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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2006
David Bruce Crosbie, Somerville, MA (US);
David Bruce Crosbie, Somerville, MA (US);
Leostream Corporation, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for migrating a computer to another computer having dissimilar hardware, wherein a preparation stage for the transfer of a disk image between the origin and target computer comprise analyzing the origin computer and modifying certain parameters therein while operating under its native operating system. After the modification an image of the origin computer is taken and sent to the second computer. The second computer can then boot the image as the necessary changes for booting the target machine were made at the origin computer. The invention is particularly useful for transferring physical computer to a virtual machine environment, where it minimizes the time the origin computer is out of service, where the transfer may occur remotely to the origin computer or the target computer. Most importantly, the invention provides a very high rate of success in migrating a physical system to a virtual system.