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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2016
Virtuozzo International Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
Virtuozzo International GmbH, Schaffhausen, CH;
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and systems for upgrading a container to another version of an operating system while preserving user applications and data of the container. In a general aspect, the method comprises: copying, from a first container host to an auxiliary host, an operating system kernel of the first container host, and system files and user applications and data of the container; upgrading on the auxiliary host the operating system, including the kernel of the operating system and system files of the container, from one version of the operating system to another version of the operating system, while preserving user applications and data; and copying, from the auxiliary host to a second container host, the system files of the upgraded operating system, and the preserved user applications and data.