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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Christoph Klee, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Adrian Drzewiecki, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jesse Pool, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nishant Yadav, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0664 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G06F 17/30171 (2013.01); G06F 17/30233 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for opening a virtual disk comprises reading information from a metadata file that identifies the current owner of the virtual disk. The method further includes sending a release request to the current owner of the virtual disk to release the virtual disk, writing information to the metadata file identifying the new owner, and then opening the virtual disk.