Decreasing time to deploy a virtual machine

A computer-implemented method for decreasing time to deploy a virtual machine hosted by pre-configured hyper-converged computing device for supporting a virtualization infrastructure, said method comprising:

• providing instructions to display a single end-user license agreement (EULA) to enable execution of a plurality of software owned by a single entity on said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device upon acceptance of said single EULA, said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device is a single rackable enclosure comprising:
• a plurality of independent server nodes able to independently host a number of virtual machines, each of said plurality of independent server nodes including a central processing unit (CPU), memory, and storage;
• pretested, pre-configured and pre-integrated storage, server and network components, including software, that are located in an enclosure;
• and
• a hypervisor that supports said virtualization infrastructure;
• receiving said acceptance of said single EULA by a user, said acceptance of said single EULA enabling said user to operate and manage said virtualization infrastructure, and deploy said virtual machine in said virtualization infrastructure via said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device;
• in response to said acceptance of said single EULA, deploying a first virtual machine in a virtualization infrastructure supported by said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device such that said first virtual machine is deployed in a first time frame rather than a longer second time frame that includes accepting a separate EULA for each of said plurality of software on said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device;
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• providing a hitless update for at least one software of said plurality of software on said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device and without requiring replication of said software on said underlying hardware platform of said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device.