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Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 09, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jakob C. Lang, Boeblingen, DE;

Angel Nunez Mencias, Boeblingen, DE;

Thomas Pohl, Boeblingen, DE;

Martin Troester, Boeblingen, DE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/12 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/2015 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 61/2053 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45575 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01);
Abstract

Dynamically assigning network addresses provided by a server in a network to virtual network adapters in virtual machines, in which a reassignment of the assigned network addresses due to suspending virtual machines is prevented. Network addresses of the virtual machines in the network are logged. Network addresses are combined with information about suspending and/or resuming virtual machines by a control instance. Information about the network addresses of suspended virtual machines for its virtual network adapters with dynamically assigned network addresses is sent to the server.


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