Method and system for migrating processes between virtual machines
US9817695B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 1, 2009 |
| Grant date | Nov 14, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/4557
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
One or more processes are offloaded from one virtual machine running on one host computer to another virtual machine running on another host computer so that load balancing can be performed on a per process level and physical servers supporting the virtual machines can be more optimally utilized. Migrating one or more processes from a virtual machine running on a first host computer to a second host computer includes replicating the virtual machine on the second host computer, terminating the migrated processes from the virtual machine running on the first host computer, and terminating all user-level processes running on the replicated virtual machine other than the migrated processes.
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