PERFORMING ACTIONS OPPORTUNISTICALLY IN CONNECTION WITH REBOOT EVENTS IN A CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM

摘要

A method for opportunistically performing an action in a cloud computing system may include detecting a reboot event corresponding to a computing entity in the cloud computing system. The computing entity may be, for example, a host machine in the cloud computing system or a virtual machine in the cloud computing system. The method may also include causing the computing entity to be held in a stopped state and performing the action while the computing entity is being held in the stopped state, thereby eliminating a need to perform the action at a future time subsequent to the reboot event. The nature of the action is such that it would affect the computing entity if the action were performed subsequent to the reboot event. The method may also include causing the computing entity to be started after the action has been performed.