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US08412809B2 Method, apparatus and computer program product implementing multi-tenancy for network monitoring tools using virtualization technology
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使用虚拟化技术的网络监控工具实施多租户的方法,设备和计算机程序产品
- Patent Title: Method, apparatus and computer program product implementing multi-tenancy for network monitoring tools using virtualization technology
- Patent Title (中): 使用虚拟化技术的网络监控工具实施多租户的方法,设备和计算机程序产品
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Application No.: US11923018Application Date: 2007-10-24
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Publication No.: US08412809B2Publication Date: 2013-04-02
- Inventor: Yaoping Ruan , Debanjan Saha , Sambit Sahu , Anees Shaikh , Chang-Hao Tsai
- Applicant: Yaoping Ruan , Debanjan Saha , Sambit Sahu , Anees Shaikh , Chang-Hao Tsai
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Harrington & Smith
- Main IPC: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173 ; G06F7/00 ; H04L12/28

Abstract:
Method, apparatus and computer program product manage a plurality of networks with a single tenant network management tool using virtualization and implement control plane virtualization of the single tenant management tool; data storage virtualization of a data storage apparatus and network address virtualization of an available address range. A virtual machine may be implemented for each network of the plurality of networks to contain an instance of the single tenant management tool. In one implementation, a proxy is used to implement data storage virtualization. In another implementation, separate data storage is maintained for each network and data storage virtualization is achieved by managing the network protocol stack virtualization. The network address virtualization may be implemented using machine-level virtualization or operating-system-level virtualization.
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