Granted Patent B1

US 8,443,358 · App. 11/525,726 · Granted May 14, 2013

Abstract

Claims (41)

1. A method for a hot pluggable virtual machine, the method comprising:

executing instructions stored in memory by a processor to:

authenticate a user within an active host environment on a host device;

execute a virtual machine driver;

configure a guest environment by:

identifying hardware resources of the host device, and

emulating logical and physical resources of the host device and hardware not present within the host device, by creating a virtual set of resources for the guest environment using the virtual machine driver;

activate the guest environment for the hot pluggable virtual machine on the host device; and

install software within the guest environment without altering a file system of the host device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising executing instructions stored in memory by the processor to load a guest registry for intelligent resource management.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising executing instructions stored in memory by the processor to copy the virtual machine driver to the host device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the virtual machine driver is stored within a portable guest device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the guest environment comprises an operating system instance.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein executing instructions stored in memory by the processor to configure the guest environment further comprises matching names of operating system resources of the host device to names of resources needed in the guest environment or present within a guest memory, the matching comprising using a table produced by intelligent table mapping, the table comprising a list of resource names and associated metadata for the host environment operating system and the guest environment.

7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for a hot pluggable virtual machine, the method comprising:

authenticating a user within an active host environment on a host device;

executing a virtual machine driver;

configuring a guest environment, wherein configuring the guest environment comprises:

identifying hardware resources of the host device, and

emulating logical and physical resources of the host device and hardware not present within the host device, by creating a virtual set of resources for the guest environment using the virtual machine driver; activating the guest environment for the hot pluggable virtual machine on the host device; and

installing software within the guest environment without altering a file system of the host device.

8. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises loading a guest registry for intelligent resource management.

9. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises copying the virtual machine driver to the host device.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the computer readable storage medium is stored within a portable guest device.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the guest environment comprises an operating system instance.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein configuring the guest environment further comprises matching names of operating system resources of the host device to names of resources needed in the guest environment or present within a guest memory, the matching comprising using a table produced by intelligent table mapping, the table comprising a list of resource names and associated metadata for the host environment operating system and the guest environment.

13. A system for a hot pluggable virtual machine, the system comprising:

a memory configured to store data; and

a processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to:

authenticate a user within an active host environment on a host device;

execute a virtual machine driver;

configure a guest environment by:

identifying hardware resources of the host device, and

emulating logical and physical resources of the host device and hardware not present within the host device, by creating a virtual set of resources for the guest environment using the virtual machine driver;

activate the guest environment for the hot pluggable virtual machine on the host device; and

install software within the guest environment without altering a file system of the host device.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to load a guest registry for intelligent resource management.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to copy the virtual machine driver to the host device.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the memory is stored within a portable guest device.

17. The system of claim 13 , wherein the guest environment comprises an operating system instance.

18. The system of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to configure the guest environment by matching names of operating system resources of the host device to names of resources needed in the guest environment or present within a guest memory, the matching comprising using a table produced by intelligent table mapping, the table comprising a list of resource names and associated metadata for the host environment operating system and the guest environment.

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