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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2012
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Israel Zvi Ben-Shaul, Ramat HaSharon, IL;
Tal Zamir, Haifa, IL;
Leonid Vasetsky, Zikhron Yaakov, IL;
Guy Yogev, Raanana, IL;
Kfir Lev-Ari, Kfar Saba, IL;
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for n-way cloning and synchronization of a user desktop image are provided. Example embodiments provide a Cloning and Synchronization System ('CSS') which binds a server stored CVD object representing the user's desktop image to one or more endpoint devices. Each endpoint device receives a clone of the CVD object that comprises one or more layers of the server CVD depending upon the suitability of the endpoint device hardware and operating system to the server stored desktop. The cloned CVDs in the endpoint devices are then kept synchronized by synchronization operations. In one embodiment, the CSS allows only one endpoint device to act as a master device and push up changes to the server CVD. These changes are then pushed down to the other devices using different synchronization methods dependent upon the layer.