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Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Leo Shyh-Wei Luan, Saratoga, CA (US);

Sangeetha Seshadri, Plano, CA (US);

David William Archer, Sammamish, WA (US);

Violet Rodriguez, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1469 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 11/1448 (2013.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments are disclosed for a method. The method includes generating a backing layer having a file volume, in a layering file format and representing a portion of a volume snapshot that is backed up on a slower storage, and enabling an associated virtual machine. The method also includes generating an active layer comprising a second file volume, in the layering file format, representing a second portion of the volume snapshot, and enabling the associated virtual machine. The method further includes starting a process to pull a plurality of blocks from the backing layer to the active layer.


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