Patent ID: 9075649
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of exposing a proprietary image backup to a hypervisor as a disk file that is bootable by the hypervisor, the method comprising: identifying the proprietary image backup having a proprietary format and storing an operating system; creating a plugin file corresponding to the proprietary image backup; reconfiguring the operating system to cause the operating system to be bootable when using hardware emulated by the hypervisor; gathering operating system data from the proprietary image backup; reformatting, using a filter module, the operating system data into a native format of the hypervisor to cause the operating system data to appear to be gathered from a disk file formatted in the native format of the hypervisor; booting the operating system in a virtual machine of the hypervisor; and storing the reformatted operating system data in a replacement disk file formatted in the native format of the hypervisor.