Virtual appliance management
First Claim
1. A computer system comprising:
- a virtual appliance repository storing one or more virtual appliances;
a host computer;
a network coupling said virtual appliance repository and said host computer; and
a storage device storing a transceiver program capable when executed on said host computer of performing operations comprising;
requesting and receiving said virtual appliances, and generating for each received virtual appliance a respective local copy on the host computer of each received virtual appliance, the respective local copy being private to the host computer;
binding said virtual appliances to said host computer;
obtaining user data relevant to said virtual appliances; and
running each of said virtual appliances from said respective local copies on said host computer.
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Abstract
Various approaches for virtual appliance management are described. In one approach a virtual appliance repository stores one or more virtual appliances and is coupled to the host computer via a network. A storage device stores a transceiver program capable when executed on said host computer of requesting and receiving the virtual appliances, and generating for each received virtual appliance a respective local copy on the host computer of each received virtual appliance. The local copy is private to the host computer. The transceiver program further binds the virtual appliances to the host computer and obtains user data relevant to the virtual appliances. The transceiver program runs each of the virtual appliances from the respective private local copies on the host computer.
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1. A computer system comprising:
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a virtual appliance repository storing one or more virtual appliances; a host computer; a network coupling said virtual appliance repository and said host computer; and a storage device storing a transceiver program capable when executed on said host computer of performing operations comprising; requesting and receiving said virtual appliances, and generating for each received virtual appliance a respective local copy on the host computer of each received virtual appliance, the respective local copy being private to the host computer; binding said virtual appliances to said host computer; obtaining user data relevant to said virtual appliances; and running each of said virtual appliances from said respective local copies on said host computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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