US 12,260,242 B2
Managing virtual infrastructure resources in cloud environments
Shruti Parihar, Los Altos, CA (US); Mark Whipple, Golden, CO (US); Sachin Thakkar, San Jose, CA (US); and Akshatha Sathyanarayan, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/559,126.
Application 17/559,126 is a continuation of application No. 16/428,084, filed on May 31, 2019, granted, now 11,237,861.
Prior Publication US 2022/0121469 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 9/45558 (2013.01) [G06F 9/5077 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a local control plane instantiated at a cloud, an activation key and an address associated with an orchestration node;
transmitting, from the local control plane to the orchestration node using the address, the activation key;
receiving, at the local control plane from the orchestration node, an indication that the activation key was validated by an entitlement server;
receiving, at the local control plane from the orchestration node, an orchestration node identifier;
registering the local control plane with the orchestration node using the received identifier; and
activating an appliance at the local control plane, wherein the appliance requests resources from the orchestration node.