Patent ID: 9734019
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method of transferring a host image of a first machine to a second machine, wherein the host image comprises an operating system, the method 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 by loading a network configuration, loading a network storage driver, loading a storage adapter driver, and/or changing a partition style of the host image, based, at least in part, on the comparison, by the first processing device; providing the conformed host image to the second machine, via a network; and configuring the second machine with the conformed host image by a second processing device of the second machine, wherein the second processing device is different from the first processing device.