公开(公告)号：US20190243671A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-08

申请号：US15887379

申请日：2018-02-02

Applicant: Nutanix, Inc.

Inventor： Pulkit Yadav ,  Supreeth Srinivasan ,  Raghu Prasad Rapole ,  Anil Kumar Boggarapu ,  Raja Prathyush Kumar Thota ,  Rahul Paul

IPC: G06F9/455

CPC classification number: G06F9/45537 ,  G06F9/45558 ,  G06F2009/4557

Abstract: A system and method include assigning, by an identifier management system of a virtual computing system, a hypervisor agnostic identifier to a virtual machine. The system and method also include creating a mapping of the hypervisor agnostic identifier to a first hypervisor specific identifier of the virtual machine, including storing the mapping in a database, and updating the mapping in response to a second hypervisor specific identifier being associated with the virtual machine. The updated mapping maps the hypervisor agnostic identifier to the second hypervisor specific identifier. The system and method further include making available the hypervisor agnostic identifier for use by other elements of the virtual computing system instead of the first hypervisor specific identifier and the second hypervisor specific identifier. The first hypervisor specific identifier and the second hypervisor specific identifier are hypervisor specific, while the hypervisor agnostic identifier is not hypervisor specific.

公开(公告)号：US10606630B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-31

申请号：US15887379

申请日：2018-02-02

Applicant: Nutanix, Inc.

Inventor： Pulkit Yadav ,  Supreeth Srinivasan ,  Raghu Prasad Rapole ,  Anil Kumar Boggarapu ,  Raja Prathyush Kumar Thota ,  Rahul Paul

IPC: G06F9/455

Abstract: A system and method include assigning, by an identifier management system of a virtual computing system, a hypervisor agnostic identifier to a virtual machine. The system and method also include creating a mapping of the hypervisor agnostic identifier to a first hypervisor specific identifier of the virtual machine, including storing the mapping in a database, and updating the mapping in response to a second hypervisor specific identifier being associated with the virtual machine. The updated mapping maps the hypervisor agnostic identifier to the second hypervisor specific identifier. The system and method further include making available the hypervisor agnostic identifier for use by other elements of the virtual computing system instead of the first hypervisor specific identifier and the second hypervisor specific identifier. The first hypervisor specific identifier and the second hypervisor specific identifier are hypervisor specific, while the hypervisor agnostic identifier is not hypervisor specific.

公开(公告)号：US20190243672A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-08

申请号：US15887331

申请日：2018-02-02

Applicant: Nutanix, Inc.

Inventor： Pulkit Yadav ,  Sudish Kumar Sah ,  Supreeth Srinivasan ,  Raghu Prasad Rapole ,  Anil Kumar Boggarapu

IPC: G06F9/455 ,  G06F3/06

CPC classification number: G06F9/45558 ,  G06F3/0617 ,  G06F2009/45562 ,  G06F2009/4557

Abstract: A system and method include receiving, by a migration tool of a virtual computing system, an indication for hypervisor conversion for converting a hypervisor on nodes in a cluster of the virtual computing system from a first hypervisor type to a second hypervisor type. The system and method also include converting, one at a time, the hypervisor on each of the nodes from the first hypervisor type to the second hypervisor type in response to the indication, including converting virtual machines on each of the nodes for running on the second hypervisor type. The hypervisor and the virtual machines are converted on one node before starting conversion of the hypervisor and the virtual machines on another node, and the virtual machines of the one node are migrated from the one node before conversion and the migrated virtual machines remain operational during conversion of the hypervisor on the one node.