Patent ID: 8725689
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
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, a state of the VM's operating system, including a state of its registry and running processes, and a state of the VM's virtual CPU, including a state of its registers and flags at the particular moment in time; wherein the virtual snapshot is viewable via a Graphical User Interface (GUI) 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; and (b) in the GUI, displaying a representation of differences between properties of at least two of the snapshots.