US Patent Application 17752782. MANAGING UPDATES ON VIRTUAL MACHINE SYSTEMS simplified abstract

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MANAGING UPDATES ON VIRTUAL MACHINE SYSTEMS

Organization Name

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC==Inventor(s)==

[[Category:Govind Ramaswamy of Lynnwood WA (US)]]

[[Category:Murali Mohan Chintalapati of Bellevue WA (US)]]

[[Category:Yingnong Dang of Sammamish WA (US)]]

[[Category:Daniele Maso of Redmond WA (US)]]

[[Category:Pritesh Patwa of Redmond WA (US)]]

[[Category:Najam Shahid of Redmond WA (US)]]

[[Category:Ravikiran Janardhan Reddy of Bothell WA (US)]]

[[Category:Arun Kishan of Kirkland WA (US)]]

MANAGING UPDATES ON VIRTUAL MACHINE SYSTEMS - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17752782 titled 'MANAGING UPDATES ON VIRTUAL MACHINE SYSTEMS

Simplified Explanation

The present disclosure is about a system that determines the best way to update virtual machines in a cloud computing system, even when the virtual machines are not currently in use.

  • The system intelligently manages updates of virtual machines in an offline manner.
  • It prevents updates from interfering with the deallocation of virtual machines.
  • The system uses operating system disk image snapshots to ensure that updates do not degrade the performance of virtual machines.
  • In case of an update failure, the system restores virtual machines to their previous state without data loss.


Original Abstract Submitted

The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for determining optimal index configurations for intelligently managing updates of virtual machines in an offline manner in a cloud computing system. For instance, a virtual machine (VM) update system can efficiently determine when to apply updates to virtual machines in an intelligent manner that prevents the updates from interfering with the deallocation of virtual machines. In addition, the VM update system can utilize the operating system (OS) disk image snapshots to automatically provide safeguards and ensure that updates do not degrade the performance of the virtual machines, or in the case of an update failure, that the virtual machines are restored to their previous state without the data loss.

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