Patent ID: 9426254
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method comprising: installing a software appliance on a first computer system, the software appliance including database software and a business application; configuring the software appliance on the first computer system to a predetermined configuration of the business application and the database software; detaching the software appliance from an operating system of the first computing device, wherein the detaching includes collecting metadata associated with the software appliance, the operating system and hardware of the first system and detaching the collected metadata from the operating system and the hardware of the first system while preserving content utilized by the business application, the collected metadata providing a test to be performed; and storing the detached software appliance and the collected metadata on computer readable medium to enable the detached software application to be deployed on a different computer system and to allow the different computer system to run the test provided by the collected metadata; wherein: