公开(公告)号：US10248445B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-02

申请号：US14716746

申请日：2015-05-19

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Dilip Khandekar ,  Dragutin Petkovic ,  Pratap Subrahmanyam ,  Bich Cau Le

IPC: G06F9/455

Abstract: A provisioning server automatically configures a virtual machine (VM) according to user specifications and then deploys the VM on a physical host. The user may either choose from a list of pre-configured, ready-to-deploy VMs, or he may select which hardware, operating system and application(s) he would like the VM to have. The provisioning server then configures the VM accordingly, if the desired configuration is available, or it applies heuristics to configure a VM that best matches the user's request if it isn't. The invention also includes mechanisms for monitoring the status of VMs and hosts, for migrating VMs between hosts, and for creating a network of VMs.

公开(公告)号：US09311313B2

公开(公告)日：2016-04-12

申请号：US14493680

申请日：2014-09-23

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Bich Cau Le ,  Dilip Khandekar ,  Sirishkumar Raghuram

IPC: G06F9/445 ,  G06F9/00 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06F17/30

CPC classification number: G06F17/30076 ,  G06F9/45558 ,  G06F17/30067 ,  G06F17/30123 ,  G06F17/30233 ,  G06F2009/45562

Abstract: A method for converting a disk of a physical computer into a virtual disk for use by a virtual machine is described. Contents of the disk of the physical computer are copied into an image file, wherein the image file has a different sector-by-sector organization of the contents than the disk but a logically equivalent file system organization. Hardware configuration information from the image file is then extracted, wherein the hardware configuration information relates to hardware of the physical computer and, based on a comparison of the extracted hardware configuration information and a virtual hardware configuration of the virtual machine, hardware dependent files in the image file are replaced with substitute files that are compatible with the virtual hardware configuration of the virtual machine.

Abstract translation: 描述用于将物理计算机的盘转换为虚拟盘以供虚拟机使用的方法。 物理计算机的磁盘的内容被复制到图像文件中，其中图像文件具有与磁盘不同的逐个扇区的内容组织，而是逻辑上等同的文件系统组织。 然后提取来自图像文件的硬件配置信息，其中硬件配置信息涉及物理计算机的硬件，并且基于提取的硬件配置信息和虚拟机的虚拟硬件配置的比较，在硬件依赖文件 图像文件替换为与虚拟机的虚拟硬件配置兼容的替代文件。

公开(公告)号：US09940330B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-10

申请号：US15096179

申请日：2016-04-11

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Bich Cau Le ,  Dilip Khandekar ,  Sirishkumar Raghuram

IPC: G06F9/445 ,  G06F9/00 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06F17/30

CPC classification number: G06F17/30076 ,  G06F9/45558 ,  G06F17/30067 ,  G06F17/30123 ,  G06F17/30233 ,  G06F2009/45562

Abstract: A method for converting a disk of a physical computer into a virtual disk for use by a virtual machine is described. Contents of the disk of the physical computer are copied into an image file, wherein the image file has a different sector-by-sector organization of the contents than the disk but a logically equivalent file system organization. Hardware configuration information from the image file is then extracted, wherein the hardware configuration information relates to hardware of the physical computer and, based on a comparison of the extracted hardware configuration information and a virtual hardware configuration of the virtual machine, hardware-dependent files in the image file are replaced with substitute files that are compatible with the virtual hardware configuration of the virtual machine.