System and method for relocating customer virtual machine instances in a multi-tenant cloud service
US11907743B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 19, 2020 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/5096
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with performing maintenance of a hardware node and relocating (live migrating) virtual machine (VM) instances in a multi-tenant, hyper scale, public Cloud service are described. In one embodiment, the method includes finding a suitable hardware node for hosting one or more VM instances from a hardware node selected for maintenance, preparing it for hosting VMs, and moving (live migrating) all virtual machines from the hardware node to the hosting hardware node.
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