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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2008
Michael Paul Dehaan, Morrisville, NC (US);
Adrian Karstan Likins, Raleigh, NC (US);
Scott Wayne Seago, Groton, MA (US);
Michael Paul DeHaan, Morrisville, NC (US);
Adrian Karstan Likins, Raleigh, NC (US);
Scott Wayne Seago, Groton, MA (US);
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
An embodiment relates generally to a method of distributing virtual machines. The method includes specifying a set of requirements for a virtual machine and instantiating a virtual machine based on a lightweight reusable profile, based on the set of requirements as described in the profile. The method also includes importing the profile to a distribution server; and distributing the profile to at least one physical machine in response to a request. Software can be added to the at least one physical machine that can manage the deployment of the physical hosts as a farm to hosting the virtual images.