Technique for efficient migration of live virtual disk across storage containers of a cluster

    公开(公告)号:US11586391B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-21

    申请号:US17161331

    申请日:2021-01-28

    Applicant: Nutanix, Inc.

    Abstract: A technique efficiently migrates a live virtual disk (vdisk) across storage containers of a cluster having a plurality of nodes deployed in a virtualization environment. Each node is embodied as a physical computer with hardware resources, such as processor, memory, network and storage resources, that are virtualized to provide support for one or more user virtual machines (UVM) executing on the node. The storage resources include storage devices embodied as a storage pool that is logically segmented into the storage containers configured to store one or more vdisks. The storage containers include a source container having associated storage policies and a destination container having different (new) storage policies. The technique enables migration of the live vdisk from the source container to the destination container without powering down the UVM and halting input/output accesses to the vdisk, and while maintaining uninterrupted servicing of data from the live vdisk during the migration transparent to the executing UVM.

    Disaster recovery pipeline for block storage and dependent applications

    公开(公告)号:US12255769B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-18

    申请号:US17969399

    申请日:2022-10-19

    Applicant: Nutanix, Inc.

    Abstract: A recovery orchestration pipeline has stages configured to control efficient failover and recovery of applications in a multi-site disaster recovery (DR) environment. The applications run on user virtual machines (UVMs) at a primary site of the DR environment and connect to block storage devices (BSDs) that export virtual disks over a storage protocol to consume data including a recovery plan for disaster recovery. The recovery plan includes a recovery configuration whose generation is triggered by a user via a graphical user interface (GUI) and specifies resource requirements needed to recover the applications at a secondary site in the event of a disaster. The orchestration pipeline is initiated via single click of the GUI and completion of the stages of the pipeline is displayed as progress via the GUI to allow recovery of the applications without user intervention.

    Technique for efficient migration of live virtual disk across storage containers of a cluster

    公开(公告)号:US11954372B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-09

    申请号:US17964734

    申请日:2022-10-12

    Applicant: Nutanix, Inc.

    Abstract: A technique efficiently migrates a live virtual disk (vdisk) across storage containers of a cluster having a plurality of nodes deployed in a virtualization environment. Each node is embodied as a physical computer with hardware resources, such as processor, memory, network and storage resources, that are virtualized to provide support for one or more user virtual machines (UVM) executing on the node. The storage resources include storage devices embodied as a storage pool that is logically segmented into the storage containers configured to store one or more vdisks. The storage containers include a source container having associated storage policies and a destination container having different (new) storage policies. The technique enables migration of the live vdisk from the source container to the destination container without powering down the UVM and halting input/output accesses to the vdisk, and while maintaining uninterrupted servicing of data from the live vdisk during the migration transparent to the executing UVM.

    TECHNIQUE FOR EFFICIENT MIGRATION OF LIVE VIRTUAL DISK ACROSS STORAGE CONTAINERS OF A CLUSTER

    公开(公告)号:US20220188042A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-16

    申请号:US17161331

    申请日:2021-01-28

    Applicant: Nutanix, Inc.

    Abstract: A technique efficiently migrates a live virtual disk (vdisk) across storage containers of a cluster having a plurality of nodes deployed in a virtualization environment. Each node is embodied as a physical computer with hardware resources, such as processor, memory, network and storage resources, that are virtualized to provide support for one or more user virtual machines (UVM) executing on the node. The storage resources include storage devices embodied as a storage pool that is logically segmented into the storage containers configured to store one or more vdisks. The storage containers include a source container having associated storage policies and a destination container having different (new) storage policies. The technique enables migration of the live vdisk from the source container to the destination container without powering down the UVM and halting input/output accesses to the vdisk, and while maintaining uninterrupted servicing of data from the live vdisk during the migration transparent to the executing UVM.

    DISASTER RECOVERY PIPELINE FOR BLOCK STORAGE AND DEPENDENT APPLICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20250168058A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-22

    申请号:US19028740

    申请日:2025-01-17

    Applicant: Nutanix, Inc.

    Abstract: A recovery orchestration pipeline has stages configured to control efficient failover and recovery of applications in a multi-site disaster recovery (DR) environment. The applications run on user virtual machines (UVMs) at a primary site of the DR environment and connect to block storage devices (BSDs) that export virtual disks over a storage protocol to consume data including a recovery plan for disaster recovery. The recovery plan includes a recovery configuration whose generation is triggered by a user via a graphical user interface (GUI) and specifies resource requirements needed to recover the applications at a secondary site in the event of a disaster. The orchestration pipeline is initiated via single click of the GUI and completion of the stages of the pipeline is displayed as progress via the GUI to allow recovery of the applications without user intervention.

    TECHNIQUE FOR EFFICIENT MIGRATION OF LIVE VIRTUAL DISK ACROSS STORAGE CONTAINERS OF A CLUSTER

    公开(公告)号:US20230035367A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:US17964734

    申请日:2022-10-12

    Applicant: Nutanix, Inc.

    Abstract: A technique efficiently migrates a live virtual disk (vdisk) across storage containers of a cluster having a plurality of nodes deployed in a virtualization environment. Each node is embodied as a physical computer with hardware resources, such as processor, memory, network and storage resources, that are virtualized to provide support for one or more user virtual machines (UVM) executing on the node. The storage resources include storage devices embodied as a storage pool that is logically segmented into the storage containers configured to store one or more vdisks. The storage containers include a source container having associated storage policies and a destination container having different (new) storage policies. The technique enables migration of the live vdisk from the source container to the destination container without powering down the UVM and halting input/output accesses to the vdisk, and while maintaining uninterrupted servicing of data from the live vdisk during the migration transparent to the executing UVM.

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