Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Virtual machine failover
- Patent Title (中): 虚拟机故障切换
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Application No.: US13711004Application Date: 2012-12-11
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Publication No.: US09032157B2Publication Date: 2015-05-12
- Inventor: Sanjeev Ghai , Guy L. Guthrie , Geraint North , William J. Starke , Phillip G. Williams
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Russell Ng PLLC
- Agent Matthew Baca
- Main IPC: G06F12/12
- IPC: G06F12/12 ; G06F9/455 ; G06F12/08 ; G06F11/00

Abstract:
Disclosed is a computer system (100) comprising a processor unit (110) adapted to run a virtual machine in a first operating mode; a cache (120) accessible to the processor unit, said cache comprising a plurality of cache rows (1210), each cache row comprising a cache line (1214) and an image modification flag (1217) indicating a modification of said cache line caused by the running of the virtual machine; and a memory (140) accessible to the cache controller for storing an image of said virtual machine; wherein the processor unit comprises a replication manager adapted to define a log (200) in the memory prior to running the virtual machine in said first operating mode; and said cache further includes a cache controller (122) adapted to periodically check said image modification flags; write only the memory address of the flagged cache lines in the defined log and subsequently clear the image modification flags. A computer cluster including such computer systems and a method of managing such a computer cluster are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140165056A1 VIRTUAL MACHINE FAILOVER Public/Granted day:2014-06-12
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