Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Virtual machine failover
- Patent Title (中): 虚拟机故障切换
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Application No.: US13710927Application Date: 2012-12-11
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Publication No.: US09069701B2Publication Date: 2015-06-30
- Inventor: Guy Lynn Guthrie , Naresh Nayar , Geraint North , William J. Starke
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Russell Ng PLLC
- Agent Matthew Baca
- Main IPC: G06F12/12
- IPC: G06F12/12 ; G06F12/08 ; G06F11/14

Abstract:
Disclosed is a computer system (100) comprising a processor unit (110) adapted to run a virtual machine in a first operating mode; a cache (120) accessible to the processor unit, said cache including a cache controller (122); and a memory (140) accessible to the cache controller for storing an image of said virtual machine; wherein the processor unit is adapted to create a log (200) in the memory prior to running the virtual machine in said first operating mode; the cache controller is adapted to transfer a modified cache line from the cache to the memory; and write only the memory address of the transferred modified cache line in the log; and the processor unit is further adapted to update a further image of the virtual machine in a different memory location, e.g. on another computer system, by retrieving the memory addresses stored in the log, retrieve the modified cache lines from the memory addresses and update the further image with said modifications. A computer cluster including such computer systems, a method of managing such a computer cluster and a computer program product are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140164709A1 VIRTUAL MACHINE FAILOVER Public/Granted day:2014-06-12
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