Patents by Inventor Tobias Zeuch

Tobias Zeuch 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).

  • Reducing downtime during operating system patching
    Patent number: 12014186
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a solution is provided that reduces downtime during operating system patching. This reduces the downtime, regardless of which activity is being performed, and is platform-agnostic. More specifically, a target image for the operating system is obtained. During a preparation phase, a virtual machine with the target image is deployed. This virtual machine is deemed a reference virtual machine. A backup of the reference virtual machine bootable root disk is then taken, and a reference root block device is updated with a customer virtual machine operating system/application/database configuration files and folders. These customer-specific configuration files are then copied from block devices of the customer virtual machine to the reference virtual machine. The reference virtual machine can then be powered on. Only then is the customer virtual machine shut down, and the reference virtual machine swapped in for the customer virtual machine, minimizing the downtime during this period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Siju Thondiyil Vasudevan Nair, Subeesh Nikarthil Sivadasan, Tobias Zeuch, Ritesh Mangalore Shenoy, Gautham Jayatheertha
  • REDUCING DOWNTIME DURING OPERATING SYSTEM PATCHING
    Publication number: 20230305854
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a solution is provided that reduces downtime during operating system patching. This reduces the downtime, regardless of which activity is being performed, and is platform-agnostic. More specifically, a target image for the operating system is obtained. During a preparation phase, a virtual machine with the target image is deployed. This virtual machine is deemed a reference virtual machine. A backup of the reference virtual machine bootable root disk is then taken, and a reference root block device is updated with a customer virtual machine operating system/application/database configuration files and folders. These customer-specific configuration files are then copied from block devices of the customer virtual machine to the reference virtual machine. The reference virtual machine can then be powered on. Only then is the customer virtual machine shut down, and the reference virtual machine swapped in for the customer virtual machine, minimizing the downtime during this period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Siju Thondiyil Vasudevan Nair, Subeesh Nikarthil Sivadasan, Tobias Zeuch, Ritesh Mangalore Shenoy, Gautham Jayatheertha