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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Thomas E. Chefalas, Somers, NY (US);
David M. Egle, Rochester, MN (US);
Daniel L. Hiebert, Pine Island, MN (US);
Dennis D. Jurgensen, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Arthur J. Meyer, III, Rochester, MN (US);
David M. Schultz, Williston, VT (US);
Peter A. Singh, Miami, FL (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Software that dynamically updates virtual machine templates at deterministic intervals in order to reduce patching time, by performing the following operations: (i) identifying a virtual machine (VM) provisioned according to a first VM template; (ii) initiating a patching process that applies a set of patch(es) to the VM, thereby creating a patched VM; (iii) determining that an amount of time taken to complete the patching process is greater than a predetermined threshold; and (iv) responsive to determining that the amount of time taken to complete the patching process is greater than the predetermined threshold, generating a second VM template based, at least in part, on the patched VM.