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Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 15, 2021
Applicant:

Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Lingyuan He, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Mukund Gunti, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Ashish Kaila, Cupertino, CA (US);

Aravinda Haryadi, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/61 (2018.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 8/71 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/61 (2013.01); G06F 8/71 (2013.01); G06F 11/1004 (2013.01); G06F 21/572 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example method of managing a lifecycle of virtualization software in a host is described. The method includes: obtaining, by an initiator in a current version of the virtualization software, a software installation bundle (SIB) from an image repository for a target version of the virtualization software, the SIB including a patcher; verifying, by the initiator, authenticity of the SIB; mounting at least one payload of the SIB in a root filesystem of the virtualization software, and initiating, by the initiator, the patcher in the at least one payload as mounted to perform at least one check operation.


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