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RUNNING A VIRTUAL MACHINE DIRECTLY FROM A PHYSICAL MACHINE USING SNAPSHOTS

  • US 20080133208A1
  • Filed: 11/30/2006
  • Published: 06/05/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer program product for implementing a method for a computing system to run a virtual machine directly from a physical machine using snapshots of the physical machine, the computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable media having thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of the computing system, cause the computing system to perform the method, the method comprising:

  • an act of a snapshot component taking a snapshot of the physical system volume while the physical system volume is in an operational state; and

    an act of the virtual machine initializing using the physical system volume snapshot thereby allowing the physical system volume snapshot to be a virtual system volume snapshot representing an initial state of a virtual system volume.

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