Patents by Inventor Chris Eck

Chris Eck has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Combined live migration and storage migration using file shares and mirroring
    Patent number: 9733860
    Abstract: Migration of a virtual machine and associated files to a destination host may be performed. A source host may initiate establishment of a temporary network file share at a destination location of the destination host to provide the source host and the destination host with access to the file share. While the virtual machine is running at the source host, a storage migration and a live migration may be initiated. Using the network file share, the source host may copy the associated files to the destination location. A runtime state of the virtual machine may be copied to the destination host. In a final phase of the migration, the virtual machine at the source host may be stopped, the storage migration may be completed, the copying of the runtime state may be completed, and the virtual machine may be started at the destination host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Lars Reuther, Sergey Dmitriyevich Meshcheryakov, Chris Eck, Rajesh Dave
  • COMBINED LIVE MIGRATION AND STORAGE MIGRATION USING FILE SHARES AND MIRRORING
    Publication number: 20130290661
    Abstract: Migration of a virtual machine and associated files to a destination host may be performed. A source host may initiate establishment of a temporary network file share at a destination location of the destination host to provide the source host and the destination host with access to the file share. While the virtual machine is running at the source host, a storage migration and a live migration may be initiated. Using the network file share, the source host may copy the associated files to the destination location. A runtime state of the virtual machine may be copied to the destination host. In a final phase of the migration, the virtual machine at the source host may be stopped, the storage migration may be completed, the copying of the runtime state may be completed, and the virtual machine may be started at the destination host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Lars Reuther, Sergey Dmitriyevich Meshcheryakov, Chris Eck, Rajesh Dave
  • Combined live migration and storage migration using file shares and mirroring
    Patent number: 8490092
    Abstract: Migration of a virtual machine and associated files to a destination host may be performed. A source host may initiate establishment of a temporary network file share at a destination location of the destination host to provide the source host and the destination host with access to the file share. While the virtual machine is running at the source host, a storage migration and a live migration may be initiated. Using the network file share, the source host may copy the associated files to the destination location. A runtime state of the virtual machine may be copied to the destination host. In a final phase of the migration, the virtual machine at the source host may be stopped, the storage migration may be completed, the copying of the runtime state may be completed, and the virtual machine may be started at the destination host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lars Reuther, Sergey Dmitriyevich Meshcheryakov, Chris Eck, Rajesh Dave
  • COMBINED LIVE MIGRATION AND STORAGE MIGRATION USING FILE SHARES AND MIRRORING
    Publication number: 20130014103
    Abstract: Migration of a virtual machine and associated files to a destination host may be performed. A source host may initiate establishment of a temporary network file share at a destination location of the destination host to provide the source host and the destination host with access to the file share. While the virtual machine is running at the source host, a storage migration and a live migration may be initiated. Using the network file share, the source host may copy the associated files to the destination location. A runtime state of the virtual machine may be copied to the destination host. In a final phase of the migration, the virtual machine at the source host may be stopped, the storage migration may be completed, the copying of the runtime state may be completed, and the virtual machine may be started at the destination host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lars Reuther, Sergey Dmitriyevich Meshcheryakov, Chris Eck, Rajesh Dave