System for conversion between physical machines, virtual machines and machine images
AssigneePlateSpin Ltd
InventorsKenneth Kerr, Ari Glaizel, Stephen Pollack, Tony Ponzo
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Abstract
A system and method for converting machines from one form to another. For example a virtual machine may be moved to a physical machine or vice versa. Conversions may also be performed with images. An image is a static datastore of the state of a machine at a given time. All conversions are achieved by pushing a job containing information on the actions to be performed to a controller. A controller resides on the machine where the actions must take place and executes and reports on the status of the job.
Claims31
A system for remote conversion between machines, said system comprising;
- a) a machine conversion engine;
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- b) a job management engine operatively coupled to said machine conversion engine.
A method for remote conversion between machines, said method comprising the steps of:
- discovering said machines, taking control of said machines and installing controllers if needed on said machines to facilitate said conversion.
A computer readable medium comprising instructions for the remote conversion between machines said instructions implementing the steps of:
- discovering said machines, taking control of said machines and installing controllers if needed on said machines to facilitate said conversion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.