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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yufeng Zheng, San Jose, CA (US);
Xiaopeng Zhang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45579 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for preserving an independent virtual disk. The method, includes attaching an independent virtual disk to a first virtual machine, and preserving said independent virtual disk when the independent virtual disk is detached from the first virtual machine.