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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2024
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Logan Bailey, Atlanta, GA (US);
Zachary A. Silverstein, Georgetown, TX (US);
Jeremy R. Fox, Georgetown, TX (US);
Suman Patra, Kolkata, IN;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method, a computer system and a computer program product replicate software containers based on established metrics. The method includes receiving a request for installation of a software application in a computing environment. The method also includes identifying a license metric for the software application in the request. In addition, the method includes determining a capacity metric for the computing environment. Lastly, the method includes generating a software container in the computing environment based on the license metric and the capacity metric.