US Patent:
20110126193, May 26, 2011
Inventors:
John Mullin - Edinburgh, GB
Amer Chowdhry - Colleyville TX, US
Campbell McNeill - Edinburgh, GB
Christopher Speers - Austin TX, US
Dana Ragsdill - Pflugerville TX, US
Lawrence Smithmier - Pflugerville TX, US
Assignee:
DELL PRODUCTS, LP - Round Rock TX
International Classification:
G06F 9/455
Abstract:
A method includes emulating an information handling system on a virtual machine, allowing users to create and validate an operating environment on the emulation, creating an image based on the validated environment, and loading the image onto an information handling system. The environment includes an operating system and an application from the virtual machine module, and an application from the user. A disk imaging system includes a virtual machine that emulates an information handling system, and a session manager that establishes a session between an interface and the virtual machine. The virtual machine allows users to create an operating environment including an operating system and an application from the virtual machine and an application from the users, and to validate the environment, captures an image of the environment, and loads the image onto an information handling system.