System and method virtual appliance creation
AssigneeEMC IP Holding Company LLC
InventorsMin Liu, James Morton, Ming Zhang, Lihui Su, Yubing Zhang
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Abstract
Methods and systems for generating virtual appliance products. The techniques include obtaining an operating system virtual disk file; creating a configuration file to include a first reference to the operating system virtual disk file and a second reference to a product-specific disk file; generating a virtual appliance file including the configuration file, the operating system virtual disk file, and the product-specific disk file; and distributing the virtual appliance file to a user.
Claims20
A method for generating virtual appliance products, the method comprising:
- obtaining an operating system virtual disk file;
- creating a configuration file to include a first reference to the operating system virtual disk file and a second reference to a product-specific disk file;
- generating a virtual appliance file comprising the configuration file, the operating system virtual disk file, and the product-specific disk file;
- and
- distributing the virtual appliance file to a user.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor enables the computer processor to perform a method for generating virtual appliance products, the method comprising:
- obtaining an operating system virtual disk file;
- creating a configuration file to include a first reference to the operating system virtual disk file and a second reference to a product-specific disk file;
- generating a virtual appliance file comprising the configuration file, the operating system virtual disk file, and the product-specific disk file;
- and
- distributing the virtual appliance file to a user.
A system for generating virtual appliance products, the system comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory;
- and
- a product creation device executing on the processor and configured to:
- obtain an operating system virtual disk file;
- create a configuration file to include a first reference to the operating system virtual disk file and a second reference to a product-specific disk file;
- generate a virtual appliance file comprising the configuration file, the operating system virtual disk file, and the product-specific disk file;
- and
- distribute the virtual appliance file to a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.