Management of software updates for software components in a virtualized environment of a datacenter using dependency relationships
US8898676B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 26, 2011 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 8, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/45562
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An approach to managing software components in a datacenter having virtualized components includes maintaining a suitable data construct for representing the virtualized elements. In embodiments, virtualized elements include knowledge relating to instantiations of virtual machines. Management of software components includes traversing a data representation of the datacenter, and assessing the compatibility of the software component with components in the datacenter that relate to the target of the software component.
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