公开(公告)号：US20230259381A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-17

申请号：US17578302

申请日：2022-01-18

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Arunachalam Ramanathan ,  Siddharth Sudir Ekbote ,  Nathan Lyle Prziborowski ,  Derek William Beard ,  Yanlei Zhao ,  Pavan Narasimhaprasad

IPC: G06F9/455

CPC classification number: G06F9/45558 ,  G06F2009/4557 ,  G06F2009/45595

Abstract: Techniques for implementing data plane isolation for VM mobility operations are provided. In one set of embodiments, these techniques include creating a virtual network path between a source host system and a destination host system participating in a VM mobility operation, which allows the host systems to exchange data for carrying out the operation without exposing their physical IP addresses to each other and without requiring the use of intermediate proxies. In certain embodiments, the virtual network path can be dynamically established upon initiation of the VM mobility operation and dynamically rolled back upon operation completion, thereby reducing the overhead of virtual path management.