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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2016
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventor:
Timothy D. Greer, Endicott, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/34 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 11/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 11/3409 (2013.01); G06F 11/3668 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45566 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45583 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45591 (2013.01);
Abstract
Vertical replication of guest operating systems (OS) relating to testing a host machine is provided. A parameter of the host OS is assessed by performing a vertical replication of a guest OS. The vertical replication creates a hierarchy of OSs utilizing one or more virtual disks. The vertical replication concludes in response to a characteristic of the parameter.