Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Eric Joseph Winner

Robert M Fries

Galen Clyde Hunt

Robert Victor Welland

Bassam Tabbara

Rene Antonio Vega

Aamer Hydrie

Anders Bertil Vinberg

Geoffrey Hugh Outhred

John M Parchem

Rob M Mensching

Jeffrey A Woolsey

Kevin Grealish

Edwin R Lassettre

Ashvinkumar J Sanghvi

Srivatsan Parthasarathy

Raymond W McCollum

Vij Rajarajan

David C James

Efstathios Papaefstathiou

Vitaly Voloshin

Bruce Wayne Copeland

Michael Joseph Healy

Michael L Michael

Alan C Shi

John H Wilson

Mazhar Naveed Mohammed

Gilad Golan

Jonathan C Hardwick

Marios Zikos

Anand Lakshminarayanan

Rajagopalan Badri Narayanan

Kevin D J Grealish

Zhengkai Kenneth Pan

Rakesh Malhotra

Rajeet Nair

Biddappa Nanaiah Berera

Przemek Pardyak

Michael Michael

Model-based virtual system provisioning includes accessing a model of a workload to be installed on a virtual machine of a system as well as a model of the system. A workload refers to some computing that is to be performed, and includes an application to be executed to perform the computing, and optionally includes the operating system on which the application is to be installed. The workload model identifies a source of the application and operating system of the workload, as well as constraints of the workload, such as resources and/or other capabilities that the virtual machine(s) on which the workload is to be installed must have. An installation specification for the application is also generated, the installation specification being derived at least in part from the model of the workload and the model of the virtual system.

Model-based virtual system provisioning

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for providing update notifications on distributed application objects. When a new version of an object is created that another object depends on, a notification can be added to the dependent object to alert a person that manages the dependent object of the creation of the updated object. Dependent objects can include template objects, such as virtual machine template objects that refer to virtual disk objects and service template objects that refer to one or more virtual machine template objects, as well as service instance objects that represent service instances that are instantiated from template objects. Versions of objects within a family can be identified by sharing a family name and having different releases. A timestamp is used to represent when an object is released to determine which version of an object is the newest version in a family.

Providing update notifications on distributed application objects

Each of a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) is stored in a halted form in a library for retrieval from the library and re-starting on a host. Each re-started VM includes a plurality of software constructs, each of which is at least potentially non-current and requires a software update. To update a non-current VM, such VM is retrieved and re-started on a maintenance host, and each non-current software construct is allowed to be updated by obtaining the required software update from a corresponding update source as a patch. Alternatively, the VM is mounted to a computing device, constituent components of the mounted VM are examined to determine whether each software construct thereof is current, and each non-current software construct is updated by obtaining the required software update from the corresponding update source as a patch and applying same to the mounted VM.

Updating virtual machine with patch on host that does not have network access

Model-based provisioning of test environments includes accessing a model of an application to be installed in a test environment of a system and further accessing a model of the system and a model of the test environment. An installation specification for the application is also generated, the installation specification being derived at least in part from the model of the application, the model of the system, and the model of the test environment.

Model-based provisioning of test environments

A system and method for converting a target computing device to a virtual machine are provided. A conversion event is detected to initiate a conversion of a target computing device to a virtual machine. An assessment of the physical and software assets of a target computing device are obtained. A data image of the target computing device is deployed on an instance of a virtual machine. The virtual machine adjusted to correspond to the physical and software assets of the target computing device.

System and method for converting a target computing device to a virtual machine in response to a detected event

In accordance with certain aspects of the model-based policy application, each of a plurality of policies is associated with appropriate parts of a model of a heterogeneous system. A deployment agent is invoked to apply each of the plurality of policies to components associated with the parts of the model. An identification of a change to one of the plurality of policies is received, and the deployment agent is also invoked to apply the changed policy to selected ones of the components associated with the parts of the model.

Model-based policy application

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