US 12,259,787 B1
Monitoring automated virtual machine reclamation
Ahmad Ali Shaik, Austin, TX (US); and Arturo Zuniga, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by UIPCO, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/362,350.
Int. Cl. G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 11/1435 (2013.01) [G06F 11/079 (2013.01); G06F 11/1471 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for monitoring automated virtual machine reclamation, the method comprising:
automatically determining that a step, for a virtual machine of multiple virtual machines, of a virtual machine reclamation process has failed by analyzing metadata, associated with the virtual machine, resulting from the step, wherein the virtual machine reclamation process is performed for the multiple virtual machines which are stored on respective computing devices associated with respective users assigned to the multiple virtual machines, the virtual machine reclamation process including:
placing the multiple virtual machines in maintenance mode,
tagging the multiple virtual machines for removal,
unassigning the respective users assigned to the multiple virtual machines,
disabling the multiple virtual machines, and
facilitating deletion of the multiple virtual machines from the respective computing devices;
automatically reverting at least some of the metadata associated with the virtual machine to a previous state, the previous state being associated with the step having not been performed; and
automatically resubmitting the virtual machine for reclamation including attempting to reperform the step.