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Methods and servers for establishing a connection between a client system and a virtual machine hosting a requested computing environment

a technology for computing environments and client systems, applied in static indicating devices, multi-programming arrangements, instruments, etc., can solve the problems of client machines not being aware of the application programs and resources available for use on the server machines, client machines may not even know each available server machine, etc., to achieve the effect of lowering the total cost of ownership

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-07-26
CITRIX SYST INC
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[0007]In one aspect, problems of current desktop deployment strategies are addressed. An array of inexpensive physical machines may be partitioned into multiple virtual machines, creating a virtual PC for each user. The physical machines may be servers such as rack-mount servers, blade servers, or stand-alone servers. The physical machines may also be workstations or workstation blades or personal computers. A policy-based dynamic deployment system provisions the virtual machines and associates the virtual machine with an execution machine (i.e., a physical machine) and a user. Centralized hosting provides the manageability of server-based computing while the dedicated environment provides the flexibility and compatibility with applications that a desktop PC enables. However, the system has a much lower total cost of ownership—because the system is implemented in software, rather than being dependent on hardware, the system has a much lower total cost of ownership.
[0008]In another aspect, the hardware lifecycle may be extended by increasing the amount of hardware resources assigned to virtual machines as computational demands increase over time. Additionally, the use of virtualization eases the difficulty in dealing with multiple OS images.

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One drawback of contemporary computer networks is that client machines may be unaware of the application programs and resources available for use on the server machines.
In fact, client machines may not even be aware of each available server machine on the network.

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[0140]Referring now to FIG. 1, a block diagram of one embodiment of an environment in which a client machine 10,10′ accesses a computing resource provided by a remote machine, 30, 30′, 30″, 30′″ is shown.

[0141]A remote machine 30 such as remote machine 30, 30′, 30″, or 30′″ (hereafter referred to generally as remote machine 30) accepts connections from a user of a client machine 10. Although only two client machines 10 and only four remote machines 30 are depicted in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, it should be understood that the system may provide multiple ones of any or each of those components. For example, in one embodiment, the system may include multiple, logically-grouped remote machines 30, one or more of which is available to provide a client machine 10, 10′ access to computing resources. In these embodiments, the logical group of remote machines may be referred to as a “server farm” or “machine farm,” indicated in FIG. 1A as machine farm 38. In some of these embodiments, ...

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A method for providing access to a computing environment includes the step of receiving a request from a client system for an enumeration of available computing environments. Collected data regarding available computing environments are accessed. Accessed data are transmitted to a client system, the accessed data indicating to the client system each computing environment available to a user of the client system. A request is received from the client system to access one of the computing environments. A connection is established between the client system and a virtual machine hosting the requested computing environment.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 761,674, entitled “Methods and Systems for Providing Access to a Computing Environment,” filed Jan. 24, 2006, which is incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The invention generally relates to providing access to computing environments. More particularly, the invention relates to methods and systems for establishing a connection between a client system and a virtual machine hosting a requested computing environment.BACKGROUND INFORMATION[0003]Contemporary computer networks consist of a number of computer systems communicating with other computer systems via communication links. Typically, some of the systems are client machines and other systems are server machines. A server machine may host a variety of application programs that can be accessed and executed by client machines. When a client machine launches an application program, the execution ...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F15/16
CPCG06F3/1415G06F2209/541G06F3/1462G06F9/45533G06F9/485G06F9/5027G06F9/5055G06F9/5077G06F9/5088G06F9/54G06F17/30855G06F21/53G06F21/6218G06F21/629G06F2221/2149G09G5/006G09G5/14G09G2370/16G09G2370/22H04L29/08846H04L63/0227H04L63/0428H04L63/06H04L63/08H04L63/10H04L63/102H04L63/105H04L67/16H04L67/08H04L67/303H04L67/141H04L67/2814H04L67/2819H04L67/14H04L67/02H04L67/2842H04L67/28H04L69/24G06F3/1438G09G2354/00G06F16/748H04L67/59H04L67/564H04L67/563H04L67/56H04L67/51H04L67/568
Inventor MAZZAFERRI, RICHARD JAMESROBINSON, DAVID NEIL
Owner CITRIX SYST INC
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