Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for using semantic information to improve virtual machine image management
- Patent Title (中): 使用语义信息改进虚拟机图像管理的方法和系统
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Application No.: US12040509Application Date: 2008-02-29
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Publication No.: US07856439B2Publication Date: 2010-12-21
- Inventor: Bowen L. Alpern , Glenn Ammons , Vasanth Bala , Todd W. Mummert , Darrell C. Reimer , Arun Thomas
- Applicant: Bowen L. Alpern , Glenn Ammons , Vasanth Bala , Todd W. Mummert , Darrell C. Reimer , Arun Thomas
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: F. Chau & Associates, LLC
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30
Abstract:
A method for performing software operations on virtual machine images, includes: receiving a first virtual machine image that includes a mapping from a first file name to first file content; reformatting the first virtual machine image by: creating a unique ID for the first file content; and decoupling the mapping of the first virtual machine image by creating an image manifest that maps the first file name to the unique ID, and creating a store that contains the first file content and that maps the unique ID to the first file content; and performing a software operation on the first virtual machine image using the reformatted first virtual machine image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090222468A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING SEMANTIC INFORMATION TO IMPROVE VIRTUAL MACHINE IMAGE MANAGEMENT Public/Granted day:2009-09-03
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