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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2012
Joseph S. Beda, Iii, Seattle, WA (US);
Sanjeet Singh Mehat, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert H. Earhart, Iii, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew Thornton, Seattle, WA (US);
David T. Mcwherter, Seattle, WA (US);
Evan K. Anderson, Seattle, WA (US);
Frank Berreth, Irvine, CA (US);
Joseph S. Beda, III, Seattle, WA (US);
Sanjeet Singh Mehat, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert H. Earhart, III, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew Thornton, Seattle, WA (US);
David T. McWherter, Seattle, WA (US);
Evan K. Anderson, Seattle, WA (US);
Frank Berreth, Irvine, CA (US);
Google Inc., Monutain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques and systems for managed boot are described. A described technique includes creating, at a server system, a boot image based on one or more user-specified parameters associated with virtual machine booting, providing a first virtual drive that includes the boot image, booting a virtual machine using the boot image on the first virtual drive, and providing a second virtual drive to the virtual machine, where the virtual machine mounts the second virtual drive as a root file system.