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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2014
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rahul Chandrasekaran, San Jose, CA (US);
Ravi Kant Cherukupalli, San Ramon, CA (US);
Uttam Gupta, Cupertino, CA (US);
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
In a computer-implemented method for modifying a state of a virtual machine, information between two states of a virtual machine is compared, wherein the two states include a current state of the virtual machine and previous state of the virtual machine. The previous state of the virtual machine is included within a snapshot of the virtual machine at the previous state. Information that is different between the two states is identified. The information that is different between the two states is presented, wherein the information that is different is selectable for copying between the two states.