server of the OEM; validating a desired image of the virtualization software by extracting dependencies and conflicts defined in metadata of all payloads of the desired image of the virtualization software, and confirming there are no violations of the extracted dependencies and conflicts; and upgrading the current image of the virtualization software to the desired image and upgrading the current version of the firmware to the desired version.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Aravinda Haryadi, Patrick William Penzias Dirks, Naga Ullas Vankayala Harinathagupta, Ashish Kaila, Mukund Gunti, Suresh Sundriyal
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Patent number: 11762651Abstract: An image of a virtualization software and firmware in a plurality of hosts are upgraded by performing the steps of: in response to a user input, generating a software specification that specifies a desired state of the virtualization software and a desired state of the firmware; based on the software specification, preparing a desired image of the virtualization software that includes software components of a desired version of the firmware; and coordinating an upgrade to the desired image of the virtualization software and the desired version of the firmware in the hosts. The upgrade includes an upgrade in each of the hosts to the desired version of the firmware, and an upgrade in each of the hosts to the desired image of the virtualization software that includes the software components of the desired version of the base image and the software components of the desired version of the firmware.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Patrick William Penzias Dirks, Aravinda Haryadi, Mukund Gunti, Vishnu Mohan Sekhar, Naga Ullas Vankayala Harinathagupta
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Patent number: 11720386Abstract: An image of a virtualization software and firmware in a plurality of hosts are upgraded by performing the steps of: validating a desired image of the virtualization software by extracting dependencies and conflicts defined in metadata of all payloads of the desired image of the virtualization software, and confirming there are no violations of the extracted dependencies and conflicts; performing a pre-check of the desired image of the virtualization software against a current image of the virtualization software and a pre-check of the desired version of the firmware against a current version of the firmware; and upon determining from results of the pre-check that the virtualization software can be upgraded to the desired image and the firmware can be upgraded to the desired version, upgrading the current image of the virtualization software to the desired image and upgrading the current version of the firmware to the desired version.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Aravinda Haryadi, Patrick William Penzias Dirks, Naga Ullas Vankayala Harinathagupta, Ashish Kaila, Mukund Gunti, Suresh Sundriyal
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Publication number: 20230195496Abstract: An example method of hypervisor lifecycle management in a virtualized computing system having a cluster of hosts includes: receiving, from a user at a lifecycle manager executing in the virtualized computing system, identification of a seed host; obtaining, by the lifecycle manager, a software specification from the seed host, the software specification describing a running image of the hypervisor executing on the seed host; generating, by the lifecycle manager, a software image from metadata and payloads stored on the seed host; setting, by the lifecycle manager, a host desired state for the cluster based on the software specification; and storing, by the lifecycle manager, the software image in a software depot in association with the host desired state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: ARAVINDA HARYADI, NAGA ULLAS VANKAYALA HARINATHAGUPTA, MUKUND GUNTI, YUEDONG MU, LINGYUAN HE
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Publication number: 20230106414Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and software to manage the update to hosts in a computing environment. In one implementation, a method of operating an update service includes identifying a request to update a plurality of hosts and identifying host groups for the plurality of hosts. The method further includes prioritizing the host groups for the update and selecting a host group to be updated based on the prioritization. Once the host group is selected, the method also provides for identifying hosts to be updated for the host group based on resource scheduling information for the workloads in the host group. Once the group is updated, the method further includes repeating the update process for other host groups until all the host groups are updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2021Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Naga Ullas Vankayala Harinathagupta, Jonathan Prince Limhengco, Yuedong Mu
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Patent number: 11573869Abstract: Virtualization software installed in a standalone host is remediated according to a desired state model using a desired image of a virtualization software that is used to remediate virtualization software running in hosts which are logically grouped as a cluster of hosts not including the standalone host. The method of remediating the virtualization software installed in the standalone host includes the steps of generating a desired image of the virtualization software of the standalone host from a desired image of the virtualization software of the hosts in the cluster, and upon detecting a difference between an image of the virtualization software currently running in the standalone host and the desired image of the virtualization software of the standalone host, instructing the standalone host to remediate the image of the virtualization software currently running therein to match the desired image of the virtualization software of the standalone host.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: VMWARE, INC.Inventors: Aravinda Haryadi, Mukund Gunti, Naga Ullas Vankayala Harinathagupta, Arun Rajan, Jonathan Prince Limhengco
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Publication number: 20220374318Abstract: Virtualization software installed in a standalone host is remediated according to a desired state model using a desired image of a virtualization software that is used to remediate virtualization software running in hosts which are logically grouped as a cluster of hosts not including the standalone host. The method of remediating the virtualization software installed in the standalone host includes the steps of generating a desired image of the virtualization software of the standalone host from a desired image of the virtualization software of the hosts in the cluster, and upon detecting a difference between an image of the virtualization software currently running in the standalone host and the desired image of the virtualization software of the standalone host, instructing the standalone host to remediate the image of the virtualization software currently running therein to match the desired image of the virtualization software of the standalone host.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: ARAVINDA HARYADI, MUKUND GUNTI, NAGA ULLAS VANKAYALA HARINATHAGUPTA, ARUN RAJAN, JONATHAN PRINCE LIMHENGCO
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Publication number: 20220244943Abstract: An image of a virtualization software and firmware in a plurality of hosts are upgraded by performing the steps of: in response to a user input, generating a software specification that specifies a desired state of the virtualization software and a desired state of the firmware; based on the software specification, preparing a desired image of the virtualization software that includes software components of a desired version of the firmware; and coordinating an upgrade to the desired image of the virtualization software and the desired version of the firmware in the hosts. The upgrade includes an upgrade in each of the hosts to the desired version of the firmware, and an upgrade in each of the hosts to the desired image of the virtualization software that includes the software components of the desired version of the base image and the software components of the desired version of the firmware.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: PATRICK WILLIAM PENZIAS DIRKS, ARAVINDA HARYADI, MUKUND GUNTI, VISHNU MOHAN SEKHAR, NAGA ULLAS VANKAYALA HARINATHAGUPTA
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Patent number: 11347497Abstract: A method of upgrading an image of a virtualization software and firmware in a plurality of hosts having hardware supported by multiple hardware support managers including first and second hardware support managers, includes generating a software specification that specifies a desired state of the virtualization software and a desired state of first firmware for first hardware supported by the first hardware support manager and second firmware for second hardware supported by the second hardware support manager, preparing a desired image of the virtualization software that includes software components of the desired state of the first and second firmware, and coordinating an upgrade by (1) instructing the first and second hardware support managers to upgrade the hosts to the desired state of the first and second firmware, and (2) instructing each of the hosts to upgrade to the desired image of the virtualization software.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Patrick William Penzias Dirks, Naga Ullas Vankayala Harinathagupta, Mukund Gunti
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Patent number: 11327738Abstract: An image of a virtualization software and firmware in a plurality of hosts are upgraded by performing the steps of: in response to a user input, generating a software specification that specifies a desired state of the virtualization software and a desired state of the firmware; based on the software specification, preparing a desired image of the virtualization software that includes software components of a desired version of the firmware; and from a virtual machine management server that is programmed to deploy virtual machines in the hosts, coordinating an upgrade to the desired image of the virtualization software and the desired version of the firmware in the hosts by (1) instructing a hardware support manager to upgrade the hosts to the desired version of the firmware, and (2) instructing each of the hosts to upgrade to the desired image of the virtualization software.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: VMWARE, INC.Inventors: Patrick William Penzias Dirks, Aravinda Haryadi, Mukund Gunti, Vishnu Mohan Sekhar, Naga Ullas Vankayala Harinathagupta
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Publication number: 20210311715Abstract: An image of a virtualization software and firmware in a plurality of hosts are upgraded by performing the steps of: in response to a user input, generating a software specification that specifies a desired state of the virtualization software and a desired state of the firmware; based on the software specification, preparing a desired image of the virtualization software that includes software components of a desired version of the firmware; and from a virtual machine management server that is programmed to deploy virtual machines in the hosts, coordinating an upgrade to the desired image of the virtualization software and the desired version of the firmware in the hosts by (1) instructing a hardware support manager to upgrade the hosts to the desired version of the firmware, and (2) instructing each of the hosts to upgrade to the desired image of the virtualization software.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2020Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: PATRICK WILLIAM PENZIAS DIRKS, ARAVINDA HARYADI, MUKUND GUNTI, VISHNU MOHAN SEKHAR, NAGA ULLAS VANKAYALA HARINATHAGUPTA
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Publication number: 20210311766Abstract: An image of a virtualization software and firmware in a plurality of hosts are upgraded by performing the steps of: validating a desired image of the virtualization software by extracting dependencies and conflicts defined in metadata of all payloads of the desired image of the virtualization software, and confirming there are no violations of the extracted dependencies and conflicts; performing a pre-check of the desired image of the virtualization software against a current image of the virtualization software and a pre-check of the desired version of the firmware against a current version of the firmware; and upon determining from results of the pre-check that the virtualization software can be upgraded to the desired image and the firmware can be upgraded to the desired version, upgrading the current image of the virtualization software to the desired image and upgrading the current version of the firmware to the desired version.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2020Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Aravinda Haryadi, Patrick William Penzias Dirks, Naga Ullas Vankayala Harinathagupta, Ashish Kaila, Mukund Gunti, Suresh Sundriyal
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Patent number: 10915252Abstract: A computer-implemented method and computer system for managing a group of storage devices in a storage system utilizes actual wear levels of the storage devices within the group of storage devices to sort the storage devices in an order. One of the storage devices is then selected as a target storage device based on wear level gaps between adjacent sorted storage devices using a target storage device wearing profile so that write operations from software processes are directed exclusively to the target storage device for a predefined period of time to control wear on the group of storage devices.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Hui Li, Naga Ullas Vankayala Harinathagupta, Zhengxun Wu, Jaykrishna Babu, Hong Li
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Publication number: 20200363961Abstract: A computer-implemented method and computer system for managing a group of storage devices in a storage system utilizes actual wear levels of the storage devices within the group of storage devices to sort the storage devices in an order. One of the storage devices is then selected as a target storage device based on wear level gaps between adjacent sorted storage devices using a target storage device wearing profile so that write operations from software processes are directed exclusively to the target storage device for a predefined period of time to control wear on the group of storage devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2019Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Hui LI, Naga Ullas VANKAYALA HARINATHAGUPTA, Zhengxun WU, Jaykrishna BABU, Hong LI