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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018

Filed:

May. 27, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Heng Guo Ge, Wuxi, CN;

Jing Lu, Wuxi, CN;

Da Shen, Wuxi, CN;

Jun Yao, Wuxi, CN;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01); H04L 12/707 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 45/22 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, computer program products, and network authority devices are presented. The methods include, for instance: updating a source network with migration information of a virtual machine to redirect network traffic for the virtual machine to a destination network; and updating at least one remote network with the migration information of the virtual machine. In one embodiment, the updating includes updating the source network concurrent with a migration of the virtual machine to minimize interruption of the network traffic. In another embodiment, the updating includes updating a network device of the source network to forward the network traffic for the virtual machine to another network device of the destination network. In a further embodiment, the updating includes updating the source network to redirect the network traffic from at least one client on the at least one remote network.


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