VM availability during migration and VM network failures in host computing systems
US9558082B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 9, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 13, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/0897
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques for virtual machine (VM) availability during migration network failure and VM network failure in a first host computing system in a failover cluster are described. In one example embodiment, migration and VM network failure in the first host computing system is identified, wherein the first host computing system being configured to migrate VMs using the migration network and to route network traffic of VMs via the VM network. A migration network is then temporarily configured for the first host computing system over a management network in the virtual datacenter, wherein the management network being used to manage host computing systems by virtual management software (VMS) residing in a management server. The VMs running on the first host computing system are then migrated to at least one other host computing system in the failover cluster via the migration network temporarily configured on the management network.
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