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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2008
Bowen L. Alpern, Peekskill, NY (US);
Glenn Ammons, West Chester, PA (US);
Vasanth Bala, Rye, NY (US);
Todd W. Mummert, Danbury, CT (US);
Darrell C. Reimer, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Arun Thomas, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Bowen L. Alpern, Peekskill, NY (US);
Glenn Ammons, West Chester, PA (US);
Vasanth Bala, Rye, NY (US);
Todd W. Mummert, Danbury, CT (US);
Darrell C. Reimer, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Arun Thomas, Charlottesville, VA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for performing software operations on virtual machine images, includes: receiving a virtual machine image that includes a mapping from a first file name to first file content; reformatting the virtual machine image by: creating a store that contains the first file content and that associates a content descriptor with the first file content, wherein the first file content can be reconstructed by using the content descriptor; and decoupling the mapping by creating an image manifest that maps the first file name to the content descriptor; and performing a software operation on the virtual machine image using the reformatted virtual machine image.