Patents by Inventor Xiao Bi Liang

Xiao Bi Liang 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).

  • Copying virtual machine flat tires from a source to target computing device based on matching disk layout
    Patent number: 9569138
    Abstract: In one approach, a computer mounts a computing device to a target instance, where the computing device stores one or more virtual disks of a source instance, and wherein the target instance includes one or more local disks. The computer detects a disk layout of the source instance. The computer matches the disk layout of the source instance to a disk layout of the target instance. The computer attaches the one or more virtual disks of the source instance to the corresponding one or more local disks of the target instance, where the one or more virtual disks of the source instance are attached as one or more flat files. The computer copies the one or more flat files to the corresponding one or more local disks of the target instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Florian D. Graf, Xiao Bi Liang, Shao Yang Yu, Chi Zhang
  • IMPORT EFFICIENCY FOR WHOLE-INSTANCE MIGRATION
    Publication number: 20160364257
    Abstract: In one approach, a computer mounts a computing device to a target instance, where the computing device stores one or more virtual disks of a source instance, and wherein the target instance includes one or more local disks. The computer detects a disk layout of the source instance. The computer matches the disk layout of the source instance to a disk layout of the target instance. The computer attaches the one or more virtual disks of the source instance to the corresponding one or more local disks of the target instance, where the one or more virtual disks of the source instance are attached as one or more flat files. The computer copies the one or more flat files to the corresponding one or more local disks of the target instance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Florian D. Graf, Xiao Bi Liang, Shao Yang Yu, Chi Zhang