Patent ID: 11875145
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 2:
3. A host computing system that runs a host operating system and a virtual machine (VM), the host computing system comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one hardware storage device having stored thereon instructions that are executable by the at least one processor to cause the host computing system to:
execute a first VM component and a second VM component, the VM running the first VM component and the second VM component, and wherein the first VM component manages the second VM component via an identification pointer;
while the second VM component remains loaded in memory:
suspend the second VM component;
save a state of the first VM component;
save the identification pointer in the memory;
shut down the first VM component;
produce a restored first VM component by restoring the first VM component; and
reconnect the restored first VM component to the second VM component using the identification pointer.