Converting virtual machine images from source to destination virtualization environments
US8990804B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 7, 2011 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 5, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/76
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are described for facilitating sharing and reuse of executable software images between multiple execution environments. In at least some situations, the executable software images are virtual machine images (e.g., images that are bootable or otherwise loadable by a virtual machine in a particular virtualization environment, and that each include operating system software and/or software for one or more application programs, optionally along with one or more hard disks or other representations of stored data). The described techniques may include use of an image conversion tool that is configured to support interactions with multiple distinct types of source execution environments to extract executable software images from those environments, and to modify extracted software images for execution in one or more distinct types of destination execution environments, optionally as directed by one or more users via a GUI provided by the image conversion tool.
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