Virtual Machine Seed Image Replication through Parallel Deployment

A computer system for generating secondary virtual machine seed image storage, the computer system comprising:

• a bus system;
• a storage device connected to the bus system, wherein the storage device stores program instructions;
• and
• a processor connected to the bus system, wherein the processor executes the program instructions to:
• receive an input to deploy a primary virtual machine and a secondary virtual machine based on a golden virtual machine image;
• deploy the primary virtual machine from the golden virtual machine image on a primary data processing site and the secondary virtual machine from the golden virtual machine image on a secondary data processing site in response to receiving the input;
• suspend execution of the secondary virtual machine on the secondary data processing site;
• generate, using the golden virtual machine image, a seed image corresponding to the secondary virtual machine that is up-to-date at that point in time in storage at the secondary data processing site to form the secondary virtual machine seed image storage;
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• enable the secondary virtual machine seed image storage to receive state data updates from the primary virtual machine on the primary data processing site.

A computer program product for generating secondary virtual machine seed image storage, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a method comprising:

• receiving, by the computer, an input to deploy a primary virtual machine and a secondary virtual machine based on a golden virtual machine image;
• responsive to the computer receiving the input, deploying, by the computer, the primary virtual machine from the golden virtual machine image on a primary data processing site and the secondary virtual machine from the golden virtual machine image on a secondary data processing site;
• suspending, by the computer, execution of the secondary virtual machine on the secondary data processing site;
• generating, by the computer, using the golden virtual machine image, a seed image corresponding to the secondary virtual machine that is up-to-date at that point in time in storage at the secondary data processing site to form the secondary virtual machine seed image storage;
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• enabling, by the computer, the secondary virtual machine seed image storage to receive state data updates from the primary virtual machine on the primary data processing site.