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Virtualized file server rolling upgrade

US11550559B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 18, 2019
Grant dateJan 10, 2023
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Expiry dateNov 18, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/34
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system may include a deployment system configured to receive a request to upgrade a selected virtual machine (VM) of multiple VMs on a plurality of host machines from a first program code version to a second program code version, and, for each host machine, request an upgrade token. When the host machine acquires the upgrade token, the deployment system is configured to generate a snapshot of a code image associated with the second program code version, and provide the snapshot to the host machine via a virtual disk. The snapshot is stored on a storage device associated with a host machine or a server host machine. The snapshot may include metadata identifying a location of the code image on the storage device.

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