Patent ID: 8650562
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for monitoring machine activity of multiple virtual computing devices operating through at least one physical computing device, said method comprising: running a single monitoring agent on a physical computing device, said single monitoring agent collecting data from said multiple virtual computing devices; measuring simple operating characteristics of only a base level virtual computing device using said single monitoring agent, said simple operating characteristics comprising operating characteristics that are shared by said base level virtual computing device and said multiple virtual computing devices; monitoring complex operating characteristics by: identifying simple events and complex events for each of said multiple virtual computing devices by evaluating said simple operating characteristics and said complex operating characteristics using said single monitoring agent; and outputting said simple events and said complex events for each of said multiple virtual computing devices using said single monitoring agent, said single monitoring agent being positioned only on said base level virtual computing device and no monitoring agents are positioned on said multiple virtual computing devices, and said single monitoring agent comprising the only agent that collects said complex operating characteristics from said virtual computing devices.