Method and apparatus for configuring a hypervisor during a downtime state
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMichael R. Garrett, Thomas J. Bonola, MIke Dickson, John M. Hemphill
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a computer system comprises a host machine comprising a plurality of compute resources, at least one management processor, a hypervisor, at least one persistent state data store location coupled to the host machine, wherein the persistent state data store location stores configuration data for the hypervisor, and a persistent state module coupled to a management processor coupled to the host machine, wherein the persistent state module maps hypervisor configuration data to a persistent state data store.
Claims20
A computer system, comprising:
- a host machine comprising a plurality of compute resources;
- at least one management processor;
- a hypervisor;
- at least one persistent state data store location coupled to the host machine, wherein the persistent state data store location stores configuration data for the hypervisor;
- and
- a persistent state module coupled to a management processor coupled to the host machine, wherein the persistent state module maps hypervisor configuration data to a persistent state data store.
A method to edit configuration data of a hypervisor comprising:
- receiving, in a host machine, a hypervisor configuration data modification request;
- initiating, in the host machine, a persistent state module on a management processor coupled to the persistent state data store;
- reading, in the host machine, the current hypervisor configuration data from the persistent state data store coupled to the persistent state module on the host machine;
- processing, in the host machine, the hypervisor configuration data modification request;
- and
- writing, in the host machine, the edited hypervisor configuration data to the persistent state data store coupled to the persistent state module on the host machine.
A computer program product comprising logic instructions stored on a computer-readable medium which, when executed by a computer processor, configure the processor to:
- receive, in a host machine, a hypervisor configuration data modification request;
- initiate, in the host machine, a persistent state module on a management processor coupled to the persistent state data store;
- read, in the host machine, the current hypervisor configuration data from the persistent state data store coupled to the persistent state module on the host machine;
- process, in the host machine, the hypervisor configuration data modification request;
- and
- write, in the host machine, the edited hypervisor configuration data to the persistent state data store coupled to the persistent state module on the host machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.