Rapid creation and reconfiguration of virtual machines on hosts
US9329889B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 31, 2014 |
| Grant date | May 3, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 14, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/45562
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A rapid virtual machine (VM) cloning technique is provided that creates cloned VMs on hosts from multiple source VMs, rather than a single source VM that may otherwise be a bottleneck. The described technique selects particular hosts, disposed in particular racks, on which to create VM clones in a dynamic manner that reduces total deployment time for the plurality of VMs. A rapid VM reconfiguration technique is also provided that reduces the time spent reconfiguring the provisioned VMs for use in a distributed computing application.
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