VMware, Inc.
METHOD FOR ENHANCING PRODUCTS WITH CLOUD ANALYTICS

Abstract:

An example method is provided to collect telemetry data of an object in a virtualized infrastructure at a customer's premise based on a manifest for the telemetry data. The method includes receiving a request for the telemetry service and storing the request in a first queue, retrieving the request from the first queue, determining if the customer has agreed to share the telemetry data from the virtualized infrastructure, and retrieving a manifest for the telemetry data from a cloud analytics site remote from the customer's premise, the manifest defining a telemetry level defining an amount of the telemetry data to be collected. When the customer has agreed to share the telemetry data from the virtualized infrastructure and the telemetry level is not off, the method also includes uploading the collected telemetry data to the cloud analytics site.