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System and method for file injection in virtual machine configuration

  • US 9,626,213 B2
  • Filed: 01/13/2015
  • Issued: 04/18/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for virtual machine file injection, comprising:

  • receiving a request for a first image having an operating system and a first set of injected files for a virtual machine;

    comparing the first set of injected files with second sets of injected files in second images stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium;

    determining, in response to the first set of injected files and second set of injected files not exactly matching, a cost of completion of each of one or more of the second images; and

    transmitting, in response to the first set of injected files and second set of injected files not exactly matching, a selected non-complete candidate image and third files from the first set of injected files that are not in the second set of injected files of the selected non-complete candidate image, wherein the selected non-complete candidate image is a second image selected from the second images according to the cost of completion of each of one or more of the second images;

    wherein the cost of completion of each of one or more of the second images is a cost to modify a respective one of the second images to have the first set of injected files;

    wherein the selected non-complete candidate image is the one or more of the second images with a lowest cost of completion; and

    wherein the request for the first image is a request for at least the first image of the operating system and the first set of injected files and a third image of the operating system and a third set of injected files, and wherein the cost of completion is determined using a graph distance metric calculation.

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