Upgrade of an operating system of a virtual machine
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsChuan Ran, Jian Qiu Wang, Yang Yang
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Abstract
A method, and associated computer system and computer program product. One or more processors of a computer system receive an upgrade request to upgrade a base operating system (OS) of a virtual machine (VM). In response to receiving the upgrade request, the one or more processors store metadata of the VM into a resource registry. The one or more processors load a new version of the base OS onto the VM. The one or more processors retrieve, from the resource registry, the stored metadata for configuring the VM.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by one or more processors of a computer system, an upgrade request to upgrade a base operating system (OS) of a virtual machine (VM);
- in response to said receiving the upgrade request, said one or more processors storing metadata of the VM into a resource registry;
- said one or more processors loading a new version of the base OS onto the VM;
- and
- said one or more processors retrieving, from the resource registry, the stored metadata for configuring the VM.
A computer system, comprising one or more processors, one or more memories, and one or more computer readable hardware storage devices, said one or more hardware storage device containing program code executable by the one or more processors via the one or more memories to implement a method, said method comprising:
- receiving, by the one or more processors, an upgrade request to upgrade a base operating system (OS) of a virtual machine (VM);
- in response to said receiving the upgrade request, said one or more processors storing metadata of the VM into a resource registry;
- said one or more processors loading a new version of the base OS onto the VM;
- and
- said one or more processors retrieving, from the resource registry, the stored metadata for configuring the VM.
A computer program product, comprising one or more computer readable hardware storage devices having computer readable program code stored therein, said program code containing instructions executable by one or more processors of a computer system to implement a method, said method comprising:
- receiving, by the one or more processors, an upgrade request to upgrade a base operating system (OS) of a virtual machine (VM);
- in response to said receiving the upgrade request, said one or more processors storing metadata of the VM into a resource registry,
- said one or more processors loading a new version of the base OS onto the VM;
- and
- said one or more processors retrieving, from the resource registry, the stored metadata for configuring the VM.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.