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Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 28, 2009
Applicants:

Michael S. Bonnet, Boston, MA (US);

Vitaly Elyashev, Ramat Gan, IL;

Omer Frenkel, Tel Aviv, IL;

Miki Kenneth, Tel Aviv, IL;

Inventors:

Michael S. Bonnet, Boston, MA (US);

Vitaly Elyashev, Ramat Gan, IL;

Omer Frenkel, Tel Aviv, IL;

Miki Kenneth, Tel Aviv, IL;

Assignee:

Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2013.01); G06F 8/60 (2013.01);
Abstract

Some embodiments of using snapshotting and virtualization to perform tasks in a known and reproducible environment have been presented. A computing device generates a temporary snapshot of a state of a virtual machine. A session of the virtual machine is started on the computing device using the temporary snapshot. The temporary snapshot is automatically destroyed when the session is terminated, wherein any changes made to the state during the session are removed by destroying the temporary snapshot.


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