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Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 05, 2018
Applicant:

Veritas Technologies Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventor:
Assignee:

Veritas Technologies LLC, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/10 (2016.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 12/10 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45579 (2013.01); G06F 2212/151 (2013.01); G06F 2212/65 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are various systems, methods, and processes for sharing a storage device with multiple virtual machines. A pseudo-identity is created for a storage device. Information in a hypervisor is configured to modify a response to a command issued to the storage device by a virtual machine. Physical characteristics of the storage device are determined and it is also determined whether the physical characteristics are acceptable. If the physical characteristics are acceptable, a virtual disk associated with the virtual machine is used. If the physical characteristics are unacceptable, a mapping of the virtual machine is migrated to another storage device.


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