Chris L Eck

US Patent:

20130014103, Jan 10, 2013

Filed:

Jul 6, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/177432

Inventors:

Lars Reuther - Kirkland WA, US
Sergey Dmitriyevich Meshcheryakov - Bellevue WA, US
Chris Eck - Sammamish WA, US
Rajesh Dave - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/455

US Classification:

718 1

Abstract:

Migration of a virtual machine and associated files to a destination host may be performed. A source host may initiate establishment of a temporary network file share at a destination location of the destination host to provide the source host and the destination host with access to the file share. While the virtual machine is running at the source host, a storage migration and a live migration may be initiated. Using the network file share, the source host may copy the associated files to the destination location. A runtime state of the virtual machine may be copied to the destination host. In a final phase of the migration, the virtual machine at the source host may be stopped, the storage migration may be completed, the copying of the runtime state may be completed, and the virtual machine may be started at the destination host.

US Patent:

20130290661, Oct 31, 2013

Filed:

Jun 24, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/925752

Inventors:

Sergey Dmitriyevich Meshcheryakov - Redmond WA, US
Chris Eck - Sammamish WA, US
Rajesh Dave - Redmond WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/06

US Classification:

711162

Abstract:

Migration of a virtual machine and associated files to a destination host may be performed. A source host may initiate establishment of a temporary network file share at a destination location of the destination host to provide the source host and the destination host with access to the file share. While the virtual machine is running at the source host, a storage migration and a live migration may be initiated. Using the network file share, the source host may copy the associated files to the destination location. A runtime state of the virtual machine may be copied to the destination host. In a final phase of the migration, the virtual machine at the source host may be stopped, the storage migration may be completed, the copying of the runtime state may be completed, and the virtual machine may be started at the destination host.