Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Migrating virtual machines across sites
- Patent Title (中): 跨站点迁移虚拟机
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Application No.: US13457245Application Date: 2012-04-26
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Publication No.: US08909884B2Publication Date: 2014-12-09
- Inventor: Mark S. Fleming , Jiang Peng , Zhang Xin , Rong Zhang
- Applicant: Mark S. Fleming , Jiang Peng , Zhang Xin , Rong Zhang
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Zilka-Kotab, PC
- Priority: CN201110104772 20110426
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F11/14 ; H04L29/08 ; G06F9/455

Abstract:
The invention relates to apparatus for managing data swap in a migration of virtual memory data of a virtual machine. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a receiving unit configured to receive a migration instruction and the second site information; a copying unit configured to copy memory data to a sub-logical unit in the first storage device; and a notifying unit configured to send a notification to instruct the second host to read the memory data from a mirror logical unit of a sub-logical unit in the second storage device. The apparatus modifies a mirror direction between the first and second storage devices and modifies a path table related to the first and second storage devices. Data of the virtual machine can be migrated and swapped in a metro mirror manner, thereby the virtual machine data can be migrated across sites without affecting system operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120278571A1 MIGRATING VIRTUAL MACHINES ACROSS SITES Public/Granted day:2012-11-01
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