Patent ID: 8966474
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: instantiating an operating-system image and a first application image in a first virtual machine so that said first virtual machine accesses said operating-system image, said first application image, and a first disk image; identifying, by a manger, copying, based on the identifying, said first application image to yield a second application image, said first virtual machine to yield a second virtual machine, and said first disk image to yield a second disk image; identifying, by the manager, the second application image as a read-write file that is to be accessible to the second virtual machine but not by the first virtual machine; updating said second application image; and instantiating said operating-system image and the updated second application image in said second virtual machine so that said second virtual machine accesses said operating-system image, said updated second application image, and said second disk image.