Patents by Inventor Erin N. Bournival

Erin N. Bournival 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).

  • Maintaining stored data consistency of a plurality of related virtual machines across a plurality of sites during migration
    Patent number: 9652333
    Abstract: Stored data consistency is maintained at source and destination sites upon a failure when migrating a plurality of related virtual machines from the source site to the destination site. Consistency is maintained across a first site and a second site upon a failure during independent migrations of a plurality of virtual machines in a consistency group from the first site to the second site wherein at least a first virtual machine is executing at the first site and wherein at least a second virtual machine is executing at the second site, by performing a consistent snapshot at the first site of one or more storage volumes employed by the virtual machines in the consistency group; and performing a consistent snapshot at the second site of one or more storage volumes employed by the virtual machines in the consistency group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Erin N. Bournival, David L. Black, Saar Cohen, Assaf Natanzon, Mark J. Halstead