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Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Chih-Wen Chao, Taipei, TW;

Cheng-Ta Lee, Taipei, TW;

Wei-Shiau Suen, Taichung, TW;

Travis Wu, Taipei, TW;

Lun Pin Yuan, State College, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/5088 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments pertain to facilitation of live migration of a virtual machine in a network system. During live migration, a first appliance is cloned and state information directed to a first network flow is obtained. The state information is utilized by the cloned appliance to re-direct operations associated with the first network flow. At such time as the first network flow is terminated, the cloned is removed.


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