Automated system and method for extracting and adapting system configurations

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for execution by at least one processor, the computer program comprising:

• a set of instructions for extracting, from a first node, a first configuration comprising an operating system and a kernel that interfaces with the operating system to allow the operating system to access 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;
• a set of instructions for determining that the kernel of the first configuration is not compatible with a second set of virtualized hardware associated with a destination platform, the destination platform corresponding to a second set of physical hardware of a second node 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
• a set of instructions for installing the first operating system onto a second kernel that replaces the first kernel.

A method, comprising:

• at a first hosting system, extracting an operating system, a kernel, and a set of device drivers that operate on a first set of virtualized hardware provided by a first hypervisor of a first type on a first node for hosting at a second hosting system;
• determining that the kernel is incompatible with a second set of virtualized hardware provided by a second hypervisor of a second type, different from the first hypervisor, that operates on a second node;
• adapting a second kernel and the set of device drivers by the second hosting system for hosting on the second set of virtualized hardware;
• and
• installing the operating system on the second kernel.