Patent ID: 9461881
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. At least one tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which when executed by at least one data processing device perform a method for migrating functionality of a source physical computing device to a destination virtual machine, the method comprising: identifying a non-production copy of data and metadata associated with a source physical computing device, determining a configuration of the source physical computing device; determining or establishing a desired configuration for a destination virtual machine, creating a virtual machine based on the determined configuration of the source physical computing device; providing the virtual machine with access to the one or more non-production storage media to thereby access the data and metadata from the non-production copy of data and metadata associated with the source physical computing device, modifying a configuration of the virtual machine based at least in part on the determined or established configuration for the destination virtual machine, following the modifying, updating a mapping of an IP address of the source physical computing device, the destination virtual machine, or both the source physical computing device and destination virtual machine, disposing of the source physical computing device following decommissioning, including permanently wiping data and metadata stored on the source physical computing device, and notifying a server associated with an intranet site or auction site that the source physical computing device is available for use by other users in an organization or for sale to external parties, wherein the notification includes a description or specification of the source physical computing device.