Preprovisioning using mutated templates

摘要

Illustrative embodiments include a method for preprovisioning using a mutated template. A subset of templates is selected from a set of templates that can be provisioned to a data processing system, a template in the set of templates including data to create a virtual machine on the data processing system. The mutated template is constructed using the subset of templates. A manifest is constructed such that a template in the subset of templates can be reconstructed from the mutated template using the manifest. Instead of the subset of templates, the mutated template is preprovisioned to the data processing system.

主权项

1. A method for preprovisioning using a mutated template, the method comprising:
selecting, using a processor and a memory, a subset of templates from a set of templates that can be provisioned to a data processing system, a template in the set of templates including data to create a virtual machine on the data processing system; constructing the mutated template using the subset of templates; constructing, as a member of a set of manifests corresponding to the mutated template, a manifest, wherein the manifest is usable to reconstruct a specific template in the subset of templates from the mutated template, wherein the manifest identifies a location in the mutated template of a block of data usable in the specific template; and preprovisioning, instead of the subset of templates, the mutated template to the data processing system.