公开(公告)号：US20220188091A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-16

申请号：US17124046

申请日：2020-12-16

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Hui LI ,  Mukund GUNTI ,  Yuedong MU

IPC: G06F8/65 ,  G06F9/455

Abstract: A method of updating a desired state of a virtualization software for a cluster of hosts includes: in response to a notification of a change associated with the cluster, determining versions of a base image of the virtualization software that are compatible with the cluster; for each compatible version of the base image, determining versions of an add-on image of the virtualization software that are compatible with the compatible version of the base image and the cluster; presenting as a recommended image a complete image of the virtualization software, the complete image containing a first version of the base image that is compatible with the cluster and a first version of the add-on image that is compatible with the first version of the base image and the cluster; and upon acceptance of the recommended image, updating a software specification to include the recommended image.