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Hypervisor-agnostic method of configuring a virtual machine

  • US 10,191,756 B2
  • Filed: 03/20/2015
  • Issued: 01/29/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for configuring a new virtual machine environment (VME), the method comprising:

  • mounting, by a first virtual machine in the VME, a first configuration disk wherein the first virtual machine is associated with a first operating disk image, and wherein mounting the first configuration disk includes making the configuration disk locally accessible to the first virtual machine as a distinct disk from the first operating disk image;

    storing configuration information from the first virtual machine on the first configuration disk;

    uploading the configuration information to an online storage in the form of a configuration disk image, wherein the configuration disk image is distinct from the first operating disk image or any backups or snapshots thereof;

    downloading, by a second virtual machine in the VME associated with a second operating disk image, the configuration information from the online storage;

    mounting the configuration disk image by the second virtual machine, wherein mounting the first configuration disk includes making the configuration disk locally accessible to the second virtual machine as a distinct disk from the second operating disk image; and

    using the downloaded configuration information to configure the second virtual machine.

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