Restoring a previous version of a virtual machine image

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9104448-B2
Application number	US-201313741296-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 14, 2013
Priority date	Dec 3, 2012
Publication date	Aug 11, 2015
Grant date	Aug 11, 2015

Abstract

An approach is provided to apply a virtual machine (VM) image to a computer system. In the approach, implemented by an information handling system, a detection is made that a current VM image executing on the computer system is experiencing a problem. In response, prior VM images are analyzed, with each of the prior VM images being an image that was previously executed on the computer system. Based on the analysis, one of the prior VM images is selected and the selected image is used to replace the current VM image on the computer system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of applying a virtual machine (VM) image to a computer system, the method, implemented by an information handling system, comprising:
detecting that a current VM image executing on the computer system is experiencing a problem;
analyzing one or more prior VM images utilizing one or more resource metrics captured while the one or more prior VM images were executing on the computer system;
selecting one of the prior VM images based on the analysis…

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Fletcher James C
• Uthe Robert T

Classifications

• G06F2201/83

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F11/0712

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F11/1469

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F11/3409 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F9/455 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic