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AssigneeNutanix, Inc.
InventorsAnil Kumar Gopalapura Venkatesh, Richard James Sharpe, Durga Mahesh Arikatla, Kalpesh Ashok Bafna, Devyani Suryakant Kanada
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In one embodiment, a system for managing a virtualization environment includes a set of host machines, each of which includes a hypervisor, virtual machines, and a virtual machine controller, and a first virtualized file server configured to receive a request to access a storage item located at a second virtualized file server, determine that the storage item is designated as being accessible by other virtualized file servers, identify an FSVM of the second virtualized file server at which the storage item is located, and forward the request to the FSVM of the second virtualized file server. The storage item may be designated as being accessible by other virtualized file servers when the storage item is associated with a predetermined tag value indicating that the storage item is shared among virtualized file servers. The predetermined tag value may be stored in a sharding map in association with the storage item.
A method comprising:
A computer-readable, non-transitory media storing instructions embodying software for managing a virtualization environment including a first virtualized file server, the media comprising instructions operable, when executed, to cause a computing system to:
A system comprising:
A computer-readable, non-transitory media storing instructions that, when executed by a first file server virtual machine (FSVM) of a first virtualized file server hosted on a first computing device, are operable to:
A method comprising:
A computer-readable, non-transitory media storing instructions embodying software for managing a virtualization environment including a first virtualized file server, the media comprising instructions operable, when executed, to cause a computing system to:
A system comprising:
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