公开(公告)号：US20120198448A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-02

申请号：US13434789

申请日：2012-03-29

申请人： Ezequiel Cervantes ,  David Joseph Gimpl ,  Elfred Pagan ,  Sudhir Gurunandan Rao ,  Murali Krishna Somarouthu

发明人： Ezequiel Cervantes ,  David Joseph Gimpl ,  Elfred Pagan ,  Sudhir Gurunandan Rao ,  Murali Krishna Somarouthu

IPC分类号： G06F9/455

CPC分类号： G06F9/45558 ,  G06F2009/45562 ,  G06F2009/45575 ,  G06F2009/45579

摘要： A storage manager connects containers of virtual machine (VM) images and virtual storage device data within hosts. The storage management provides a set of northbound application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow configuration of images associated with VM images and virtual storage devices provided to the operating systems and applications within virtual machine images. The northbound APIs, include methods for creating a virtual storage container that contains storage for the VM instance and also at least one virtual storage device to be provided to an operating system executed by the VM, a method for causing an attach of the virtual storage container to the host and a method for causing a deployment of the virtual storage device within the host. A set of southbound APIs are provided by the host, including at least a method that creates virtual storage devices and a method that attaches virtual storage devices to the host.

公开(公告)号：US20120005673A1

公开(公告)日：2012-01-05

申请号：US12829714

申请日：2010-07-02

申请人： Ezequiel Cervantes ,  David Joseph Gimpl ,  Elfred Pagan ,  Sudhir Gurunandan Rao ,  Murali Krishna Somarouthu

发明人： Ezequiel Cervantes ,  David Joseph Gimpl ,  Elfred Pagan ,  Sudhir Gurunandan Rao ,  Murali Krishna Somarouthu

IPC分类号： G06F9/455

CPC分类号： G06F9/45558 ,  G06F2009/45562 ,  G06F2009/45575 ,  G06F2009/45579

摘要： A storage manager connects containers of virtual machine (VM) images and virtual storage device data within hosts. The storage management provides a set of northbound application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow configuration of images associated with VM images and virtual storage devices provided to the operating systems and applications within virtual machine images. The northbound APIs, include methods for creating a virtual storage container that contains storage for the VM instance and also at least one virtual storage device to be provided to an operating system executed by the VM, a method for causing an attach of the virtual storage container to the host and a method for causing a deployment of the virtual storage device within the host. A set of southbound APIs are provided by the host, including at least a method that creates virtual storage devices and a method that attaches virtual storage devices to the host.

摘要翻译： 存储管理器连接虚拟机（VM）映像的容器和主机内的虚拟存储设备数据。 存储管理提供了一组北向应用程序编程接口（API），允许配置与虚拟机映像关联的映像以及提供给虚拟机映像中的操作系统和应用程序的虚拟存储设备。 北向API包括用于创建虚拟存储容器的方法，该虚拟存储容器包含用于VM实例的存储以及至少一个要由VM执行的操作系统提供的虚拟存储设备，用于引起虚拟存储容器附件的方法 以及用于使虚拟存储设备在主机内部署的方法。 一组南向API由主机提供，包括至少一种创建虚拟存储设备的方法和将虚拟存储设备连接到主机的方法。

公开(公告)号：US20120005672A1

公开(公告)日：2012-01-05

申请号：US12829698

申请日：2010-07-02

申请人： Ezequiel Cervantes ,  David Joseph Gimpl ,  Elfred Pagan ,  Sudhir Gurunandan Rao ,  Murali Krishna Somarouthu

发明人： Ezequiel Cervantes ,  David Joseph Gimpl ,  Elfred Pagan ,  Sudhir Gurunandan Rao ,  Murali Krishna Somarouthu

IPC分类号： G06F9/455 ,  G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F9/5077 ,  G06F9/45558 ,  G06F2009/45579

摘要： A storage management method and computer program serves as an intermediary between storage subsystems and a virtual machine manager, e.g., a hypervisor. The storage management provides a unified user interface for configuration and unifies handling virtual machine image storage/retrieval, as well as management of virtual disk volumes provided to the operating systems and applications within virtual machine images. The images including the virtualized storage along with the entire state of the virtual machine form snapshots that can be cloned, stored when taking a virtual machine off-line and loaded when the virtual machine is being brought on-line.

摘要翻译： 存储管理方法和计算机程序用作存储子系统和虚拟机管理器（例如管理程序）之间的中介。 存储管理提供统一的用户界面，用于配置和统一处理虚拟机映像存储/检索，以及虚拟机映像中提供给操作系统和应用程序的虚拟磁盘卷的管理。 包括虚拟化存储的映像以及虚拟机的整个状态形成了当虚拟机正在上线时离线并加载虚拟机时可克隆，存储的快照。

公开(公告)号：US08904387B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-02

申请号：US13434789

申请日：2012-03-29

申请人： Ezequiel Cervantes ,  David Joseph Gimpl ,  Elfred Pagan ,  Sudhir Gurunandan Rao ,  Murali Krishna Somarouthu

发明人： Ezequiel Cervantes ,  David Joseph Gimpl ,  Elfred Pagan ,  Sudhir Gurunandan Rao ,  Murali Krishna Somarouthu

IPC分类号： G06F9/455 ,  G06F9/46 ,  G06F15/173 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F9/45558 ,  G06F2009/45562 ,  G06F2009/45575 ,  G06F2009/45579

摘要： A storage manager connects containers of virtual machine (VM) images and virtual storage device data within hosts. The storage management provides a set of northbound application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow configuration of images associated with VM images and virtual storage devices provided to the operating systems and applications within virtual machine images. The northbound APIs, include methods for creating a virtual storage container that contains storage for the VM instance and also at least one virtual storage device to be provided to an operating system executed by the VM, a method for causing an attach of the virtual storage container to the host and a method for causing a deployment of the virtual storage device within the host. A set of southbound APIs are provided by the host, including at least a method that creates virtual storage devices and a method that attaches virtual storage devices to the host.

摘要翻译： 存储管理器连接虚拟机（VM）映像的容器和主机内的虚拟存储设备数据。 存储管理提供了一组北向应用程序编程接口（API），允许配置与虚拟机映像关联的映像以及提供给虚拟机映像中的操作系统和应用程序的虚拟存储设备。 北向API包括用于创建虚拟存储容器的方法，该虚拟存储容器包含用于VM实例的存储以及至少一个要由VM执行的操作系统提供的虚拟存储设备，用于引起虚拟存储容器附件的方法 以及用于使虚拟存储设备在主机内部署的方法。 一组南向API由主机提供，包括至少一种创建虚拟存储设备的方法和将虚拟存储设备连接到主机的方法。

公开(公告)号：US08434081B2

公开(公告)日：2013-04-30

申请号：US12829714

申请日：2010-07-02

申请人： Ezequiel Cervantes ,  David Joseph Gimpl ,  Elfred Pagan ,  Sudhir Gurunandan Rao ,  Murali Krishna Somarouthu

发明人： Ezequiel Cervantes ,  David Joseph Gimpl ,  Elfred Pagan ,  Sudhir Gurunandan Rao ,  Murali Krishna Somarouthu

IPC分类号： G06F9/455 ,  G06F9/46 ,  G06F15/173 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F9/45558 ,  G06F2009/45562 ,  G06F2009/45575 ,  G06F2009/45579

摘要： A storage manager connects containers of virtual machine (VM) images and virtual storage device data within hosts. The storage management provides a set of northbound application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow configuration of images associated with VM images and virtual storage devices provided to the operating systems and applications within virtual machine images. The northbound APIs, include methods for creating a virtual storage container that contains storage for the VM instance and also at least one virtual storage device to be provided to an operating system executed by the VM, a method for causing an attach of the virtual storage container to the host and a method for causing a deployment of the virtual storage device within the host. A set of southbound APIs are provided by the host, including at least a method that creates virtual storage devices and a method that attaches virtual storage devices to the host.

摘要翻译： 存储管理器连接虚拟机（VM）映像的容器和主机内的虚拟存储设备数据。 存储管理提供了一组北向应用程序编程接口（API），允许配置与虚拟机映像关联的映像以及提供给虚拟机映像中的操作系统和应用程序的虚拟存储设备。 北向API包括用于创建虚拟存储容器的方法，该虚拟存储容器包含用于VM实例的存储以及至少一个要由VM执行的操作系统提供的虚拟存储设备，用于引起虚拟存储容器附件的方法 以及用于使虚拟存储设备在主机内部署的方法。 一组南向API由主机提供，包括至少一种创建虚拟存储设备的方法和将虚拟存储设备连接到主机的方法。

公开(公告)号：US20120185855A1

公开(公告)日：2012-07-19

申请号：US13434393

申请日：2012-03-29

申请人： Ezequiel Cervantes ,  David Joseph Gimpl ,  Elfred Pagan ,  Sudhir Gurunandan Rao ,  Murali Krishna Somarouthu

发明人： Ezequiel Cervantes ,  David Joseph Gimpl ,  Elfred Pagan ,  Sudhir Gurunandan Rao ,  Murali Krishna Somarouthu

IPC分类号： G06F9/455

CPC分类号： G06F9/5077 ,  G06F9/45558 ,  G06F2009/45579

摘要： A storage management method provides an intermediary between storage subsystems and a virtual machine manager, e.g., a hypervisor. The storage management provides a unified user interface for configuration and unifies handling virtual machine image storage/retrieval, as well as management of virtual disk volumes provided to the operating systems and applications within virtual machine images. The images including the virtualized storage along with the entire state of the virtual machine form snapshots that can be cloned, stored when taking a virtual machine off-line and loaded when the virtual machine is being brought on-line.

摘要翻译： 存储管理方法提供存储子系统和虚拟机管理器（例如管理程序）之间的中介。 存储管理提供统一的用户界面，用于配置和统一处理虚拟机映像存储/检索，以及虚拟机映像中提供给操作系统和应用程序的虚拟磁盘卷的管理。 包括虚拟化存储的映像以及虚拟机的整个状态形成了当虚拟机正在上线时离线并加载虚拟机时可克隆，存储的快照。

公开(公告)号：US20080163196A1

公开(公告)日：2008-07-03

申请号：US12049274

申请日：2008-03-15

申请人： David Joseph Gimpl ,  Kyle Lane Henderson ,  Kent LeDel Hofer ,  Cale T. Rath ,  George James Romano ,  Tammy Lynn Van Hove

发明人： David Joseph Gimpl ,  Kyle Lane Henderson ,  Kent LeDel Hofer ,  Cale T. Rath ,  George James Romano ,  Tammy Lynn Van Hove

IPC分类号： G06F9/445

CPC分类号： G06F9/5077

摘要： A partition wizard allows automatically defining from a set of system requirements a solution profile that defines a combination of hardware and software in multiple logical partitions to satisfy the performance objectives. The solution profile may be used by an order processing system to automatically generate an order for a target computer system. The solution profile may also be used by a hardware management console to automatically create logical partitions on the target computer system, then may be used by an operating system install engine to automatically install a desired operating system in each of the logical partitions on the target computer system and to automatically install desired software into each of the logical partitions in the target computer system. The solution profile may also be used to manage the target computer system.

摘要翻译： 分区向导允许根据一组系统要求自动定义解决方案配置文件，该解决方案配置文件定义了多个逻辑分区中的硬件和软件的组合，以满足性能目标。 解决方案配置文件可以由订单处理系统使用以自动生成目标计算机系统的订单。 硬件管理控制台还可以使用解决方案配置文件在目标计算机系统上自动创建逻辑分区，然后由操作系统安装引擎使用，以在目标计算机上的每个逻辑分区中自动安装所需的操作系统 系统，并自动将所需软件安装到目标计算机系统中的每个逻辑分区中。 解决方案配置文件也可用于管理目标计算机系统。

公开(公告)号：US20090049295A1

公开(公告)日：2009-02-19

申请号：US12287987

申请日：2008-10-14

申请人： Steven C. Erickson ,  David Joseph Gimpl ,  Fraser Allan Syme

发明人： Steven C. Erickson ,  David Joseph Gimpl ,  Fraser Allan Syme

IPC分类号： G06F9/24 ,  G06F9/00 ,  G06F15/177

CPC分类号： G06F9/4416

摘要： A method, computer-readable storage medium, and boot server that, in an embodiment, receive a command that requests a name of a boot image and a network address of a boot server that contains the boot image, invoke a plug-in to determine the name of the boot image based on an address of a client that sent the command, and send the name of the boot image and the network address of the boot server to a client that sent the command. In various embodiments, the address of the client may be a network address or a MAC (Media Access Control) address. The client retrieves the boot image via the name, and the boot image initializes the client when executed at the client. The name of the boot image is changed to a second name and sent to the client in response to another command.

摘要翻译： 一种方法，计算机可读存储介质和引导服务器，其在一个实施例中接收请求引导映像的名称的命令和包含引导映像的引导服务器的网络地址，调用插件以确定 基于发送命令的客户端的地址的引导映像的名称，并将启动映像的名称和引导服务器的网络地址发送给发送命令的客户端。 在各种实施例中，客户端的地址可以是网络地址或MAC（媒体访问控制）地址。 客户端通过名称检索引导映像，并且在客户端执行时，引导映像初始化客户端。 引导映像的名称被更改为第二个名称，并发送给客户端以响应另一个命令。

公开(公告)号：US07337171B2

公开(公告)日：2008-02-26

申请号：US11128050

申请日：2005-05-12

申请人： David Joseph Gimpl ,  Thomas Marcus McBride ,  Tammy Lynn Van Hove

发明人： David Joseph Gimpl ,  Thomas Marcus McBride ,  Tammy Lynn Van Hove

IPC分类号： G06F12/14 ,  G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F9/526 ,  G06F9/5011 ,  G06F9/5077 ,  G06F9/545 ,  G06F17/30171 ,  Y10S707/99938 ,  Y10S707/99939

摘要： A logically-partitioned computer system provides support for multiple logical partitions to access a single file system, thereby allowing the logical partitions to share a file without the overhead of communicating over a VLAN. An area of shared memory is defined that multiple logical partitions may access. One or more file control blocks that control access to the files in the file system are then created in the shared memory. Existing mechanisms for locking a file system between processes may then be used across logical partitions to serialize access to the file system by all processes in all logical partitions that share the file system. In this manner the sharing of files in a file system is enabled by leveraging existing technology that is used within a single logical partition to extend across multiple logical partitions.

摘要翻译： 逻辑分区计算机系统支持多个逻辑分区来访问单个文件系统，从而允许逻辑分区共享一个文件，而无需通过VLAN通信的开销。 定义共享内存区域，即多个逻辑分区可以访问。 然后，在共享存储器中创建一个或多个控制文件系统中文件访问的文件控制块。 然后可以在逻辑分区之间使用用于在进程之间锁定文件系统的现有机制，以串行访问共享文件系统的所有逻辑分区中的所有进程对文件系统的访问。 以这种方式，通过利用在单个逻辑分区中使用的现有技术来跨越多个逻辑分区来扩展文件系统中的文件的共享。

公开(公告)号：US08055875B2

公开(公告)日：2011-11-08

申请号：US12049274

申请日：2008-03-15

申请人： David Joseph Gimpl ,  Kyle Lane Henderson ,  Kent LeDel Hofer ,  Cale T. Rath ,  George James Romano ,  Tammy Lynn Van Hove

发明人： David Joseph Gimpl ,  Kyle Lane Henderson ,  Kent LeDel Hofer ,  Cale T. Rath ,  George James Romano ,  Tammy Lynn Van Hove

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F9/5077

摘要： A partition wizard allows automatically defining from a set of system requirements a solution profile that defines a combination of hardware and software in multiple logical partitions to satisfy the performance objectives. The solution profile may be used by an order processing system to automatically generate an order for a target computer system. The solution profile may also be used by a hardware management console to automatically create logical partitions on the target computer system, then may be used by an operating system install engine to automatically install a desired operating system in each of the logical partitions on the target computer system and to automatically install desired software into each of the logical partitions in the target computer system. The solution profile may also be used to manage the target computer system.

摘要翻译： 分区向导允许根据一组系统要求自动定义解决方案配置文件，该解决方案配置文件定义了多个逻辑分区中的硬件和软件的组合，以满足性能目标。 解决方案配置文件可以由订单处理系统使用以自动生成目标计算机系统的订单。 硬件管理控制台还可以使用解决方案配置文件在目标计算机系统上自动创建逻辑分区，然后由操作系统安装引擎使用，以在目标计算机上的每个逻辑分区中自动安装所需的操作系统 系统，并自动将所需软件安装到目标计算机系统中的每个逻辑分区中。 解决方案配置文件也可用于管理目标计算机系统。