PERIPHERAL DEVICE SHARING ACROSS VIRTUAL MACHINES RUNNING ON DIFFERENT HOST COMPUTING SYSTEMS

摘要

Techniques for sharing a peripheral device connected to a first host computing system in a cluster are disclosed. In one embodiment, a request to access the peripheral device connected to the first host computing system is received from a virtual machine running on a second host computing system. Further, a bandwidth requirement associated with the peripheral device is determined. Furthermore, one of enabling the virtual machine to remotely access the peripheral device over a network and recommending migration of the virtual machine to the first host computing system to locally access the peripheral device is performed based on the bandwidth requirement of the peripheral device.

主权项

1. A method for sharing a peripheral device connected to a first host computing system in a virtualized computing environment, comprising:
receiving a request to access the peripheral device connected to the first host computing system from a virtual machine running on a second host computing system; determining a bandwidth requirement associated with the peripheral device; and performing one of enabling the virtual machine to remotely access the peripheral device over a network and recommending migration of the virtual machine to the first host computing system to locally access the peripheral device based on the bandwidth requirement of the peripheral device.