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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
May. 15, 2018
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Zhikai Chen, Beijing, CN;
Shengbo Teng, Beijing, CN;
Zhibin He, Beijing, CN;
Wenping Fan, Beijing, CN;
Xi Chen, Beijing, CN;
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A system can allow a user to continue using a virtual machine while a background reboot occurs on a clone of the virtual machine. A backup agent operating on a server can receive a request from a virtual machine operating in an active state, to complete a reboot operation without operational interruption. A hypervisor can clone the virtual machine. During and after cloning, the backup agent can cause a filter agent to capture changes to the virtual machine. The virtual machine clone can notify the backup agent that the reboot is complete. Changes made in the interim on the virtual machine can be integrated on the virtual machine clone. Then the hypervisor can transition usage from the virtual machine to the virtual machine clone.