Patent ID: 8850427

Claim:
A method for bulk data management in a virtual environment, comprising: providing a server running a plurality of virtual instances on virtualization software; sending metadata to select virtual instances from the plurality of virtual instances, wherein the metadata is sent through a control interface to a plurality of managers operating on the virtualization software, with each manager associated with a single virtual instance; communicating instructions from the plurality of managers to the selected virtual instances operating on the virtualization software; and performing at least one task designated by the instructions on each of the virtual instances selected with the metadata, wherein the selected virtual instances are based on at least one of a site location for which the virtual instance operates, a state in which a virtual instance operates, a company for which a virtual instance operates, and a type of business for which a virtual instance operates, and wherein at least one task of updating selected data on each of the designated virtual instances to enable the data to be updated across at least one selected classification of sites.