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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Bich Cau Le, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert F. Deuel, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Sirish Raghuram, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yufeng Zheng, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Bich Cau Le, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert F. Deuel, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Sirish Raghuram, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yufeng Zheng, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method of updating software on a dormant disk, exposed files are accessed. The exposed files are exposed by mounting the dormant disk. The exposed files are scanned to determine the status of software residing on the dormant disk. The scanning is achieved without requiring booting of the dormant disk. It is determined whether an update is available for the software residing on the dormant disk.