DYNAMICALLY DEPLOYED VIRTUAL MACHINE

摘要

A virtual machine data handling system includes a data handling system, a hypervisor, and a dynamically deployed virtual machine. The data handling system includes a plurality of physical computing resources (e.g., a processor and a memory). The hypervisor is implemented by the processor and the memory and deploys virtual machines from a master image. The dynamically deployed virtual machine is initially deployed by the hypervisor as a Linked Clone of the master image. The dynamically deployed virtual machine is subsequently dynamically deployed by the hypervisor copying a plurality of virtual memory segments from the master image until the dynamically deployed virtual machine is an independent Full Clone of the master image. The hypervisor may copy the plurality of virtual memory segments from the master image if at least one of the physical resources is operating below a utilization threshold.

主权项

1. A virtual machine data handling system comprising:
a data handling system comprising a plurality of physical computing resources, the physical computing resources including at least a processor and a memory; a hypervisor implemented by the processor and the memory that deploys virtual machines from a master image; a dynamically deployed virtual machine initially deployed by the hypervisor as a Linked Clone of the master image and subsequently dynamically deployed by the hypervisor copying a plurality of virtual memory segments from the master image until the dynamically deployed virtual machine is an independent Full Clone of the master image, and; wherein the hypervisor determines virtual memory segments within the master image that are implicated by look ahead functions of an actively running application within the dynamically deployed virtual machine and copies the implicated virtual memory segments from the master image to the dynamically deployed virtual machine.