US 2020/0026443 A1Published application

System and method of configuring one or more memory media

AssigneeDell Products L.P.

InventorsParmeshwr Prasad, Binoy Samuel Thomas

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Abstract

In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, method, and/or processes may store first data associated with a virtual non-volatile dual in-line memory module (vNVDIMM) of a virtual machine (VM) via a portion of storage of a first physical memory medium of a physical information handling system (IHS); may receive a request for a size increase of the vNVDIMM; may allocate, based at least on the size increase, another portion of storage from the first physical memory medium or from a second physical memory medium of the physical IHS; may create another vNVDIMM configured to accommodate the size increase and configured to store data via the portion of storage and the other portion of storage; and may provide information associated with the other vNVDIMM to the VM.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A physical information handling system, comprising:

at least one processor;
a memory medium, coupled to the at least one processor, that stores instructions executable by the at least one processor, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the physical information handling system to:
store first data associated with a virtual non-volatile dual in-line memory module (vNVDIMM) of a virtual machine via a portion of storage of a first physical memory medium of the physical information handling system;
receive, from the virtual machine, a request for a size increase of the vNVDIMM;
allocate, based at least on the size increase, another portion of storage from the first physical memory medium or from a second physical memory medium of the physical information handling system;
create a virtual translation table;
create another vNVDIMM, from the virtual translation table, configured to accommodate the size increase and configured to store data via the portion of storage and the other portion of storage;
provide information associated with the other vNVDIMM to the virtual machine;
receive, from the virtual machine, second data associated with the other vNVDIMM;
and
store at least a portion of the second data associated with the other vNVDIMM via the other portion of storage.

8 more elements

A method, comprising:

storing first data associated with a virtual non-volatile dual in-line memory module (vNVDIMM) of a virtual machine via a portion of storage of a first physical memory medium of a physical information handling system;
receiving, from the virtual machine, a request for a size increase of the vNVDIMM;
allocating, based at least on the size increase, another portion of storage from the first physical memory medium or from a second physical memory medium of the physical information handling system;
creating a virtual translation table;
creating another vNVDIMM, from the virtual translation table, configured to accommodate the size increase and configured to store data via the portion of storage and the other portion of storage;
providing information associated with the other vNVDIMM to the virtual machine;
receiving, from the virtual machine, second data associated with the other vNVDIMM;
and
storing at least a portion of the second data associated with the other vNVDIMM via the other portion of storage.

6 more elements

A computer-readable non-transitory memory medium that includes instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a physical information handling system, cause the physical information handling system to:

store first data associated with a virtual non-volatile dual in-line memory module (vNVDIMM) of a virtual machine via a portion of storage of a first physical memory medium of the physical information handling system;
receive, from the virtual machine, a request for a size increase of the vNVDIMM;
allocate, based at least on the size increase, another portion of storage from the first physical memory medium or from a second physical memory medium of the physical information handling system;
create a virtual translation table;
create another vNVDIMM, from the virtual translation table, configured to accommodate the size increase and configured to store data via the portion of storage and the other portion of storage;
provide information associated with the other vNVDIMM to the virtual machine;
receive, from the virtual machine, second data associated with the other vNVDIMM;
and
store at least a portion of the second data associated with the other vNVDIMM via the other portion of storage.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/008,506Filed 20 Jul 2018
Published: 23 Jan 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G06F 3/0631
Configuration or reconfiguration of storage systems: by allocating resources to storage systems
G06F 3/0605
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management: by facilitating the interaction with a user or administrator
G06F 3/0607
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management: by facilitating the process of upgrading existing storage systems, e.g. for…
G06F 3/0665
Virtualisation aspects: at area level, e.g. provisioning of virtual or logical volumes