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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2011
Karen Natalie Wong, San Carlos, CA (US);
Manaswi Shukla, San Bruno, CA (US);
Karen Natalie Wong, San Carlos, CA (US);
Manaswi Shukla, San Bruno, CA (US);
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for generating an upgrade plan for assets included in a virtualized computing environment includes receiving a selection of one or more target assets to receive updates. The method further includes receiving a selection of one or more upgrade packages, determining a first set of target assets that is capable of being upgraded with at least one selected upgrade package, determining a second set of target assets that depend on the first set of target assets, and generating an upgrade plan for the first set of target assets and the second set of target assets.