Patent attributes
A method to assist with processing distributed jobs by retrieving and/or synchronizing supplemental job data. The method includes receiving a request pertaining to a job from a first virtualized execution environment using a non-persistent connection between the first virtualized execution environment and a second virtualized execution environment, transmitting, by the secondary machine using a persistent connection between the first virtualized execution environment and the second virtualized execution environment, a task request for supplemental information pertaining to the job, generating a job result for the job based on the supplemental information received from the first virtualized execution environment via the persistent connection, and transmitting, to the first virtualized execution environment, the job result for the job using the non-persistent connection.