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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Vmware,inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rahul Chandrasekaran, San Jose, CA (US);
Ravi Kant Cherukupalli, San Ramon, CA (US);
Uttam Gupta, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 17/30088 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45591 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a computer-implemented method for comparing states of a virtual machine, a plurality of selectable states including a current state of a virtual machine and at least one snapshot of the virtual machine are presented for selection, wherein the at least one snapshot includes a state of the virtual machine at a previous state. Responsive to a selection of at least two states of the plurality of selectable states, a comparison tool for comparing information between the at least two states of the virtual machine is presented.