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Reducing application downtime during failover

US9329953B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Manohar R. Bodke · Hyderabad, IN
Ravikiran Moningi · Bhubaneshwar, IN
Ravi Shankar · Austin, US
Ranganathan Vidya · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

Filing date	May 30, 2012
Grant date	May 3, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 2, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/2038
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Reducing application downtime during failover including identifying a critical line in the startup of an application, the critical line comprising the point in the startup of the application in which the application begins to use dependent resources; checkpointing the application at the critical line of startup; identifying a failure in the application; and restarting the application from the checkpointed application at the critical line.

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