Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Updating virtual machine images
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Application No.: US15472157Application Date: 2017-03-28
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Publication No.: US10360015B2Publication Date: 2019-07-23
- Inventor: Nicholas Alexander Allen
- Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
- Main IPC: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173 ; G06F8/65

Abstract:
Remote computing resource service providers allow customers to execute virtual computer systems in a virtual environment on hardware provided by the computing resource service provider. The virtual computer systems may be suspended for an indeterminate amount of time and saved as images in one or more storage systems of the service provider. Periodically, updates for the virtual computer systems are required. In order to update virtual computer systems that are stored in a suspended state, an offline patch and indirection map is generated and used to update the virtual computer systems.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170272337A1 UPDATING VIRTUAL MACHINE IMAGES Public/Granted day:2017-09-21
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