<s>
In	O
computing	O
,	O
virtual	B-Operating_System
machine	I-Operating_System
introspection	I-Operating_System
(	O
VMI	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
technique	O
"	O
for	O
monitoring	O
the	O
runtime	B-Library
state	O
of	O
a	O
system-level	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
(	O
VM	O
)	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
helpful	O
for	O
debugging	O
or	O
forensic	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
introspection	O
in	O
application	O
to	O
the	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machines	I-Architecture
was	O
introduced	O
by	O
Garfinkel	O
and	O
Rosenblum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Now	O
VMI	O
is	O
a	O
common	O
term	O
for	O
different	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
forensics	O
and	O
analysis	O
methods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VMI	O
tools	O
may	O
be	O
located	O
inside	O
or	O
outside	O
the	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
and	O
act	O
by	O
tracking	O
the	O
events	O
(	O
interrupts	B-Application
,	O
memory	O
writes	O
,	O
and	O
so	O
on	O
)	O
or	O
sending	O
the	O
requests	O
to	O
the	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
monitor	O
usually	O
provides	O
low-level	O
information	O
like	O
raw	O
bytes	O
of	O
the	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
or	O
GDB	B-Language
servers	O
that	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
remote	O
debugger	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
that	O
capture	O
information	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
contents	O
of	O
the	O
memory	O
)	O
from	O
the	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
monitor	O
.	O
</s>
