RECONFIGURING VIRTUAL MACHINES
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- obtaining, by a processing device, virtual machine configuration data for a virtual machine, wherein the virtual machine comprises a guest operating system;
identifying a plurality of virtual hardware components supported by the guest operating system on the virtual machine, based on the virtual machine configuration data;
identifying, in the plurality of supported virtual hardware components, a set of supported virtual hardware components that are not used by the virtual machine; and
reconfiguring the virtual machine to use at least one virtual hardware component from the set of supported virtual hardware components.
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Abstract
A host controller obtains virtual machine configuration data for a virtual machine which has a guest operating system. The host controller may identify a plurality of virtual hardware components supported by the guest operating system and may identify a set of the plurality of virtual hardware components which are not used by the virtual machine. The host controller may reconfigure the virtual machine to use one or more of the set of virtual hardware components.
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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obtaining, by a processing device, virtual machine configuration data for a virtual machine, wherein the virtual machine comprises a guest operating system; identifying a plurality of virtual hardware components supported by the guest operating system on the virtual machine, based on the virtual machine configuration data; identifying, in the plurality of supported virtual hardware components, a set of supported virtual hardware components that are not used by the virtual machine; and reconfiguring the virtual machine to use at least one virtual hardware component from the set of supported virtual hardware components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus comprising:
a processing device configured to; obtain virtual machine configuration data for a virtual machine, wherein the virtual machine comprises a guest operating system; identify a plurality of virtual hardware components supported by the guest operating system on the virtual machine, based on the virtual machine configuration data; identify, in the plurality of supported virtual hardware components, a set of supported virtual hardware components that are not used by the virtual machine; and reconfigure the virtual machine to use at least one virtual hardware component from the set of supported virtual hardware components. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory machine-accessible storage medium comprising data that when accessed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform a method comprising:
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obtaining, by the processing device, virtual machine configuration data for a virtual machine, wherein the virtual machine comprises a guest operating system; identifying a plurality of virtual hardware components supported by the guest operating system on the virtual machine, based on the virtual machine configuration data; identifying, in the plurality of supported virtual hardware components, a set of supported virtual hardware components that are not used by the virtual machine; and reconfiguring the virtual machine to use at least one virtual hardware component from the set of supported virtual hardware components. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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