Virtual appliance deployment

摘要

A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for efficiently processing information. In some embodiments, this includes determining a physical appliance to virtualize, creating a virtual appliance based on the physical appliance, and storing the virtual appliance in a storage array. In some embodiments, creating the virtual appliance includes creating the virtual appliance from a template.

主权项

1. A method for processing information, comprising:
determining a first physical appliance to virtualize; creating a first virtual appliance based on the first physical appliance, wherein the first virtual appliance provides a first service associated with the first physical appliance; and installing an image of the first virtual appliance on a system comprising a storage array, wherein the storage array is configured to use the image of the first virtual appliance to instantiate on demand a running instance of the first virtual appliance in response to a request to provide the first service with respect to the storage array.