Patent ID: 9697026
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. In a host computer, a method of providing service to virtual machines, said method comprising: providing a service by a first service virtual machine to a protected virtual machine over a first communication channel, said first service virtual machine and said protected virtual machine executing within a hypervisor of said host computer; detecting, by said first service virtual machine, an anomaly in said service provided to said protected virtual machine; informing a management module executing upon said host computer of said anomaly; instructing said protected virtual machine by said management module to switch from said first communication channel to a second communication channel, wherein said first service virtual machine not being able to communicate with said protected virtual machine over said second communication channel; and providing said service by a second service virtual machine to said protected virtual machine over said second communication channel, said second service virtual machine executing within said hypervisor of said host computer.