Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Customizing mirror virtual machine(s)
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Application No.: US15855308Application Date: 2017-12-27
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Publication No.: US10552196B2Publication Date: 2020-02-04
- Inventor: Shuai Tan , De Jun Wang , Jin Qiang Wu , Qiu Xia Zhao
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC
- Agent Isaac J. Gooshaw, Esq.; George S. Blasiak, Esq.
- Main IPC: G06F9/455
- IPC: G06F9/455 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: synchronizing, by one or more processor, first virtual machine(s) with a second virtual machine, the synchronizing comprising mirroring first input events to the first virtual machine(s); and customizing, by the one or more processor, the first virtual machine(s), the customizing comprising suspending the synchronizing and facilitating sending of second input events to the first virtual machine(s). In one embodiment, the synchronizing comprises cloning the second virtual machine to create the first virtual machine(s), the cloning comprising initializing the first virtual machine(s), and copying second virtual machine state information to the first virtual machine(s). In another embodiment, the customizing comprises decrementing an available first virtual machine counter, and the synchronizing comprises cloning the second virtual machine to create another first virtual machine responsive to the available first virtual machine counter having a certain value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180121232A1 CUSTOMIZING MIRROR VIRTUAL MACHINE(S) Public/Granted day:2018-05-03
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