Patents by Inventor Shailesh Dixit

Shailesh Dixit 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).

  • Method and system for migrating a virtual machine
    Patent number: 8239863
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method of migrating a virtual machine. The method comprises replicating a source storage device corresponding to the virtual machine to a target storage device through replication links. The method also comprises receiving a migration state that indicates initiation of a migration of the virtual machine from a source server to a target server. The method also comprises collecting storage system status information of the source storage device and storing the storage system status information to a persistent store accessible to the target server. The method also comprises sending memory states and central processing unit (CPU) states to the target server through a communications network. The method also comprises performing a failover of the virtual machine from the source server to the target server and from source storage device to target storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Santhosh R. Bhat, Shailesh Dixit, Matthias Popp, Rajesh Anantha Krishnaiyer
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MIGRATING A VIRTUAL MACHINE
    Publication number: 20110321041
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method of migrating a virtual machine. The method comprises replicating a source storage device corresponding to the virtual machine to a target storage device through replication links. The method also comprises receiving a migration state that indicates initiation of a migration of the virtual machine from a source server to a target server. The method also comprises collecting storage system status information of the source storage device and storing the storage system status information to a persistent store accessible to the target server. The method also comprises sending memory states and central processing unit (CPU) states to the target server through a communications network. The method also comprises performing a failover of the virtual machine from the source server to the target server and from source storage device to target storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Santhosh R. Bhat, Shailesh Dixit, Matthias Popp, Rajesh Anantha Krishnaiyer