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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Mauro Arcese, Rome, IT;
Giuseppe Ciano, Rome, IT;
Francesca Curzi, Rome, IT;
Claudio Marinelli, Rome, IT;
Luigi Pichetti, Rome, IT;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A mechanism is provided for managing one or more virtual appliances on a computing system. For a specific virtual appliance, profile information indicative of a set of profiles of the specific virtual appliance is retrieved, status information indicative of a status of the computing system is retrieved, and constraint information indicative of one or more constraints applicable to one or more software programs of the specific virtual appliance on the computing system is retrieved. A determination is made of a configuration scheme of the specific virtual appliance according to the profile information, the status information, and the constraint information. The configuration scheme a specific profile of the set of profiles of the specific virtual appliance having the one or more software programs thereof compliant with the applicable constraints. The specific virtual appliance is configured according to the configuration scheme.