Patent ID: 8595723

Claim:
A computer system, comprising: a host machine including a plurality of compute resources, said host machine being on a host power domain running the plurality of compute resources of the host machine; at least one persistent state data store location coupled to the host machine, wherein the persistent state data store location stores hypervisor configuration data for a hypervisor of a type that instantiates virtual machines on the host machine utilizing the plurality of compute resources of the host machine; at least one management processor, included in the host machine, running on an auxiliary power domain that permits the management processor to run while the host power domain of the host machine is off, the management processor including a persistent state module coupled to the host machine that modifies the hypervisor configuration data in the persistent state data store location; and wherein the persistent state module allows the hypervisor configuration data stored in the persistent state data store location to be modified based on a request received to modify the hypervisor configuration data when the host power domain of the host machine is off.