Patents by Inventor Bob SHEEHAN

Bob SHEEHAN 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).

  • Patent number: 10579488
    Abstract: One or more embodiments provide techniques for migrating virtual machines (VMs) from a private data center to a cloud data center. A hybrid cloud manager determines a scope of migration from the private data center to the cloud data center. The hybrid cloud manager groups each VM included in the scope of migration into one or more clusters. The hybrid cloud manager defines one or more migration phases. Each migration phase comprises a subset of the one or more clusters. The hybrid cloud manager generates a migration schedule based on at least the one or more migration phases. The hybrid cloud manager migrates the VMs from the private data center to the cloud data center in accordance with the migration schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: VMare, Inc.
    Inventors: Narendra Kumar Basur Shankarappa, Serge Maskalik, Uday Masurekar, Anand Pritam, Aravind Srinivasan, Bob Sheehan, Abhijeet Deshpande, Sachin Thakkar, Hemanth Kumar Pannem
  • Publication number: 20190034297
    Abstract: One or more embodiments provide techniques for migrating virtual machines (VMs) from a private data center to a cloud data center. A hybrid cloud manager determines a scope of migration from the private data center to the cloud data center. The hybrid cloud manager groups each VM included in the scope of migration into one or more clusters. The hybrid cloud manager defines one or more migration phases. Each migration phase comprises a subset of the one or more clusters. The hybrid cloud manager generates a migration schedule based on at least the one or more migration phases. The hybrid cloud manager migrates the VMs from the private data center to the cloud data center in accordance with the migration schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Narendra Kumar BASUR SHANKARAPPA, Serge MASKALIK, Uday MASUREKAR, Anand PRITAM, Aravind SRINIVASAN, Bob SHEEHAN, Abhijeet DESHPANDE, Sachin THAKKAR, Hemanth Kumar PANNEM