Desired state model for managing lifecycle of virtualization software

An image of a virtualization software in a plurality of hosts is installed or upgraded by performing the steps of: in response to a user input, generating a software specification that specifies a desired state of the virtualization software; based on the software specification, preparing a desired...

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Main Authors Haryadi, Aravinda, Gunti, Mukund, Cremel, Olivier Alain, Hu, Jeffrey, Dirks, Patrick William Penzias
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 17.05.2022
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:An image of a virtualization software in a plurality of hosts is installed or upgraded by performing the steps of: in response to a user input, generating a software specification that specifies a desired state of the virtualization software; based on the software specification, preparing a desired image of the virtualization software and storing the desired image of the virtualization software in a storage location accessible to the hosts; and instructing each of the hosts to install the desired image of the virtualization software or upgrade a current image of the virtualization software to the desired image of the virtualization software.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202016939117