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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11256445 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2019

Virtual disk file format conversion method and apparatus

Applicant:

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;

Inventors:

Tianyu Wo, Beijing, CN;

Junbin Kang, Beijing, CN;

Xin Bai, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;

Attorney:

Conley Rose, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Reginald G Bragdon

Assistant Examiner:

Aaron D Ho

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 12/1009 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0661 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0664 (2013.01); G06F 9/45533 (2013.01); G06F 12/1009 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1041 (2013.01);
Abstract

A virtual disk file format conversion method and an apparatus that relate to the field of virtualization technologies and to resolve a service interruption caused by offline conversion of a virtual machine disk image file format when a virtual machine is migrated between different types of VMMs. The method and apparatus include establishing a mapping table between a virtual address of a virtual machine (VM) disk image file and a physical address of a disk image file that is compatible with a virtual machine monitor (VMM), converting, according to the mapping table, the virtual address used when a user performs reading/writing on the VM disk image file, into the physical address mapped to the virtual address, and performing data reading/writing on the VM disk image file based on the physical address.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Wo, Tianyu. (2022). Virtual disk file format conversion method and apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 11256445). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11256445

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