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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2010
Yulia Gaponenko, Moscow, RU;
Alexey Miroshkin, Moscow, RU;
Indrajit Poddar, Sewickley, PA (US);
Vladislav B. Ponomarev, Voronezh, RU;
Igor Sukharev, Moscow, RU;
Yulia Gaponenko, Moscow, RU;
Alexey Miroshkin, Moscow, RU;
Indrajit Poddar, Sewickley, PA (US);
Vladislav B. Ponomarev, Voronezh, RU;
Igor Sukharev, Moscow, RU;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The different illustrative embodiments provide a method, computer program product, and apparatus for converting a first image for a virtual machine formatted for a first virtual environment. A second image is created, wherein the second image is non-specific to any virtual environment. A determination is made whether a portion of files to be copied from the first virtual image to the second virtual image should be replaced using a compatibility matrix, wherein the compatibility matrix identifies changes between the first virtual environment and a second virtual environment. A replacement for the portion of the files is copied to the second image using the compatibility matrix responsive to a determination that the portion of the files in the set of files should be replaced. The file is copied to the second image responsive to an absence of a determination that the each file in the set of files should be replaced.