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Container storage migration

US9852137B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 23, 2015
Grant dateDec 26, 2017
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Expiry dateJul 7, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/067
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products for container storage migration are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes provisioning a copy-on-write union filesystem on the target host with (i) one or more network filesystem-mounted directories from the source host set to read-only and (ii) at least one directory set to read-write; identifying one or more files that have been (i) updated by a given container and (ii) copied over by the copy-on-write union filesystem; removing the one or more identified files from a directory path on the target host; copying, from the source host into the directory path on the target host, each of one or more files that have not been updated by the given container; merging the copy-on-write union filesystem and the directory path on the target host; and initiating the given container on the target host based on the merging.

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