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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2008
Thomas A. Phelan, San Carlos, CA (US);
Olivier Lecomte, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Thomas A. Phelan, San Carlos, CA (US);
Olivier Lecomte, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention is a method for enabling a computer system to run multiple multipathing software modules which includes: (a) scanning for physical devices; (b) scanning for paths to each of the physical devices; (c) presenting the paths to one or more multipathing software modules of a plurality of multipathing software modules operating within the computer system; (d) the multipathing software modules claiming or rejecting one or more of the one or more paths; and (e) creating and exposing one or more logical devices, wherein each logical device is associated with a multipathing software module.