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Virtual machine dependency

  • US 8,910,156 B1
  • Filed: 04/29/2011
  • Issued: 12/09/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for describing a virtual machine dependency of a first virtual machine depending upon a second virtual machine, comprising:

  • identifying a data object associated with a first virtual machine, the identifying comprising identifying a guest file system of the first virtual machine;

    examining the data object to identify a data structure comprising configuration data, the examining comprising searching metadata of the guest file system for one or more data blocks comprising the data structure; and

    analyzing the configuration data to determine a dependency relationship between the first virtual machine and a second virtual machine to describe a virtual machine dependency, the analyzing comprising searching the configuration data for a reference to the second virtual machine.

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