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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2021
Applicant:
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Michael Tsirkin, Ra'anana, IL;
Amnon Ilan, Ra'anana, IL;
Assignee:
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 16/11 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 16/128 (2019.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for storage snapshots for nested virtual machines. An example method may comprise running, by a host computer system, a hypervisor managing a first virtual machine associated with a first virtual device. Responsive to creating a second virtual machine by the hypervisor, requesting, by the first virtual machine, a first snapshot of the first virtual device. The hypervisor generates the first snapshot of the first virtual device and forwards the first snapshot of the first virtual device to the second virtual machine.