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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2016
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jinto Antony, Bangalore, IN;
Hariharan Jeyaraman Ganesan, Bangalore, IN;
Madhusudhanan Gangadharan, Bangalore, IN;
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for managing tools on a virtual machine includes provisioning a virtual machine. The method also includes, before powering on the virtual machine, collecting a list of one or more tools on the virtual machine, and a version associated with each of the one or more tools. The method also includes determining if an upgrade is available for any of the one or more tools. Responsive to determining an upgrade for any of the one or more tools is available, the method includes retrieving a tool image comprising an upgraded version of the one or more tools on the provisioned virtual machine. The method further includes modifying a virtual disk file of the provisioned virtual machine using the tool image.
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