Techniques for non-disruptive operating system upgrade

    公开(公告)号:US11567754B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-31

    申请号:US17336398

    申请日:2021-06-02

    Applicant: VMWARE, INC.

    Abstract: The disclosure provides an approach for a non-disruptive system upgrade. Embodiments include installing an upgraded version of an operating system (OS) on a computing system while a current version of the OS continues to run. Embodiments include entering a maintenance mode on the computing system, including preventing the addition of new applications and modifying the handling of storage operations on the computing system for the duration of the maintenance mode. Embodiments include, during the maintenance mode, configuring the upgraded version of the OS. Embodiments include, after configuring the upgraded version of the OS, suspending a subset of applications running on the computing system, transferring control over resources of the computing system to the upgraded version of the OS, and resuming the subset of the applications running on the computing system. Embodiments include exiting the maintenance mode on the computing system.

    HARDWARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR DISAGGREGATED RACK ARCHITECTURES IN VIRTUAL SERVER RACK DEPLOYMENTS
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    发明申请
    HARDWARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR DISAGGREGATED RACK ARCHITECTURES IN VIRTUAL SERVER RACK DEPLOYMENTS 审中-公开
    虚拟服务器机架部署中分散式架构的硬件管理系统

    公开(公告)号:US20170054603A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-23

    申请号:US15198914

    申请日:2016-06-30

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04L41/12 G06F9/5077 H04L41/0893

    Abstract: Hardware management systems for disaggregated rack architectures in virtual server rack deployments are disclosed herein. An example apparatus to manage disaggregated physical hardware resources in a physical rack includes a hardware management system to discover disaggregated physical hardware resources in the physical rack and generate a listing of the disaggregated physical hardware resources, and a physical resource manager to generate a composed resource based on resources from the listing of the disaggregated physical hardware resources, the hardware management system to manage the composed resource.

    Abstract translation: 本文公开了用于虚拟服务器机架部署中的分解机架结构的硬件管理系统。 用于管理物理机架中分解的物理硬件资源的示例性设备包括硬件管理系统,用于发现物理机架中的分解的物理硬件资源,并生成分解的物理硬件资源的列表,以及物理资源管理器,以生成基于组合的资源 对资源的分类列出物理硬件资源,硬件管理系统来管理组合资源。

    Software and firmware updates in a combined single pane of glass interface

    公开(公告)号:US11327738B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-10

    申请号:US16938979

    申请日:2020-07-26

    Applicant: VMWARE, INC.

    Abstract: An image of a virtualization software and firmware in a plurality of hosts are upgraded by performing the steps of: in response to a user input, generating a software specification that specifies a desired state of the virtualization software and a desired state of the firmware; based on the software specification, preparing a desired image of the virtualization software that includes software components of a desired version of the firmware; and from a virtual machine management server that is programmed to deploy virtual machines in the hosts, coordinating an upgrade to the desired image of the virtualization software and the desired version of the firmware in the hosts by (1) instructing a hardware support manager to upgrade the hosts to the desired version of the firmware, and (2) instructing each of the hosts to upgrade to the desired image of the virtualization software.

    Software and firmware updates in a combined single pane of glass interface

    公开(公告)号:US11762651B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-19

    申请号:US17725397

    申请日:2022-04-20

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06F8/65 G06F9/45558 G06F2009/4557

    Abstract: An image of a virtualization software and firmware in a plurality of hosts are upgraded by performing the steps of: in response to a user input, generating a software specification that specifies a desired state of the virtualization software and a desired state of the firmware; based on the software specification, preparing a desired image of the virtualization software that includes software components of a desired version of the firmware; and coordinating an upgrade to the desired image of the virtualization software and the desired version of the firmware in the hosts. The upgrade includes an upgrade in each of the hosts to the desired version of the firmware, and an upgrade in each of the hosts to the desired image of the virtualization software that includes the software components of the desired version of the base image and the software components of the desired version of the firmware.

    TECHNIQUES FOR NON-DISRUPTIVE SYSTEM UPGRADE

    公开(公告)号:US20220276858A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-01

    申请号:US17336398

    申请日:2021-06-02

    Applicant: VMWARE, INC.

    Abstract: The disclosure provides an approach for a non-disruptive system upgrade. Embodiments include installing an upgraded version of an operating system (OS) on a computing system while a current version of the OS continues to run. Embodiments include entering a maintenance mode on the computing system, including preventing the addition of new applications and modifying the handling of storage operations on the computing system for the duration of the maintenance mode. Embodiments include, during the maintenance mode, configuring the upgraded version of the OS. Embodiments include, after configuring the upgraded version of the OS, suspending a subset of applications running on the computing system, transferring control over resources of the computing system to the upgraded version of the OS, and resuming the subset of the applications running on the computing system. Embodiments include exiting the maintenance mode on the computing system.

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