Virtual media shelf

US8990803B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8990803-B2
Application numberUS-201113149009-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMay 31, 2011
Priority dateMay 31, 2011
Publication dateMar 24, 2015
Grant dateMar 24, 2015

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A method and system for providing a guest with virtual media that can be read by the guest with an emulated media drive. A hypervisor hosted by a computer system presents a guest-to-host channel to a guest in the computer system. The hypervisor receives content from the guest via the guest-to-host channel, and then receives a request from the guest indicating that the guest is to read the content. The hypervisor provides the content for the guest to read by emulating a media drive and an insertion of removable virtual media. The removable virtual media contains the content and is readable by the guest with the emulated media drive.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method, implemented by a computer system, comprising: presenting, by a hypervisor hosted by the computer system, a guest-to-host channel to a guest of a plurality of guests running on the computer system, the guest having a guest virtual disk, each of the plurality of guests comprising a guest operating system; receiving, by the hypervisor, content from the guest via the guest-to-host channel, wherein the guest running on the computer system does not int…

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What does patent US8990803B2 cover?
A method and system for providing a guest with virtual media that can be read by the guest with an emulated media drive. A hypervisor hosted by a computer system presents a guest-to-host channel to a guest in the computer system. The hypervisor receives content from the guest via the guest-to-host channel, and then receives a request from the guest indicating that the guest is to read the conte…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Tsirkin Michael S, Natapov Gleb, Red Hat Israel Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F9/45558. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).