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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2010
Applicants:
Michael T. Kalmbach, Elgin, MN (US);
Dhaval K. Shah, Nadiad, IN;
Inventors:
Michael T. Kalmbach, Elgin, MN (US);
Dhaval K. Shah, Nadiad, IN;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2013.01); G06F 8/63 (2013.01); G06F 9/4446 (2013.01); G06F 9/5077 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45562 (2013.01);
Abstract
A virtual machine snapshot mechanism takes snapshots of virtual machines on a computer system, generates relationships between a snapshot and resources on the computer system, and provides a graphical display of one or more snapshots that allow visually determining which snapshots include which resources. A user may search the snapshots based on user-specified criteria. If an exact match is not available, and closest match is identified in the graphical display.