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Moving Execution of a Virtual Machine Across Different Virtualization Platforms

  • US 20080201455A1
  • Filed: 02/15/2008
  • Published: 08/21/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer-accessible storage medium storing program instructions executable to implement:

  • creating snapshot information for a first virtual machine executing within a first virtualization platform on a first server computer, wherein the snapshot information represents a state of the first virtual machine;

    transmitting the snapshot information from the first server computer to a second server computer;

    creating a second virtual machine on the second server computer within a second virtualization platform that is a different type of virtualization platform than the first virtualization platform; and

    setting the second virtual machine to a state corresponding to the state of the first virtual machine using the snapshot information.

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