Patent ID: 9619218
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: installing, by a setup program executed by a processing device of a host machine, a virtual machine (VM) on the host machine in view of configuration information obtained by the setup program; verifying, by the setup program, that an operating system (OS) is installed on the VM; verifying, by the setup program, that a management system is installed on the VM, wherein the management system installed on the VM is a host controller that manages the VM and manages other VMs of the host machine; confirming, by the setup program, that the management system is responsive; in response to confirming that the management system is responsive, transmitting, by the setup program, a command to the management system to add the host machine to a list of host machines associated with the management system; and restarting, by the setup program, the VM in response to receiving, from the management system at the VM, a confirmation that the host machine is added to the list of the management system.