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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2011
Robert Eugene Down, Jr., Kirkland, WA (US);
William Zietzke, Covington, WA (US);
Dan Ritchie, Issaquah, WA (US);
Yoshiki Kano, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert Eugene Down, Jr., Kirkland, WA (US);
William Zietzke, Covington, WA (US);
Dan Ritchie, Issaquah, WA (US);
Yoshiki Kano, Bellevue, WA (US);
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a capability to validate volume status on the host and storage system stored virtual machine image in the datacenter management server. In one embodiment, a server system includes a storage system having a plurality of volumes, a plurality of host systems, and a management server coupled with the storage system and the host systems via a network. A method of managing the server system comprises: generating a golden image in the storage system corresponding to a virtual machine image file; copying virtual machine data from the golden image to some of the plurality of volumes in the storage system; and keeping track, by the management server, of status of the volumes which have copied virtual machine data by monitoring activity of the virtual machines.