Patent ID: 9519504
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon for managing a server template that, when executed by at least one processor, are configured to cause at least one computing system to at least: convert the server template to a corresponding virtual machine, the converting the server template to the corresponding virtual machine including adding identification information to the corresponding virtual machine; determine that the corresponding virtual machine does not comply with regulatory requirements; based on determining that the corresponding virtual machine does not comply with regulatory requirements: convert the corresponding virtual machine into an updated server template, the converting the corresponding virtual machine into the updated server template including removing the identification information from the updated server template, wherein the instructions are configured to cause the at least one computing system to convert the server template to the corresponding virtual machine, determine that the corresponding virtual machine does not comply with regulatory requirements, notify the administrator that the corresponding virtual machine does not comply with regulatory requirements, and convert the corresponding virtual machine into the updated server template, periodically.