Creating a virtual resource package
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsYAN JUN HUANG, WEI FENG TANG, XI NING WANG, BAI YUE
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and/or computer program product creates a virtual resource package. Metadata related to a machine is captured, where the machine is a physical machine and/or a virtual machine. A constraint definition describing a configuration constraint of the machine is generated based on the captured metadata. A disk image file of the at least one machine, the captured metadata and the generated constraint definition are packaged to generate the virtual resource package.
Claims20
A method for creating a virtual resource package, the method comprising:
- capturing, by one or more processors, metadata related to at least one machine, wherein said at least one machine includes at least one of a physical machine and a virtual machine;
- generating, by one or more processors, a constraint definition describing a configuration constraint of the at least one machine based on the captured metadata;
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- packaging, by one or more processors, a disk image file of the at least one machine, the captured metadata and the generated constraint definition to generate the virtual resource package.
An apparatus for creating a virtual resource package, the apparatus comprising:
- a capturing device configured to capture metadata related to at least one machine which includes at least one of a physical machine and a virtual machine;
- a generating device configured to generate a constraint definition describing a configuration constraint of the at least one machine based on the captured metadata;
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- a packaging device configured to package a disk image file of the at least one machine, the captured metadata and the generated constraint definition to generate the virtual resource package.
A computer program product for creating a virtual resource package, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code readable and executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:
- capturing metadata related to at least one machine, wherein said at least one machine includes at least one of a physical machine and a virtual machine;
- generating a constraint definition describing a configuration constraint of the at least one machine based on the captured metadata;
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- packaging a disk image file of the at least one machine, the captured metadata and the generated constraint definition to generate the virtual resource package.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.