US 12,406,051 B2
Password management of virtual machines for migration support
Dinesh Sharma, Bangalore (IN); Amiya Sahu, Bangalore (IN); Himanshu Garg, Bangalore (IN); and Jeffrey W. Sheldon, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/378,158.
Claims priority of application No. 202341049838 (IN), filed on Jul. 24, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0036746 A1, Jan. 30, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 21/45 (2013.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 21/45 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45587 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented by instructions executed by at least one computing device, the method comprising:
executing, within a host device comprising a host operating system, a virtual machine comprising a guest operating system and the host device executes a virtual machine environment in which the virtual machine executes;
obtaining, within the virtual machine environment on the host device, a password for securing the virtual machine;
generating, within the virtual machine environment, a virtual machine configuration file for the virtual machine;
generating, within the virtual machine environment, a password identifier corresponding to the password and the virtual machine;
storing, within the virtual machine environment, the password identifier in the virtual machine configuration file; and
storing, by the virtual machine environment, the password and the password identifier in a password vault provided by the host operating system.