Apparatus and method for configuring a target machine with captured operational state comprising a static machine profile and a dynamic machine state to continue operations of a source machine

摘要

According to one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a physical computing device including a network interface configured to enable communications over a network, and at least one processor. The apparatus captures an operational state of the physical computing device including information pertaining to a state of the physical computing device resulting from operations performed by the physical computing device. The apparatus further configures the physical computing device with the operational state captured from a desired computing device to continue operations of the desired computing device on the physical computing device. Embodiments may further include a method and computer-readable media encoded with software for the storage and transfer of physical machine state in substantially the same manner described above.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
capturing an operational state of a physical computing device comprising:
pausing execution of the physical computing device and operating system thereof;determining a static machine profile comprising a static configuration of a plurality of physical component devices associated with the physical computing device, the plurality of physical components including a peripheral coupled to the physical computing device, wherein the static configuration exists independent of execution of the operating system; anddetermining a dynamic machine state comprising dynamically changing states of the physical component devices, wherein the dynamic machine state exists during execution of the operating system and includes an operating state of the peripheral coupled to the physical computing device; and configuring a target computing device and a target peripheral with said captured operational state comprising the static machine profile and dynamic machine state to continue operations of said physical computing device and said peripheral coupled to the physical computing device on said target computing device and said target peripheral.