Patent · US Active

Accessing a virtual device using a kernel

US10296419B1 · kind B1 · utility

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250References

19Claims

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Assignee

EMC IP Holding Company LLC · US

Inventors

Jehuda Shemer · Kfar Sava, IL
Assaf Natanzon · Nes Ziona, IL
Saar Cohen · Tira, IL
Ron Cooper · Nes Ziona, IL
Jonathan Grey · Ramat Gan, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 27, 2015
Grant date	May 21, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 26, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2201/815
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one aspect, a method includes powering down a target virtual machine (VM), removing the target VM from an inventory of virtual machine hosts after powering down the virtual VM, configuring a shadow VM by assigning an ID to the shadow VM to be the same as the target VM and by attaching a target VMDK to the shadow VM, adding the shadow VM to the inventory and powering up the shadow VM to run no more than a BIOS and to enable access of the target VMDK.

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