Method and system for application migration using per-application persistent configuration dependency

A method for migrating an application without application-specific knowledge, comprising:

• capturing system calls, including at least one of read and write system calls and networking system calls, of an application stored in memory of a first environment with other components at runtime;
• parsing and categorizing the system calls by applying a program, implemented in software and stored on a memory medium, to the system calls to determine dependency information of the application without application specific knowledge;
• and
• migrating the application to a new environment using the dependency information to reconfigure the application after migration for execution in the new environment.

A computer readable medium comprising a computer readable program for migrating an application without application-specific knowledge, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to perform the steps of:

• determining application dependent components by capturing interactions of an application stored in memory of a first environment with other components at runtime,
• parsing and categorizing the interactions to determine dependency information;
• migrating the application to a new environment using the dependency information;
• and
• reconfiguring the application after migration without application-specific knowledge.

A system for migrating applications, comprising:

• a first computational environment and a second computational environment, each computational environment including a processing element configured to run software applications;
• the first computational environment including a target application stored in memory wherein the target application is to be migrated to the second computational environment;
• and
• a program, implemented in software and stored on a memory medium, being configured to determine dependencies of the target application by capturing system calls between the target application and other components at runtime without application-specific knowledge such that migrating the application to the second computational environment employs the dependencies to reconfigure the application after migration for execution in the second computational environment.