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Replacing virtual machine disks

US9632814B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Milton A. Bonilla · Carmel, US
Florian Graf · Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE
David Kohen · Haifa, IL
Brian Peterson · New York, US
Birgit M. Pfitzmann · Samstagern, CH
John Rofrano · Mahopac, US
Kristiann J. Schultz · Chatfield, US
Christopher Charles Young · Seattle, US
Xiaolan Zhang · Chappaqua, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 29, 2015
Grant date	Apr 25, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 29, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2009/45583
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

At least one target virtual disk descriptor that describes at least one virtual disk associated with an existing target virtual machine in a target virtualized environment is merged with at least one source virtual disk descriptor that describes at least one virtual disk associated with a source. The merging is carried out to obtain at least one merged virtual disk descriptor compatible with the target virtualized environment. The at least one virtual disk associated with the existing target virtual machine in the target virtualized environment is replaced with the at least one virtual disk associated with the source, in accordance with the at least one merged virtual disk descriptor.

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