Patent ID: 8959055
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for generation of virtual snapshots on a computer system having a Virtual Machine (VM), comprising: (a) generating a virtual snapshot based on a state of the VM, the virtual snapshot including a state of the VM's disk at a particular moment in time, and a state of the VM's virtual CPU; wherein the virtual snapshot is viewable via a viewer for viewing a history of virtual snapshots representing states of the VM's disk at prior moments in time and the states of the VM's virtual CPU at the prior moments in time; (b) in the viewer, displaying a representation of differences between properties of at least two of the virtual snapshots, and (c) setting properties of virtual snapshots and indicating virtual snapshots that correspond to the set properties in the viewer, wherein at least one of the virtual snapshots represents a state of the VM's disk of a paused VM.