Netapp, Inc.

Glenn Sizemore

Dennis Ramdass

Barry Shilmover

Akshay Deodhar

Techniques for virtual machine shifting are described. An apparatus may comprise shifting component operative to shift a virtual machine (VM) between a hypervisor having one type of hypervisor platform and a destination hypervisor having an alternative type of hypervisor platform through use of a clone of the VM. The shifting is bi-directional between the host and the destination hypervisor. The apparatus may comprise a universal application programming interface (API) used for reconfiguring one or more network interfaces and one or more disks of the VM onto the destination hypervisor. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Techniques for virtual machine shifting

Techniques for virtual machine migration are described. An apparatus may comprise a script generation component operative to generate a first script, the first script to migrate a guest operating system running on a first virtual machine to run on a second virtual machine. The first script may be operative to collect configuration information of the guest operating system, generate a second script based on the collected configuration information, and configure the guest operating system to execute the second script, the configuration information collected while the guest operating system is running on the first virtual machine, the guest operating system configured for the execution of the second script to occur while the guest operating system is running on the second virtual machine. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

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Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Glenn Sizemore