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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2005
Jeffrey Brian Kinsey, Redmond, WA (US);
Pankaj Garg, Redmond, WA (US);
Eric P. Traut, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jacob Oshins, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey Brian Kinsey, Redmond, WA (US);
Pankaj Garg, Redmond, WA (US);
Eric P. Traut, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jacob Oshins, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method of managing resources in a host computer includes generating a virtual service provider in two different computer partitions and linking them in a serial manner. The virtual service providers are associated with a computer resource. Virtual service clients in different partitions may use the virtual service provider software to access the related computer resources. The virtual service providers provide a transparent interface to the associated hardware. Virtual service clients can use the combination of series computer resource functions or can access the a lesser number of the series connected virtual service providers. Fault tolerance can be built into the scheme using multiple virtual service providers located in different partitions accessible to virtual service clients using a failover control technique.