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Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

David Haikney, Manchester, GB;

Shawn P. Mullen, Buda, TX (US);

James W. Walker, Manchester, GB;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 9/4856 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01);
Abstract

Attesting a virtual machine that is migrating from a first environment to a second environment includes in response to initiation of migration of the virtual machine from the first environment to the second environment, accessing one or more stored trust values generated during the trusted boot of the virtual machine in the first environment, determining if the accessed trust values define a security setting sufficient for the second environment, and if the accessed trust values do not define a security setting sufficient for the second environment, performing a predetermined action in relation to the migration of the virtual machine to the second environment.


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