Abstract: Techniques are provided for identifying and removing one or more layers of a software appliance. Layers may be identified and removed quickly and efficiently, without disrupting the distribution or provisioning of the software appliance, and without disrupting desired operations of the software appliance as a whole. In various implementations, it may be necessary or desirable to re-package the same or modified layer(s) within the software appliance at a later point in the distribution cycle of the software appliance. For example, one or more operating system layers may be identified and removed from a software appliance. Then, when the software appliance is distributed and provisioned in a cloud or other network context, a same or different version of the operating system layer(s) may be utilized in re-packaging the software appliance for one or more customers.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for identifying and removing one or more layers of a software appliance. Layers may be identified and removed quickly and efficiently, without disrupting the distribution or provisioning of the software appliance, and without disrupting desired operations of the software appliance as a whole. In various implementations, it may be necessary or desirable to re-package the same or modified layer(s) within the software appliance at a later point in the distribution cycle of the software appliance. For example, one or more operating system layers may be identified and removed from a software appliance. Then, when the software appliance is distributed and provisioned in a cloud or other network context, a same or different version of the operating system layer(s) may be utilized in re-packaging the software appliance for one or more customers.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for tracing operations in multiple computer systems. An embodiment of a method includes running a computer application, where the computer application operates on multiple computer systems, including a first system and a second system. The first system and the second system have different computer environments. A trace of the computer application is performed, with performance of the trace including enabling a first trace of the first system and enabling a second trace of the second system. Trace data is collected from the first system and the second system during the operation of the application, and the trace data from the first system and the trace data from the second system are combined.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for tracing operations in multiple computer systems. An embodiment of a method includes running a computer application, where the computer application operates on multiple computer systems, including a first system and a second system. The first system and the second system have different computer environments. A trace of the computer application is performed, with performance of the trace including enabling a first trace of the first system and enabling a second trace of the second system. Trace data is collected from the first system and the second system during the operation of the application, and the trace data from the first system and the trace data from the second system are combined.