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Maintaining the domain access of a virtual machine

US8250638B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 1, 2010
Grant dateAug 21, 2012
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Expiry dateMar 13, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L9/32
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for maintaining domain access of a virtual machine is described. According to one embodiment, a generation of a new computer account password by an operating system is identified. The new computer account password is copied to an auxiliary storage location. An existing computer account password is replaced with the new computer account password when it is determined that a file system of the computer has been restored to a previous state. The copying of the new computer account password may be performed in response to the generation of the new computer account password. The replacing of the existing computer account password may be performed in response to the restoring of file system to the previous state.

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