Systems and methods for providing a library of virtual images in a software provisioning environment
US8572587B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 27, 2009 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 9, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/63
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A provisioning server can maintain a library of virtual images. The virtual images can be a disk image of software that has been previously installed according to metadata. The metadata can represent parameters utilized to create the virtual image and the parameters required to provision the virtual image on a target machine. The provisioning server can maintain the metadata for a virtual image in a virtual image record associated with the virtual image. The provisioning server can provision a virtual image to one or more target machines. To provision the virtual image, the provisioning server can copy the virtual image to a storage device on the one or more target machines and configure the target machine according to metadata in the associated virtual image record.
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