METHOD FOR MANAGING VIRTUAL MACHINE, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIRTUAL MACHINE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

• US 20120246645A1
• Filed: 03/07/2012
• Published: 09/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: MATSUMOTO, Yasuhide, IIKURA, Fumi
• Application Number:
  US13/414,074
• Publication Number:
  US 20120246645A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45562 Creating, deleting, cloning virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45575 Starting, stopping, suspending or resuming virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects

Abstract

A method of managing a virtual machine by an information processing system including one or more information processing apparatuses, the method includes: comparing one or more files used for operation of the virtual machine with one or more template files; and generating configuration information indicating a setting state of the virtual machine based on a result of the comparing.

Claims

1. A method of managing a virtual machine by an information processing system including one or more information processing apparatuses, the method comprising:

comparing one or more files used for operation of the virtual machine with one or more template files; and

generating configuration information indicating a setting state of the virtual machine based on a result of the comparing.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

detecting software installed on the virtual machine; and

retrieving from a storage device in which files used for installation of software are stored, the file corresponding to the detected software.

generating the one or more template files based on a result of the retrieving.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

generating a package file including at least one of differences between the one or more files and the one or more template files; and

associating the generated package file with the configuration information.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

selecting, of the differences between the one or more files and the one or more template files, the difference corresponding to a condition indicated by condition information stored in a storage device; and

generating the configuration information by using the selected difference.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

storing the generated configuration information in a storage device; and

re-starting the virtual machine by using the configuration information stored in the storage device and the at least one template file.

6. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a management unit configured to manage a virtual machine operable on own information processing apparatus or another apparatus;

a storage unit configured to store one or more template files;

a comparator configured to compare one or more files used for operation of the virtual machine with the one or more template files, and

a generator configured to generate, based on a result of the comparison, configuration information indicating a setting state of the virtual machine.

7. A computer-readable, non-transitory medium storing a virtual machine management program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

comparing one or more files used for operation of the virtual machine with one or more template files; and

generating configuration information indicating a setting state of the virtual machine based on a result of the comparison.