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Automated system and method for extracting and adapting system configurations

  • US 9,798,560 B1
  • Filed: 04/09/2009
  • Issued: 10/24/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • extracting, from a first node of a first hosting system, a configuration comprising a first operating system and a first kernel that accesses a first set of virtualized hardware corresponding to a first set of physical hardware of the first node, the first set of virtualized hardware provided by a first hypervisor of a first type that operates on the first node;

    analyzing the configuration in order to determine compatibility with a second set of virtualized hardware corresponding to a second set of physical hardware of a second node of a second hosting system, the second set of virtualized hardware provided by a second hypervisor of a second type, different from the first type of the first hypervisor, that operates on the second node; and

    determining that the first kernel is incompatible with the second set of virtualized hardware;

    retrieving from a library, a second kernel that is compatible with a modified first operating system;

    swapping out the first kernel of the configuration with the second kernel in order to host the configuration with the second kernel that is compatible with the second set of virtualized hardware of the second node of the second hosting system provided by the second hypervisor of the second type.

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