Patent ID: 8683459
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions to configure a processor to perform a method, the method comprising: receiving information representative of at least one of an extended application layer and a container infrastructure layer, the extended application layer and the container infrastructure layer operating at a virtual appliance at a host, wherein the extended application layer and the container infrastructure layer comprise at least one of an application, a service, and a process, and wherein the information is received from an agent operatively connected to the extended application layer and the container infrastructure layer; determining, based on the received information, whether the at least one of the application, the service, and the process is to be deinstalled or disabled by testing at the virtual appliance preconfigured sets of extended application layers and container infrastructure layers, the testing of preconfigured sets performed in order from a smallest preconfigured set having a smallest number of components to a largest preconfigured set having a lamest number of components; and implementing the at least one of the extended application layer and the container infrastructure layer based on the results of the determining.