发明名称 |
A method computer program and system for managing pre-requisite of a software product virtual image |
摘要 |
A method, computer program and system for managing pre-requisite software/packages of a software product distributed as a virtual appliance in a compliant way at activation time of the virtual machine. A method is provided to prepare the virtual appliance distribution package in which the pre-requisite software have been removed from the virtual image. A further method is provided to deploy the virtual appliance as a virtual machine at the customer site, the method re-installs each software product pre-requisite software/package in the virtual machine only if the license has been approved by a user. The virtual appliance distribution package comprises the at least one virtual disk with software package, and the activation program as a boot program and some additional information such as the list (ECP) of pre-requisite software for the software product and a repository containing the software product pre-requisite software/packages location where the pre-requisite software/packages can be retrieved. The activation program also maintains a list (LSER) of all the pre-requisite software/packages already installed in the user environment before and during the activation phase.
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申请公布号 |
GB2499955(A) |
申请公布日期 |
2013.09.04 |
申请号 |
GB20130010935 |
申请日期 |
2011.11.03 |
申请人 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
发明人 |
ANTONIO DI COCCO;LUIGI PICHETTI;PAOLO CAVAZZO;GIUSEPPE CIANO |
分类号 |
G06F9/445 |
主分类号 |
G06F9/445 |
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