Dynamic Configuration of Virtual Appliances
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1. A method, comprising:
- instantiating a virtual appliance with a basic configuration onto a data processing system,determining a value of each one of a set of environmental features of a virtual data processing environment associated with the virtual appliance, anddownloading a set of local software programs corresponding to the values of at least part of the environmental features onto the virtual appliance.
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Abstract
A solution is proposed for deploying a virtual appliance onto a data processing system. A corresponding method comprises instantiating the virtual appliance with a basic configuration onto the data processing system, determining a value of each one of to set of environmental features of a virtual data processing environment associated with the virtual appliance, and downloading a set of local software programs corresponding to the values of at least part of the environmental features onto the virtual appliance.
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1. A method, comprising:
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instantiating a virtual appliance with a basic configuration onto a data processing system, determining a value of each one of a set of environmental features of a virtual data processing environment associated with the virtual appliance, and downloading a set of local software programs corresponding to the values of at least part of the environmental features onto the virtual appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus, comprising:
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a data processing system; a non-transitory, computer readable memory coupled to the data processing system; and logic, stored on the computer readable memory and executed on the data processing system, for; instantiating a virtual appliance with a basic configuration onto the data processing system, determining a value of each one of a set of environmental features of a virtual data processing environment associated with the virtual appliance, and downloading a set of local software programs corresponding to the values of at least part of the environmental features onto the virtual appliance. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer programming product, comprising:
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a non-transitory, computer readable memory; and logic, stored on the non-transitory, computer readable memory for execution on a processor, for; instantiating a virtual appliance with a basic configuration onto a data processing system, determining a value of each one of a set of environmental features of a virtual data processing environment associated with the virtual appliance, and downloading a set of local software programs corresponding to the values of at least part of the environmental features onto the virtual appliance. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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