公开(公告)号：US20240411540A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-12

申请号：US18330947

申请日：2023-06-07

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Vikas Kumar PANDEY ,  Sandeep SINHA ,  Hakan Sunay HALIL ,  Ivaylo Radoslavov RADEV ,  Mark ZEREN

IPC: G06F8/65

Abstract: A method of upgrading a software service from a first version to a second version, wherein the software service is supported by a file system on which a first archive is mounted, includes the steps of: causing execution of the software service to be stopped, and mounting a second archive onto the file system, wherein the second mounted archive includes a plurality of files for executing the second version of the software service; creating a set of pointers, each of the set of pointers pointing to a respective one of the plurality of files of the second mounted archive; and after creating the set of pointers, causing the second version of the software service to be executed, wherein executing the second version of the software service involves accessing code from the plurality of files of the second mounted archive using the set of pointers and executing the code.