Method and system for software virtualization directly from an installation package
AssigneeInstallSheild Company, Inc.
InventorDavid G. Thornley
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Abstract
A method and system for providing a virtual system environment directly from an installation package is disclosed. An installation package containing one or more installer applications is received and an installer application providing an instance of an operating system is copied from the installation package to a virtual container created in a test machine. A virtualization package is created for the selected installed application, and the virtual system environment is provided in the test machine.
Claims18
A computer-implemented method for providing a virtual system environment, comprising:
- receiving an installation package containing one or more installer applications, each installer application providing an instance of an operating system;
- copying an installer application from the installation package to a virtual container created in a test machine;
- creating a virtualization package for the installer application;
- and
- providing the virtual system environment in the test machine.
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instruction when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform:
- receiving an installation package containing one or more installer applications, each installer application providing an instance of an operating system;
- copying an installer application from the installation package to a virtual container created in a test machine;
- creating a virtualization package for the installer application;
- and
- providing the virtual system environment in the test machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.