Patent ID: 9367404
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of transferring a host image of a first machine to a second machine, comprising: comparing, by at least one first processing device, a first profile of a first machine of a first type from which a host image is to be transferred to a second profile of a second machine of a second type to which the host image is to be transferred, the first type of first machine being different from the second type of second machine, wherein the first and second profiles each comprise at least one property of the first type of first machine and the second type of second machine, respectively; conforming at least one property of a host image of the first machine to at least one corresponding property of the second machine based, at least in part, on the comparison, by the first processing device, wherein the host image includes an operating system; providing the conformed host image to the second machine, via a network; and configuring the second machine with at least one conformed property of the host image by a second processing device of the second machine, wherein the second processing device is different from the first processing device, by: injecting a program into the host image to run on the second machine to configure the second machine to run the conformed host image on the second machine, by one of the at least one first processing devices; and running the program by the second processing device of the second machine during a safe mode boot of the second machine.