Patent ID: 9087063
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of transferring a host image of a first machine to a second machine, comprising: comparing, by at least one first processing device, a first profile of a first machine of a first type from which a host image is to be transferred to a second profile of a second machine of a second type to which the host image is to be transferred, the first type of first machine being different from the second type of second machine, wherein the first and second profiles each comprise at least one property of the first type of first machine and the second type of second machine, respectively; conforming at least one property of a host image of the first machine to at least one corresponding property of the second machine based, at least in part, on the comparison, by the first processing device, wherein the host image includes an operating system; providing the conformed host image to the second machine, via a network; and configuring the second machine with at least one conformed property of the host image by a second processing device of the second machine, wherein the second processing device is different from the first processing devices; wherein conforming the host image of the first machine to the second machine comprises: configuring Windows® services start up settings: injecting a network configuration: installing storage adapter drivers for operating system boot up on the second machine; preparing at least one driver for boot up on the second machine; fixing a geometry of a boot disk; changing a partition style; determining whether the hardware abstraction layer (HAL) needs to be changed; enabling authoritative or non-authoritative recovery for an active directory first machine; and/or enabling safe mode boot up on the second machine.