US 12,340,241 B2
Recreating a software image from a host in a virtualized computing system
Aravinda Haryadi, Bangalore (IN); Naga Ullas Vankayala Harinathagupta, Santa Clara, CA (US); Mukund Gunti, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Yuedong Mu, San Jose, CA (US); and Lingyuan He, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by VMWARE, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/679,143.
Claims priority of application No. 202141059995 (IN), filed on Dec. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0195496 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 8/70 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 9/45558 (2013.01) [G06F 8/70 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of hypervisor lifecycle management in a virtualized computing system having a cluster of hosts, the method comprising:
receiving, from a user at a lifecycle manager executing in the virtualized computing system, identification of a seed host;
obtaining, by the lifecycle manager, a software specification from the seed host, the software specification describing a running image of the hypervisor executing on the seed host;
generating, by the lifecycle manager, a software image from metadata and payloads stored on the seed host, wherein the software image comprises a plurality of software installation bundles (SIBs) and associated metadata;
setting, by the lifecycle manager, a host desired state for the cluster based on the software specification; and
storing, by the lifecycle manager, the software image in a software depot in association with the host desired state.