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System and method for adapting a system configuration of a first computer system for hosting on a second computer system

  • US 8,219,653 B1
  • Filed: 04/09/2009
  • Issued: 07/10/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. For a server hosting environment comprising a plurality of nodes, each node for using one or more hypervisors in order to host a plurality of configurations of a plurality of computer systems, a method comprising:

  • receiving a first configuration of a computer system, said first configuration comprising an operating system that uses a source kernel that interfaces directly with hardware of the computer system;

    automatically identifying a kernel that interfaces with virtual hardware provided by a particular hypervisor of a particular destination node in the plurality of nodes;

    when the identified kernel is not compatible with the operating system, automatically modifying the operating system to be compatible with the identified kernel; and

    installing on the particular destination node a second configuration comprising the operating system modified to use the identified kernel for interfacing with the virtual hardware provided by the particular hypervisor.

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