Cloning a cloud-agnostic deployment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12596541-B2
Application number	US-202318382293-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 20, 2023
Priority date	Oct 20, 2023
Publication date	Apr 7, 2026
Grant date	Apr 7, 2026

Abstract

Cloning a cloud-agnostic deployment is described herein. One example method includes receiving modifications to an existing deployment created using a blueprint in a virtualized environment, and performing a deployment clone operation responsive to receiving a request to clone the deployment. The deployment clone operation can include creating an image associated with a virtual computing instance (VCI) of the deployment, creating a snapshot associated with a disk of the deployment, generating a clone blueprint based on the image and the snapshot, and deploying the clone blueprint in the virtualized environment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method of cloning a cloud-agnostic deployment, comprising:
receiving modifications to an existing deployment created using a blueprint in a first virtualized environment; and performing a deployment clone operation responsive to receiving a request to clone the deployment, wherein the deployment clone operation includes: creating an image associated with a virtual machine of the deployment; creating a snapshot associated with a disk of the deployment; generating a clone blueprint based on the image of the virtual machine and the snapshot of the disk; and deploying the clone blueprint in a second virtualized environment that is different from the first virtualized environment.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method includes providing an interface associated with customizing the clone blueprint.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the method includes receiving, via the interface, an indication of a preference for using a same network configuration for the clone blueprint as a network configuration used for the blueprint.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the method includes receiving, via the interface, an indication of a preference for using a different network configuration for the clone blueprint than a network configuration used for the blueprint.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method includes deploying the existing deployment on a first datacenter and deploying the clone blueprint on a second datacenter.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving modifications to the existing deployment includes executing day-two actions associated with the existing deployment.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving modifications to the existing deployment includes receiving updates to configuration files associated with the existing deployment.

8 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to carry out a method of cloning a cloud-agnostic deployment, the method comprising:
receiving modifications to an existing deployment created using a blueprint in a first virtualized environment; and performing a deployment clone operation responsive to receiving a request to clone the deployment, wherein the deployment clone operation includes: creating an image associated with a virtual machine of the deployment; creating a snapshot associated with a disk of the deployment; generating a clone blueprint based on the image of the virtual machine and the snapshot of the disk; and deploying the clone blueprint in a second virtualized environment that is different from the first virtualized environment.

9 . The medium of claim 8 , including instructions to provide an interface associated with customizing the clone blueprint.

10 . The medium of claim 9 , including instructions to receive, via the interface, an indication of a preference for using a same network configuration for the clone blueprint as a network configuration used for the blueprint.

11 . The medium of claim 9 , including instructions to receive, via the interface, an indication of a preference for using a different network configuration for the clone blueprint than a network configuration used for the blueprint.

12 . The medium of claim 8 , including instructions to deploy the existing deployment on a first datacenter and deploy the clone blueprint on a second datacenter.

13 . The medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions to receive modifications to the existing deployment include instructions to execute day-two actions associated with the existing deployment.

14 . The medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions to receive modifications to the existing deployment include instructions to receive updates to configuration files associated with the existing deployment.

15 . A system comprising processing and memory resources that are configured to carry out a method of cloning a cloud-agnostic deployment, the method comprising:
receiving modifications to an existing deployment created using a blueprint in a first virtualized environment; and performing a deployment clone operation responsive to receiving a request to clone the deployment, wherein the deployment clone operation includes: creating an image associated with a virtual machine of the deployment; creating a snapshot associated with a disk of the deployment; generating a clone blueprint based on the image of the virtual machine and the snapshot of the disk; and deploying the clone blueprint in a second virtualized environment that is different from the first virtualized environment.

16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the processing and memory resources are further configured to provide an interface associated with customizing the clone blueprint.

17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the processing and memory resources are further configured to receive, via the interface, an indication of a preference for using a same network configuration for the clone blueprint as a network configuration used for the blueprint.

18 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the processing and memory resources are further configured to receive, via the interface, an indication of a preference for using a different network configuration for the clone blueprint than a network configuration used for the blueprint.

19 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the processing and memory resources are further configured to deploy the existing deployment on a first datacenter and deploy the clone blueprint on a second datacenter.

20 . The system of claim 15 , wherein receiving modifications to the existing deployment includes executing day-two actions associated with the existing deployment.

Assignees

• VMware LLC

Inventors

• Bojilski Kaloyan
• Genchev Stoyan Staykov
• Uzunov Iliya

Classifications

• G06F2009/4557

  Distribution of virtual machine instances; Migration and load balancing · CPC title

• G06F2009/45562

  Creating, deleting, cloning virtual machine instances · CPC title

• G06F9/45558

  Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects · CPC title

• G06F8/63 Primary

  Image based installation; Cloning; Build to order · CPC title