Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for delivering software update to guest software on virtual machines through a backdoor software communication pipe thereof
- Patent Title (中): 通过其后门软件通信管道向虚拟机提供软件更新到客户软件的系统和方法
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Application No.: US12060134Application Date: 2008-03-31
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Publication No.: US08677351B2Publication Date: 2014-03-18
- Inventor: Bich Le , Jagannath Krishnan , Mike Morris
- Applicant: Bich Le , Jagannath Krishnan , Mike Morris
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Main IPC: G06F9/455
- IPC: G06F9/455 ; G06F9/46

Abstract:
One embodiment entails delivering a software payload to guest software in a virtual machine so that the software payload is part of a file system accessible by the guest software, wherein delivery avoids a data path involving a network stack of the virtual machine.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080244577A1 SOFTWARE DELIVERY FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES Public/Granted day:2008-10-02
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