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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2014
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Bulent Abali, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Hubertus Franke, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Michael R. Hines, White Plains, NY (US);
Gokul B. Kandiraju, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Makoto Ono, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for checkpointing virtual machines (VMs). The system includes a primary computer hosting a hypervisor and a primary VM. The hypervisor is configured instantiate the primary VM, divide the state of the primary VM into a plurality of memory blocks, and generate an error correction block based on the plurality of memory blocks. The system further includes a plurality of secondary computers. Each of the secondary computers stores a secondary VM and one of either the memory blocks or the error correction block.