Method and apparatus for conversion of virtual machine formats utilizing deduplication metadata
AssigneeAtlantis Computing, Inc.
InventorChetan Venkatesh
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for converting a virtual machine from an initial hypervisor format to a target hypervisor format utilizing deduplication metadata. The method may include generating a copy of a virtual machine by replication of deduplication metadata for one or more files corresponding to the virtual machine. Furthermore, the method may include opening the copy of the virtual machine from the replicated deduplication metadata. The method may also include converting the replicated deduplication metadata from an initial hypervisor format to a target hypervisor format to generate a converted virtual machine.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- generating a copy of a virtual machine by replication of deduplication metadata for one or more files corresponding to the virtual machine;
- opening the copy of the virtual machine from the replicated deduplication metadata;
- and
- converting the replicated deduplication metadata from an initial hypervisor format to a target hypervisor format to generate a converted virtual machine.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
- generating a copy of a virtual machine by replication of deduplication metadata for one or more files corresponding to the virtual machine;
- opening the copy of the virtual machine from the replicated deduplication metadata;
- and
- converting the replicated deduplication metadata from an initial hypervisor format to a target hypervisor format to generate a converted virtual machine.
A system, comprising:
- a memory to store deduplication metadata for a virtual machine;
- and
- a processor coupled with the memory to execute a virtual machine format converter to
- generate a copy of a virtual machine by replication of deduplication metadata for one or more files corresponding to the virtual machine,
- open the copy of the virtual machine from the replicated deduplication metadata, and
- convert the replicated deduplication metadata from an initial hypervisor format to a target hypervisor format to generate a converted virtual machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.