Reconfiguring a snapshot of a virtual machine
US9817685B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 15, 2014 |
| Grant date | Nov 14, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/84
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques for reconfiguring a snapshot of a virtual machine (VM) may be provided. The VM may be deployed on a hypervisor running on a computer. Techniques comprise provisioning of a VM, installing and configuring an operating system and a base program. A snapshot of the virtual machine may be taken together with the operating system and the base program together with configuration data defining the configuration of the virtual machine, the operating system and base application in a metadata descriptor. All may be stored in a persistent storage. Then the content of the metadata descriptor may be modified, and it may be reverted back to the snapshot using the modified content of the metadata descriptor such that the snapshot of the virtual machine with the operating system and the base program is reconfigured upon deployment of the snapshot including the operating system and the base program.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.