Patent ID: 8677358
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: G06F,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for remote access to a plurality of managed contexts, comprising: providing a hypervisor-resident, policy-based, virtual management agent running in a privileged context and configured to manage at least one host OS from outside said OS, said host OS comprising a virtual machine (VM) running on an underlying hardware-based device; providing a client hosted virtual desktop running within said underlying hardware-based device, said client hosted virtual desktop comprising said hypervisor, wherein said hypervisor is configured to support an administrative environment comprising a virtual management appliance, said virtual management appliance comprising said virtual management agent, a virtual relay, and a virtual management platform, said hypervisor also configured to support at least one virtual machine having a respective virtual machine agent; providing a parent relay configured for inspection, wherein said virtual management platform interfaces with said hypervisor to allow inspection of said hardware-based device, and wherein said virtual management platform interfaces with said hypervisor to allow management of the hardware-based device; and further comprising using said virtual management agent for any of: