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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2016
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Ohad Atia, Haifa, IL;
Amalia Avraham, Petach Tikva, IL;
Ran Harel, Kfar-Saba, IL;
Rivka M. Matosevich, Zichron-Ya'acov, IL;
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/0605 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45591 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments for volume management in a data storage environment. A network sniffing operation between virtual machines is performed to detect relationships between the virtual machines and thereby identify candidates for subsequent storage volume affiliation operations.