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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2014
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Nicholas Michael Ryan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nishant Yadav, Mountain View, CA (US);
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include receiving selection of a virtual disk and a plug-in. The virtual disk includes an extent file storing data used by a virtual machine and a descriptor file including a reference to the extent file and used by a virtualization stack of a host computer to manage the virtual disk. The plug-in is attached to the virtual disk in response to the received selection. Attaching the plug-in includes adding an identification of the plug-in to the descriptor file. The plug-in is notified of the attachment to the virtual disk. A request is received from the plug-in to create a sidecar file to store data or metadata on behalf of the plug-in. The sidecar file is created for the attached plug-in. The sidecar file is attached to the virtual disk.