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Storage management in a virtual environment

US8935495B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Stefan Bender · Engen, DE
Nils Haustein · Nieder-Olm, DE
Christian Mueller · Wiesbaden, DE
Dominic Mueller-Wicke · Weilburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 21, 2012
Grant date	Jan 13, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 22, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2201/81
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, computer program product, and system for managing storage space in a virtualized computing environment. The method includes a computer determining, by one or more computer processors, that a virtual computer system has reached a threshold level of minimum available storage space. The storage space of the computer system is searched for an inactive snapshot file. When the inactive snapshot file is located, the inactive snapshot file is moved to a secondary storage.

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