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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Pralhad M. Khatri, Durham, NC (US);
Howard S. Krovetz, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Christopher A. Maul, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 12/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/0664 (2013.01); G06F 3/0676 (2013.01); G06F 9/45533 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 12/16 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, system or computer usable program product for managing virtual disk snapshots including utilizing a processor to create multiple disk containers containing multiple snapshots on a host machine persistent memory, and combining the multiple snapshots on a guest operating system to produce a final snapshot utilized by the guest OS as a virtual disk.